Method and apparatus for supporting and transporting personal portable devices using magnets

An apparatus for the secure carriage of a portable electronic device an object, the apparatus comprising:

• a main plunger comprising an planar, circular-shaped structure having an internally-fixed array of four large disc magnets and five small disc magnets arrayed in the main plunger;
• a head plunger comprising an planar, circular-shaped structure corresponding is size and shape to the main plunger having an internally-fixed array of four large disc magnets and five small disc magnets arrayed in the head plunger;
• a case for removably carrying the portable electronic device supported by the main plunger;
• wherein the internally-fixed arrays of disc magnets of the main and head plungers have polarity patterns configured to create a magnetic latch between the main and head plungers when the main plunger is positioned adjacent to the head plunger in a first alignment;
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• wherein the polarity patterns of the main and head plungers are configured to release the magnetic latch when the main plunger is positioned adjacent to the head plunger in a second alignment.

An apparatus for supporting and transporting a portable electronic device using magnets, comprising:

• a main plunger and a head plunger configured to magnetically latch to each other;
• a case for carrying the portable electronic device supported by the main plunger;
• the main plunger comprising a plurality of magnets including a main plunger array of large disc magnets and a main plunger array of small disc magnets;
• the head plunger comprising a plurality of magnets including a head plunger array of large disc magnets and a head plunger array of small disc magnets;
• the main plunger array of large disc magnets forming a main plunger large disc pattern of alternating north and south polarity magnets;
• the head plunger array of large disc magnets forming a head plunger large disc pattern of alternating north and south polarity magnets;
• the main plunger array of small disc magnets forming a main plunger small disc pattern of like polarity magnets;
• the head plunger array of small disc magnets forming a head plunger small disc pattern of like polarity magnets, wherein the polarity of the main plunger small disc magnets is opposite to the polarity of the head plunger small disc magnets;
• wherein magnet positions of the main plunger large disc pattern correspond to magnet positions of the head plunger large disc pattern, and wherein magnet positions of the main plunger small disc pattern correspond to magnet positions of the head plunger small disc pattern;
• wherein the small magnets supplement attraction of the large magnets when the main plunger is positioned adjacent to the head plunger in a first alignment, and the small magnets oppose repulsion of the large magnets when the main plunger is positioned adjacent to the head plunger in a second alignment;
• wherein the large and small magnets create a latch between the main plunger and the head plunger when positioned adjacent each other in the first alignment, and wherein the latch is released when the main plunger is rotated with respect to the head plunger to the second alignment.