US 11,696,608 B2Granted

Removable magnetic closure system for articles

AssigneeAyden John Lagalante

InventorAyden John Lagalante

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Abstract

A removeable, magnetic closure system for openings in clothing articles, in particular pockets, incorporating two fasteners that are held in place on opposite sides of the openings in clothing articles through intra-fastener magnetic attraction. Independent self-closure occurs through an inter-fastener magnetic attraction. Insertion of an object at the position of the openings in the clothing articles, in particular a pocket, increases the intra-fastener distance and reduces the intra-fastener attraction. When the object is removed, the openings in the clothing articles, in particular a pocket, are independently closed when the inter-fastener magnetic attraction is reestablished. Each fastener is removed from the openings in the clothing articles by 90-degree rotation of the intra-fastener geometry. The removable, magnetic closure system can be installed and removed indefinitely on different clothing articles.

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Dependent claims

A removable magnetic system for temporarily joining a clothing article, comprising a first removable magnetic fastener and a second removable magnetic fastener, wherein

a. each of said first and second removable magnetic fasteners is comprised of two magnetically opposed independent pieces containing magnets or magnetic materials such that the removable magnetic system is comprised of four independent magnetic pieces;
b. said first and second removable fasteners are attached on opposite sides of an opening in said clothing article by intra-fastener magnetic attraction, whereby independent self-closure of the opening in said clothing article is achieved through inter-fastener magnetic attraction by decreasing the distance between said first and second removable fasteners;
c. the system is configured to achieve opening of said closure by increasing the distance between said first and second removable fasteners to decrease the inter-fastener magnetic attraction and;
d. the four independent magnetic pieces of said first and second removable fasteners are removed from said clothing article by intra-fastener rotation wherein the magnetically opposing pieces of said first and second removable magnetic fastener are rotated relative to each other about a central axis to decrease the intra-fastener magnetic attraction.

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