Rotating and self aligning magnetic retention system

Abstract

The present invention relates to guideless, magnetic holders for beverage vessels and the like, and in particular, to devices, systems, sets and methods for providing paired, magnets for application onto, or manufacture thereinto, structures such as automobiles, boats, all-terrain vehicles (ATV's), snowmobiles, recreational vehicles (RV's), personal watercraft, golf carts, kayaks, appliances, tools, lawn tractors, farm equipment, motorcycles, furniture, coolers, stadium seating, and the like, or surface mounted, retrofit kits. A vessel component can be a metal plate with material having increasing width or increasing thickness. A hub support component can have at least one moveable magnet in a chamber, the moveable magnet being initially repulsed by a fixed magnet to a bottom of the chamber. Positioning and rotating the component over the hub increases the magnetic attraction so that the at least one moveable magnet moves upward to a top of the chamber causing a click noise signifying a strong magnetic lock position between the vessel component and the hub. The holder can be used with at least one channel having a moveable magnet therein, where the holder can be attachable to a metal surface.

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