Compound holding device for retaining tools
OwnerLorenzo Zappiainventor
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Abstract
A compound-holding device for use with a working material in one embodiment comprising a plate having a top and a bottom surface. A magnet for retaining tools is mounted on the bottom surface of the plate. In another embodiment of the invention, the handle is hollow and a magnet is placed inside the handle for retaining elongated tools such as screwdrivers within the handle. Other retaining means are threading, a clip or a locking pin system. In another embodiment a pan is disclosed having a bottom surface and sides extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom. Magnets for retaining tools are mounted on the sides of the pan for holding tools. A magnet-free zone enables holding by hand without interference of protruding magnets.
Claims20
A hawk comprising:
- a plate having a top surface for holding a working material, a bottom surface and an edge;
- a handle mounted to said bottom surface of said plate;
- and
- one or more magnets mounted to bottom surface 6 of said plate to hold one or more tools having ferromagnetic parts.
A pan for holding a working material and retaining devices, the pan comprising:
- a base having sides extending upwardly and outwardly from the base, the sides defining an opening, such that the opening has a greater area than the area of the base;
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- one or more magnets coupled to the sides so as to define a magnet-free zone for a hand to hold the pan, the magnets to hold one or more tools having ferromagnetic parts.
A method for using a compound-holding device, comprising the steps of:
- a. holding the device having a working material thereon;
- b. using a tool with the working material;
- c. placing the tool against one or more magnets mounted to the device, the tool being magnetically retained against the device;
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- d. removing a tool that was magnetically retained against the device when needed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.