# US 8,739,386 B2 · Method for magnetically attaching and detaching portable items

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- Number: US 8,739,386 B2
- Document ID: US8739386B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/499,780
- Filed: 2009-07-08
- Published: 2010-10-21
- Granted: 2014-06-03
- Earliest claimed: 2007-04-03
- Assignees: The Dual Magnetic Interlocking Pin System, LLC
- Applicants: Michael Wein; Stephen Douglas Alexander
- Inventors: Michael Wein; Stephen Douglas Alexander
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739386B2

## CPC

- A24F 15/18: combined with other objects
- F23Q 2/32: Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects (combinations with smokers' equipment A24F)
- F23Q 2/34: Component parts or accessories
- H01F 7/0252: {PM holding devices (H01F7/021, H01F7/0215, H01F7/0226 take precedence)}
- Y10T 24/32: having magnetic fastener
- Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining
- Y10T 29/49904: Assembling a subassembly, then assembling with a second subassembly
- Y10T 29/49947: by applying separate fastener
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method for removably attaching portable items which are usable with each other. The method comprises the steps of removably inserting a first magnetically attractable component into a first portable item, thereby forming a first magnetically attractable item; removably inserting a second magnetically attractable component into a second portable item, thereby forming a second magnetically attractable item; allowing the first magnetically attractable item to magnetically engage the second magnetically attractable item, thereby forming a detachable magnetic assembly, wherein the detachable magnetic assembly can magnetically engage a magnetic surface, enabling the detachable magnetic assembly to be removably secured to the magnetic surface, and enabling one of the first or second portable items to be removed from the detachable magnetic assembly while maintaining the other first or second portable item in engagement with the magnetic surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for removably attaching a first portable item to a second portable item, wherein the second portable item is usable in association with the first portable item, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
a. removably inserting a first lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable component with a first face into the first portable item, forming a first lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable item;
b. removably inserting a second lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable component with a second face into the second portable item, forming a second lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable item; and
c. allowing the first lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable item to magnetically engage the second lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable item, forming a detachable magnetic assembly, wherein the first and second lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable components each comprise a global positioning system transmitter communicating with a GPS satellite network, and a global communication network, and at least one processor associated with at least one data storage, and wherein the data storage has computer instructions instructing the processor to operate an executive dashboard showing worldwide usage of each lightweight non-electric magnetically attractable component.