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US 8,807,503 B2Granted
Tablecloth retainer
OwnerJose Alberto Zavala, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A tablecloth retainer includes an elastic band having at least a primary thickness, a width, and a predesigned boundary, wherein the elastic band is stretched around the perimeter edge of a table top to retain a tablecloth, the predesigned boundary being smaller than a range of table top perimeters accommodating the band by virtue of elasticity of the band.
Claims3
A tablecloth retainer comprising:
- an elastic band having at least a primary thickness, a width, and a predesigned shape;
- two or more permanent magnets embedded therein or otherwise attached thereon;
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- two or more magnetically permeable retainers;
- wherein the elastic band is stretched around the perimeter edge of a table top to retain a tablecloth, the predesigned boundary being smaller than a range of table top perimeters accommodating the band by virtue of elasticity of the band, and the tablecloth retainer is applied to the tabletop, the tablecloth is placed over the tabletop, and the magnetically permeable retainers are placed over the tablecloth against the magnets in the band securing the tablecloth therebetween.
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