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US 2014/0191515 A1Published application
Magnetic-pin catch for cabinet or interior room door
OwnerEdward Gorlewskiinventor
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Abstract
A catch member within one of a movable door or fixed jamb head or frame for the door, cooperates with a probe member within the other one of the movable door or fixed jamb head or frame for the door in closing and opening the door via attracting forces between an embedded rare earth magnet in one with respect to a steel pin in the other in a construction wherein both the magnet and the pin are hidden from view when the door is open or closed—in presenting a more attractive appearance in high-end interior door constructions and high-end fashionable cabinetry installations.
Claims16
The combination comprising:
- a movable door;
- a fixed jamb head or frame for said door;
- an orientingly facing catch member within one of said door and said fixed jamb head or frame;
- an oppositely orientingly facing probe member within said other of said door and said fixed jam head or frame;
- with the catch member having an open first end, a closed second end, and an embedded rare earth magnet affixed inwardly of said closed second end;
- with the probe member having a steel pin within a nonmagnetic shell having an open first end and a closed second end;
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- wherein the probe member pin is sized to move freely within the nonmagnetic shell into the catch member under the attracting forces of the embedded rare earth magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.