Wall magnet anchor system
OwnerVarun Jay Patelinventor
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Abstract
A wall magnet anchor system is used to install magnetic anchors in wall material that can be used to magnetically hold an object to the wall, thereby avoiding the need to a conventional hook that is protrudes from the surface of the wall. The anchor can include a helical thread to hold the anchor in the wall. An installation tool includes a cutting features at one end for cutting a hole in a wall to receive an anchor, and an installation feature that engages the anchor an allows a user to drive the anchor, through rotation, into the hole cut by the cutting features.
Claims15
A wall magnet anchor system, comprising:
- a wall cutting and anchor installation tool having an elongated body, and further having:
- a hole cutting feature formed at a first end of the elongated body, the hole cutting feature including a center pilot and a plurality of cutting teeth formed in a cylindrical portion around the center pilot, the cylindrical portion having an outside diameter, wherein the center pilot extends from the first end of the elongated body along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body and beyond the plurality of cutting teeth;
- an anchor engagement feature formed at a second end of the elongated body opposite the first end;
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- a gripping portion formed between the hole cutting feature at the first end and the anchor engagement feature at the second end;
- an anchor having a cylindrical body having an outside diameter equal to the outside diameter of the cylindrical portion of the hole cutting feature, and further having:
- a magnet disposed inside the cylindrical body;
- a helical thread formed around the cylindrical body from a first end of the cylindrical body to a second end of the cylindrical body;
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- a tool engagement feature formed at the second end of the cylindrical body that is configured to mate with the anchor engagement feature of the wall cutting and anchor installation tool.
A wall cutting and anchor installation tool, comprising:
- an elongated body;
- a hole cutting feature formed at a first end of the elongated body, the hole cutting feature including a center pilot and a plurality of cutting teeth formed in a cylindrical portion around the center pilot, the cylindrical portion having an outside diameter, wherein the center pilot extends from the first end of the elongated body along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body and beyond the plurality of cutting teeth;
- an anchor engagement feature formed at a second end of the elongated body opposite the first end, the anchor engagement feature including a plurality of protrusions that extend from the second end in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
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- a gripping portion formed between the hole cutting feature at the first end and the anchor engagement feature at the second end.
An anchor for hanging objects on a wall, the anchor comprising:
- a cylindrical body having an axis, a first end and a second end, and an outside diameter that is the same at the first end and the second end, and having a cylindrical cavity that is coaxial with the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body having a thickness between an outside of the cylindrical body and the cylindrical cavity, and wherein the second end is flat in a plane normal the axis of the cylindrical body;
- a magnet disposed inside the cylindrical cavity;
- a drywall thread helically formed around the cylindrical body from the first end of the cylindrical body to the second end of the cylindrical body;
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- a plurality of slots at the second end that extend from the outside of the cylindrical body into the cylindrical body and from the second end along the cylindrical body in a direction toward the first end of the cylindrical body;
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- wherein the helical thread comprises a bridge portion over one of the plurality of slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.