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US 9,789,590 B2Granted
Magnetic bands
AssigneeMiguel Angel Macias
InventorsMiguel Angel Macias, Marco Galli
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Abstract
An apparatus for holding an article is described. The apparatus comprises an elastic band and a depository area integrally coupled as part of the elastic band into which at least one magnet is deposited. The elastic band is formed as a continuous loop having a first width. The depository area has a second width exceeding the first width of the continuous elastic band. The depository area includes storage of the at least one magnet that, when deposited, occupies at least seventy percent of a volume of the depository area.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- an elastic band having a first width, the elastic band is formed as a continuous loop and includes a depository area integrated as part of the continuous elastic band, the depository area includes a second width and a maximum width, the maximum width greater than the second width, wherein the second width is equal to the first width;
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- at least a first magnet having a first dimension and stored within the depository area, wherein the first magnet occupies at least seventy percent of a volume of the depository area and is oriented in a direction that enables magnetic coupling of an exterior surface of the continuous elastic band at the depository area, and wherein the first magnet is bound within the depository area as a result of the first dimension being greater than the second width of the depository area.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least a first magnet and a second magnet;
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- a continuous elastic band having a first width, the elastic band is formed as a continuous loop and includes:
- a first depository area integrated as part of the continuous elastic band, the first depository area having (i) a second width equal to the first width of the continuous elastic band, (ii) a maximum width greater than the second width, and (iii) an opening sized to enable insertion of at least the first magnet into the first depository area for storage of at least the first magnet, and
- a second depository area integrated as part of the continuous elastic band and positioned on a portion of the continuous elastic band directly opposite the first depository area, the second depository area includes at least the second magnet,
- wherein the first magnet has a first dimension and is stored within the first depository area, the first magnet occupies at least seventy percent of a volume of the first depository area and is oriented in a direction that enables magnetic coupling of an exterior surface of the continuous elastic band at the first depository area, and wherein the first magnet is bound within the first depository area as a result of the first dimension being greater than the second width of the first depository area.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an elastic band having a first width, the elastic band is formed as a closed, continuous loop having an inner surface and includes a depository area integrated as part of the continuous elastic band, the depository area includes a second width and a maximum width, the maximum width being greater than the second width, wherein the second width is equal to the first width;
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- at least a first magnet having a first dimension and stored within the depository area, wherein the first magnet occupies at least seventy percent of a volume of the depository area and is oriented in a direction that enables magnetic coupling of an interior surface of the continuous elastic band at the depository area, and wherein the first magnet is bound within the depository area as a result of the first dimension being greater than the first second width of the depository area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.