Magnetic whiteboard utility holder
OwnerDavid R. Hall, William H. Reynolds +2inventors
InventorsDavid R. Hall, William H. Reynolds, Christopher Reynolds, Joe Fox
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Abstract
The utility holder was designed to allow stored markers an extended life of working effectiveness. The design has one or more cylindrical recesses with a tapered bottom in which a dry-erase marker cap may be held in place in order that a dry-erase marker may be placed inside the cylindrical recess upside down, snapping into the dry-erase marker cap. The upside down placement of the markers in the magnetic whiteboard utility holder allows the markers maximum life. There are one or more magnets on the back surface of the utility holder which allows for it to adhere to a magnetic whiteboard. The utility holder also has a cuboid recess, which allows for a dry-erase eraser to be stored.
Claims19
A whiteboard system, comprising:
- a whiteboard comprising a magnetic surface;
- a utility holder comprising an open interior defined by a bottom wall joining front, rear, and side walls;
- the rear wall comprising one or more magnets for mounting the utility holder onto the whiteboard's magnetic surface;
- the open interior comprising interior walls forming at least one cuboid;
- the open interior further comprising interior walls forming a plurality of cylinders each suitable for storing a single whiteboard marker, each marker comprising a removable cap;
- the open interior further comprising four vertical cylindrical recesses of equal height and diameter, arranged in two isometric vertical pairs rotated on a vertical axis on opposite sides of the cuboid, whereby an isosceles trapezoidal profile view is created from the top and from the bottom of the utility holder, with the four vertical cylindrical recesses equal in inner depth and outer height of each other and of the cuboid, and
- the cylinders comprising at least partially tapered walls at a distal end proximate the bottom wall, for holding the cap in place within the distal end when the marker is subsequently withdrawn by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.