Marker devices, marker systems, and containers with marker plates thereon for displaying personalized information, and related methods

A marker system for displaying changeable personalized information on a container, the marker system comprising:

• one or more marker plates, each marker plate comprising a metal and having a first side and a second side with at least one message on at least one of the first side or the second side, the one or more marker plates each comprising a protrusion on the first side to identify the first side from the second side of the marker plate, wherein a formation of the protrusion on one side of the marker plate forms an indention on the second side of the marker plate;
• a marker housing that is attachable to a container, the marker housing comprising a base having a first side and a second side and perimeter walls extending upward from the first side of the base to form a marker receiving station, the first side of the marker housing comprising an indentation and the first side of the base comprising a flat planar surface that extends from around the indentation to the perimeter walls;
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• a housing magnet positioned in the indentation of the first side of the base of the marker housing to hold the marker plate in the marker receiving station of the marker housing within the perimeter walls, wherein the housing magnet has a magnetic field strength of between about 120 millitesla (mT) to about 140 mT;
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• a removal tool comprising a handle portion and a puller magnet, the removal tool configured to a remove a marker plate from the marker receiving recess in the marker housing, the puller magnet having a magnetic field intensity that is greater than the magnetic field intensity of the housing magnet, wherein the puller magnet has a magnetic field strength of greater than about 140 mT.

A container having personalized information displayed thereon that is changeable, the container comprising;

• one or more container walls forming a cavity of the container into which items can be placed;
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• a marker device for displaying personalized information on the container, the marker device comprising:
• a marker plate comprising a metal and having a first side and a second side with at least one message on at least one of the first side or the second side, the marker plate further comprising a protrusion on the first side to identify the first side from the second side of the marker plate;
• a marker housing secured to the container, the marker housing comprising a base having a first side and a second side and perimeter walls extending upward from the first side of the base to form a marker receiving station, the first side of the marker housing comprising an indentation and the first side of the base comprising a flat planar surface that extends from around the indentation to the perimeter walls;
• a housing magnet positioned in the indentation of the first side of the base of the marker housing configured to hold the marker plate in the marker receiving station of the marker housing within the perimeter walls, wherein the housing magnet has a magnetic field strength of between about 120 mT to about 140 mT;
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• the marker plate being insertable into the marker receiving station of the marker housing and held therein by the housing magnet and the marker plate being removable from the marker receiving station of the marker housing using a removal tool that has a puller magnet therein with a stronger magnetic field strength than a magnetic field strength of the housing magnet.

A method of using a marker device for displaying personalized information on a container, the method comprising:

• providing a container with a marker device thereon, the marker device comprising:
• one or more marker plates, each marker plate comprising a metal and having a first side and a second side with a message on at least one of the first side or the second side the one or more marker plates each comprising a protrusion on the first side to identify the first side from the second side of the marker plate;
• a marker housing secured to the container, the marker housing comprising a base having a first side and a second side and perimeter walls extending upward from the first side of the base to form a marker receiving station, the first side of the marker housing comprising an indentation and the first side of the base comprising a flat planar surface that extends from around the indentation to the perimeter walls;
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• a housing magnet positioned in the indentation of the first side of the base of the marker housing, wherein the housing magnet has a magnetic field strength of between about 120 millitesla (mT) to about 140 mT;
• inserting a first marker plate of the one or more marker plates into the marker receiving station of the marker housing and holding the first marker plate within the marker receiving station with the housing magnet so that the message on the first side of the first marker plate faces outward;
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• removing the first marker plate from the marker receiving station of the marker housing using a removal tool that has a puller magnet therein with a stronger magnetic field strength than a magnetic field strength of the housing magnet, wherein the puller magnet has a magnetic field strength of greater than about 140 mT.