US 11,622,642 B2 · System for holding tableware on a table

Abstract

The invention provides a supported body having a magnetic or ferromagnetic component to adhere the supported body to a magnetic or ferromagnetic support, such as a table top by magnetic attraction. A reusable adhering component, such as a stretch-releasable pressure sensitive adhesive tape is disposed on a top surface of the supported body to removably attach tableware or dishware to the supported body. The supported body can be in the form of a plate, a coaster, a placemat, or other known configuration. Alternatively, a support body can be releasably secured to a table top or other support surface by a releasable attaching device such as a suction cup and a supported body can be releasably attached to a piece of tableware or dishware by a releasable attaching device such as a suction cup, and the support body and the supported body can be magnetically attached to each other.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for adhering tableware or dishware to a table, comprising:

a supported body having a first ferromagnetic component;
a support body having a second ferromagnetic component wherein one of the first and second ferromagnetic components is a magnetic component and a respective other one of the first and second ferromagnetic components is magnetically attracted to the magnetic component;
a reusable adhering component arranged on the supported body between the tableware or dishware and the first ferromagnetic component;
wherein the adhering component comprises a polyurethane sticky gel.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/773,832Filed 27 Jan 2020 · continuation in part

Priority

15 May 2017

Published

US 2020/0260895 A120 Aug 2020

Granted

11 Apr 2023

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A47G 29/087
Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00: devices for fastening household…
A47G 11/001
Table linen: table napkins
A47G 19/06
Plates, dishes or the like: plates with integral holders for spoons, glasses, or the like
A47G 19/10
Plate-holders: devices for securing plates to the table

Family

Application62/506,384Us provisional application · filed 15 May 2017

Application62/518,142Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2017

Application15/979,125Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 May 2018

Application62/867,651Us provisional application · filed 27 Jun 2019

Application62/898,337Us provisional application · filed 10 Sep 2019

US 10,561,260 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Feb 2020

US 2020/0260895 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Aug 2020

US 2019/0133351 A1Published application

US 11,622,642 B2This patent

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System for holding tableware on a table

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System for holding tableware on a table

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Abstract

Claims20