US 11,865,471 B2
Apparatus for embedding a magnet in flexible elastic material
Cas Holman, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Heroes Will Rise, Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,787.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,727, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158417 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 33/00 (2006.01); A63H 33/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/52 (2006.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 33/046 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14377 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/5209 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A substantially rigid cup comprising a base on one end and walls extending to an opening on the other end, forming a rim on the open end,
a) wherein the exterior edge of said rim is rounded,
b) wherein a magnet is inserted into the base of the cup,
c) wherein the interior corners between the base of the cup and the interior walls are chamfered, and the magnet rests on the chamfer,
d) the walls of the cup are taller than the height of the magnet insdie the said base,
e) wherein the walls are comprised of multiple openings, and
f) wherein a flexible elastic material is cured around the walls of the cup, inside the cup, around the magnet, and around the rim, but the base of the cup remains exposed, such that the magnet and cup are embedded in the flexible elastic material with the base visible on a surface of the flexible elastic material.