# US 8,783,642 B2 · Method and object for fastening of posters > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,642 B2 - Document ID: US8783642B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/579,524 - Filed: 2010-08-16 - Published: 2012-12-06 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2009-09-01 - Assignees: Magsee GmbH - Applicants: Tomas Pedersen - Inventors: Tomas Pedersen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783642B2 ## CPC - G09F 11/29: of a band other than endless - G09F 7/04: the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by magnetic means - G09F 15/0062: {collapsible} - G09F 2007/186: {suspended, e.g. secured to the ceiling} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A method for fastening items (2) such as posters, photos or banners, which in the edge for hanging have a poster hanging bar or rail (3) manufactured from a magnetic material, to an object such as a poster roll up unit (15), which is provided with one or more magnets (5) to which the rail (3) can be connected, the magnets (5) being placed in a recess in relation to the object's surface. Poster roll up units (15) are provided with built in magnets (5) for fastening and fixing items (2) by magnetic connection between the magnets (5) and the rail (3), mounted in the item's (2) edge for hanging. Items such as posters are simply, inexpensively and efficiently mounted and fastened to objects such as poster roll up units (15), without safety risks and requirements for space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for removably hanging one or more items comprising: a longitudinally extending fixture having opposed ends, a longitudinally extending passage extending between the opposed ends; one or more magnets disposed in the longitudinal passage, a receiving channel leading to the passage, and having an open lower end and an upper end in close proximity to the longitudinally extending passage, a rail attached externally over an edge of the one or more items to be hung, made of a magnetically attractive material, the rail configured for being slidably received within said receiving channel, wherein, after the rail is attached to the one or more items, the rail is insertable upwardly into the receiving channel, between the opposed ends, the magnets disposed within the passage magnetically engaging and holding the rail with the attached one or more items hanging therefrom, and wherein the receiving channel has an upper end with an opening leading into the longitudinal passage, the opening having a width smaller than a width of the one or more magnets disposed in the longitudinal passage, an upper end of the rail being extendable through the opening into contact with the one or more magnets contained within the longitudinal passage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one hanger for supporting the fixture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the fixture has a generally cylindrical shape. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the channel has a flared open end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the rail is configured to reside entirely within the receiving channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the rail extends externally over a front and a back side of the edge on the one or more items, with the edge housed within the rail. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the open end of the channel has a width which is narrower than a width of the fixture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the fixture is generally cylindrical, the longitudinal passage is circular and located beneath an upper surface of the fixture, the receiving channel extending downwardly therefrom towards an opposite lower surface of the fixture, the receiving channel having a length sufficient for receiving entirely the rail therein. ### Claim 9 A method for removably hanging one or more items comprising: providing a longitudinally extending fixture having opposed ends, a longitudinally extending passage extending between the opposed ends, one or more magnets disposed in the longitudinal passage, the fixture having a receiving channel leading to the passage, and having an open lower end and an upper end in close proximity to the longitudinally extending passage, attaching a hanging rail externally over an edge of the one or more items to be hung, made of a magnetically attractive material, the hanging rail configured for being slidably received within said receiving channel, upwardly inserting the hanging rail into the receiving channel, between the opposed ends, the magnets disposed within the passage magnetically engaging and holding the hanging rail in the fixture with the attached one or more items hanging downwardly therefrom, leading and guiding the hanging rail through the receiving channel into magnetic contact with the one or more magnets located in the passage without any sideways movement, wherein the receiving channel has an upper end with an opening leading into the longitudinal passage, the opening having a width smaller than a width of the one or more magnets disposed in the longitudinal passage, an upper end of the hanging rail being extendable through the opening into contact with the one or more magnets contained within the longitudinal passage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9 further comprising upwardly inserting the hanging rail through the receiving channel until the hanging rail magnetically engages with the one or more magnets located in the longitudinal passage, the hanging rail residing entirely within the receiving channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9 further comprising fixing the hanging rail externally over a front and a back side of the edge on the one or more items, with the edge housed within the hanging rail. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein the open end of the channel has a width which is narrower than a width of the fixture. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein the fixture is generally cylindrical, the longitudinal passage is circular and located beneath an upper surface of the fixture, the receiving channel extending downwardly therefrom towards an opposite lower surface of the fixture, the receiving channel having a length sufficient for receiving entirely the hanging rail therein.