Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Reexamination Certificate
2003-09-24
2004-11-02
Ramirez, Ramon O (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
C211S070600, C211SDIG001, C248S309400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06811127
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a retainer, more particularly to a magnetic retainer for retaining articles thereon by magnetic attraction.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional magnetic retainer, as shown in
FIG. 1
, generally includes a holding member
1
and an elongated magnetic bar
2
. The holding member
1
includes a base plate
101
which is adapted to be mounted on a wall, and a magnet-holding part
102
disposed on and cooperating with the base plate
101
to define a magnet-retention groove
103
therebetween. The magnetic bar
2
is mounted in the magnet-retention groove
103
.
The conventional magnetic retainer is suitable specially for retaining long tools, such as spanner, screw drivers, files, etc., thereon, but retention of a variety of articles, like screws, bolts, nuts, etc., is not appropriate due to the elongated configuration of the holding member
1
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a magnetic retainer which is capable of retaining a plurality of articles regardless of their sizes and lengths so as to overcome the aforesaid disadvantage of the prior art.
According to the present invention, the magnetic retainer includes: a molded one-piece plastic mounting member including a bowl-shaped part and an elongated part integrally formed with the bowl-shaped part, the bowl-shaped part including a base that has top and bottom faces, and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the top face of the base to define a receiving space therebetween, and having a top end face distal from the base, the base being formed with a plurality retaining holes, each of which is defined by a hole-confining wall, the elongated part projecting outwardly and laterally from the peripheral wall, and having a top face and formed with an elongated groove which is defined by a groove-confining wall, the groove-confining wall having two opposite ends and being formed with two opposite shoulders that project respectively from the opposite ends of the groove-confining wall into the groove; a plurality of magnets, each of which is fixed in a respective one of the retaining holes in the base; a metal sheet disposed within the receiving space and attached to the top face of the base through magnetic attraction of the magnets; a covering disc attached securely to the bottom face of the base to cover the retaining holes so as to prevent removal of the magnets from the retaining holes; a magnet-holding frame fitted in the elongated groove, seated on the shoulders, defining a holding groove, and having two opposite ends; and an elongated magnetic unit mounted securely in the holding groove in the magnet-holding frame.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5350065 (1994-09-01), Darrey
patent: 2003/0038100 (2003-02-01), Liu
patent: 2003/0222036 (2003-12-01), Lacombe et al.
patent: 2004/0055979 (2004-03-01), Fabregas
Ramirez Ramon O
Trop Pruner & Hu P.C.
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