Wall magnet anchor system
OwnerVarun Jay Patelinventor
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Abstract
A wall magnet anchor system is used to install magnetic anchors in wall material that can be used to magnetically hold an object to the wall, thereby avoiding the need to a conventional hook that protrudes from the surface of the wall. The anchor can include a helical thread to hold the anchor in the wall. An installation tool includes a cutting features at one end for cutting a hole in a wall to receive an anchor, and an installation feature that engages the anchor and allows a user to drive the anchor, through rotation, into the hole cut by the cutting features.
Claims21
An anchor for hanging objects on a wall, the anchor comprising:
- a body having a back end and a front end;
- a magnet disposed in the body, wherein a portion of the magnet is adjacent the front end;
- a helical thread helically formed around the body from the back end to the front end of the body;
- a plurality of slots at the front end of the body that extend from an outside of the body into the body and from the front end along the body in a direction toward the back end of the body;
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- wherein the helical thread comprises a bridge portion over at least one slot of the plurality of slots.
A wall magnet anchor system, comprising:
- an anchor installation tool having:
- an elongated body having a first end and a second end;
- an anchor engagement feature formed at the second end of the elongated body opposite the first end;
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- a gripping portion formed between the first end and the second end;
- an anchor having:
- a body having a back end and a front end;
- a magnet disposed in the body, wherein a portion of the magnet is adjacent the front end;
- a helical thread formed around the body from the back end to the front end of the body;
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- a tool engagement feature formed at the front end of the body that is configured to mate with the anchor engagement feature of the anchor installation tool.
An anchor installation tool, comprising:
- an elongated body having a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end along an axis of the elongated body;
- a hex channel formed along the axis at the first end;
- an anchor engagement feature formed at the second end, the anchor engagement feature including a plurality of protrusions that extend from the second end in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
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- a gripping portion formed between the first end and the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.