Magnetic tool bit wallet
OwnerDaniel Pedrininventor
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Abstract
A magnet tool bit wallet includes a fabric body formed from first and second overlying panels, and having a magnetic support portion, a bit retainer portion, and a closeable pocket portion. The magnetic support portion encloses a pair of elongate magnet assemblies between the panels, each magnet assembly including a row of disc magnets disposed between a pair of ferromagnetic strips. The rows of disc magnets have opposite polarity to adjacent magnets, and opposite polarity to corresponding magnets in the other magnet assembly. The bit retainer portion includes at least one block configured to retain tool bits. In a folded configuration the magnet assemblies overlie each other, and a flap on the magnetic portion overlies the pocket portion to retain the wallet in the folded configuration.
Claims18
A magnetic tool bit wallet movable between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration, the magnetic tool bit wallet comprising:
- a pliable body having a first panel fixed about a perimeter to a second panel, the pliable body comprising a magnetic support portion having an end flap, a bit retainer portion extending from the magnetic support portion and comprising means for releasably retaining a plurality of tool bits, and a pocket portion extending from the bit retainer portion enclosing a containment volume between the first and second panels;
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- a first elongate magnet assembly and a second elongate magnet assembly, wherein the first and second magnet assemblies are disposed between the first and second panels in the magnetic support portion of the pliable body, each of the first and second elongate magnet assemblies comprising a first ferromagnetic strip, a second ferromagnetic strip, and a row of magnets disposed between the first and second ferromagnetic strips;
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- wherein the magnets in each row of magnets are arranged with alternating magnetic polarities, and further wherein each magnet in the row of magnets in the first magnet assembly is oriented with an opposite polarity to a neighboring magnet in the row of magnets in the second magnet assembly.
A magnetic tool bit wallet movable between a deployed configuration and a storage configuration, the magnetic tool bit wallet comprising:
- a fabric body comprising an elongate fabric sheet folded about a fold line to define a first fabric panel portion fixed about a perimeter to a second fabric panel portion, the fabric body comprising a magnetic support section with an end flap, a bit retainer section extending from the magnetic support section comprising means for releasably retaining a plurality of tool bits, and a closeable pocket section extending from the bit retainer section;
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- a first elongate magnet assembly and a second elongate magnet assembly disposed between the first and second fabric panel portions, each of the first and second elongate magnet assemblies comprising a first ferromagnetic strip, a second ferromagnetic strip, and a row of magnets disposed between the first and second ferromagnetic strips;
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- wherein the magnets in each row of magnets are arranged with alternating magnetic polarities, and further wherein each magnet in the row of magnets in the first magnet assembly is oriented with an opposite polarity to a neighboring magnet in the row of magnets in the second magnet assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.