Magnetic pouch attachment mechanism with crash stable locking teeth

A method of utilizing a crash-ready vehicular magnetic pouch attachment assembly within a vehicle, the method comprising:

• arranging a vehicular surface mount to be securable to an interior surface of the vehicle, the vehicular surface mount comprising:
• an alignment plate defining on one side at least one mounting point to secure the alignment plate to the interior surface of the vehicle, and on another side a generally planar plate surface to secure a pouch thereto, the generally planar plate surface defining at least one magnetic area, at least one mounting aperture and at least one latch aperture formed therein;
• and
• a latch comprising at least one latch tooth that is movably received within the at least one latch aperture of the alignment plate;
• configuring a mounting bracket to comprise at least one alignment peg and at least one catch such that both the alignment peg and the catch are disposed on a surface defined by a bracket magnetic area;
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• configuring the pouch to be secured to the mounting bracket such that upon introduction of the pouch and the mounting bracket into proximity of the alignment plate, an attractive magnetic force between them draws the pouch and the mounting bracket toward the interior surface of the vehicle through the alignment plate, after which the mounting bracket, latch and alignment plate cooperate to have the crash-ready vehicular magnetic pouch attachment assembly secured to the interior surface of the vehicle, thereby allowing the at least one latch tooth that makes up a portion of the alignment plate to be biased in a retention position such that it projects into the at least one latch aperture to selectively engage with the at least one catch to maintain retention engagement of at least (a) 15 Gs in a fore-aft direction and (b) at least 17 Gs in a lateral direction.

A crash-ready vehicular magnetic pouch retrofit kit comprising:

• a vehicular surface mount comprising:
• an alignment plate defining on one side at least one mounting point to secure the alignment plate to a vehicular surface, and on another side a generally planar plate surface to secure a pouch thereto, the generally planar plate surface defining at least one magnetic area, at least one mounting aperture and at least one latch aperture formed therein;
• and
• a latch comprising at least one latch tooth that is movably received within the at least one latch aperture of the alignment plate;
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• a mounting bracket comprising:
• a bracket magnetic area configured to provide an attractive magnetic force to the at least one magnetic area of the alignment plate;
• at least one alignment peg that is disposed on a surface defined by the bracket magnetic area and is configured to be removably received within the at least one mounting aperture of the alignment plate;
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• a catch that is disposed on the surface defined by the bracket magnetic area and is configured to provide selective connection to the latch such that upon magnetic attraction, alignment and subsequent connection of the pouch to the vehicular surface mount through the mounting bracket and alignment plate, a crash-ready retention position defined by the at least one movable latch tooth projecting into the at least one latch aperture to engage with the catch is formed such that the retention position is maintained even after exposure to a vehicular-based G-force loading of at least (a) 15 Gs in a fore-aft direction and (b) at least 17 Gs in a lateral direction.