Hook with magnetic closure
OwnerLucy A. Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
A hook formed into a body having a hook shape and having a neck and fabricated from nonferromagnetic material with the body having a first end and a second end. The neck is proximate the first end. The hook also includes a closure that is fabricated from nonmagnetic ferromagnetic material, other nonmagnetic materials, and magnetic ferromagnetic materials, and having a first closure end and a second closure end, the closure being pivotally and/or pivotally and slidably attached to the body and positioned to span a gap between the second end of the hook and the body. There is at least one magnet fixedly attached to the neck, so the at least one magnet holds the closure in a closed position that spans the gap such that the hook encloses a defined space in the closed position.
Claims10
A hook comprising:
- a body having a neck and formed into a hook shape and fabricated from nonferromagnetic material, said body having a first hook end and a second hook end wherein said neck is proximate to said first hook end;
- a pin centrally attached to said body;
- a closure having a first closure end and a second closure end and fabricated from nonmagnetic material, said closure having a slot and pivotally and slidably attached to said pin and positioned to span a space between said second closure end and said second hook end in a closed position;
- a first gap having a length between one end of said slot and a pivot attachment in said closed position;
- a neck groove formed in said neck to receive said closure;
- a second gap between a closure edge at said first closure end and said first hook end, said second gap having an inclined floor and having a length at least equal to said length of said first gap;
- at least one neck magnet fixedly attached to said neck groove;
- and,
- at least one closure magnet fixedly attached to said closure proximate said first closure end;
- wherein said at least one neck magnet and said at least one closure magnet are aligned with each other and of opposite polarity and hold said closure in said closed position that spans said space;
- and,
- wherein said hook encloses a defined area in said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.