Flexible magnetic fastening apparatus
OwnerFrank Dale Boxbergerinventor
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Abstract
A flexible magnetic fastening apparatus with enhanced strength and reduced noise during use is provided. The magnetic fastening apparatus includes an upper fastener detachably coupled to a lower fastener. Each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners has a fabric layer that encapsulates a magnetic member. The magnetic member in each fastener has a positive magnetic pole at the bottom surface of the fabric layer and a negative magnetic pole at the top surface of the fabric layer. The negative magnetic pole of the magnetic member in the lower fastener attracts the positive magnetic pole of the magnetic member in the upper fastener, thereby coupling the bottom surface of the upper fastener to the top surface of the lower fastener.
Claims12
A flexible magnetic fastening apparatus with enhanced strength and reduced noise during use, the magnetic fastening apparatus comprising:
- a pair of fasteners comprising an upper fastener detachably coupled to a lower fastener, each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising at least one flexible fabric layer that encapsulates a magnetic member so that the fabric layer forms a top surface of the fastener and a bottom surface of the fastener, the magnetic member in each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising a magnetic pole of a first polarity at the bottom surface of the fastener and a magnetic pole of a second polarity at the top surface of the fastener;
- wherein the magnetic pole of the second polarity of the magnetic member in the lower fastener attracts the magnetic pole of the first polarity of the magnetic member in the upper fastener, thereby coupling the bottom surface of the upper fastener to the top surface of the lower fastener,
- wherein the magnetic member in the upper and lower fasteners comprises a plurality of crushed magnetic members which are non-powdered, the plurality of crushed magnetic members in each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising magnetic poles of the first polarity facing the bottom surface of the fastener and magnetic poles of the second polarity facing the top surface of the fastener,
- wherein a flexible adhesive is disposed on the plurality of crushed magnetic members in the upper and lower fasteners to maintain a fixed magnetic polarity in the upper and lower fasteners, and
- wherein each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners is a flexible, fabric covered piece.
A flexible magnetic fastening apparatus with enhanced strength and reduced noise during use, the magnetic fastening apparatus comprising:
- a pair of fasteners comprising an upper fastener detachably coupled to a lower fastener, each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising at least one fabric layer that encapsulates a magnetic member so that the fabric layer forms a top surface and a bottom surface of each fastener,
- the magnetic member in the upper fastener comprising a central portion forming a magnetic pole of a first polarity at the bottom surface of the upper fastener and an outer portion forming a magnetic pole of a second polarity at the bottom surface of the upper fastener,
- the magnetic member in the lower fastener comprising a central portion forming a magnetic pole of a second polarity at the top surface of the lower fastener and an outer portion forming a magnetic pole of the first polarity at the top surface of the lower fastener;
- wherein the magnetic pole of the first polarity of the central portion in the magnetic member in the upper fastener attracts the magnetic pole of the second polarity of the central portion in the magnetic member in the lower fastener, and the magnetic pole of the second polarity of the outer portion in the magnetic member in the upper fastener attracts the magnetic pole of the first polarity of the outer portion in the magnetic member in the lower fastener, thereby coupling the bottom surface of the upper fastener to the top surface of the lower fastener,
- wherein the outer portion in each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners is immediately adjacent to and entirely surrounds the central portion in each fastener,
- wherein the magnetic member in each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprises a plurality of crushed magnetic members which are non-powdered, the plurality of crushed magnetic members in the central portion of each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising magnetic poles of a first polarity facing the bottom surface of the fastener and magnetic poles of the second polarity facing the top surface of the fastener, the plurality of crushed magnetic members in the outer portion of each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners comprising magnetic poles of the second polarity facing the bottom surface of the fastener and magnetic poles of the first polarity facing the top surface of the fastener, wherein a flexible adhesive is disposed on the plurality of crushed magnetic members in the upper and lower fasteners to maintain a fixed magnetic polarity in the upper and lower fasteners, and wherein each fastener in the upper and lower fasteners is a flexible, fabric covered piece.
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