US 12,247,610 B2
Magnetic-assisted suction cup mounting assembly and method
Vineet Aggarwal, Richmond, TX (US); Alan Kenneth Stratton, Milford, NH (US); and Marshall Bronfin, Bedford, NH (US)
Assigned to Heath Consultants Incorporated, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Heath Consultants Incorporated, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/334,547, filed on Apr. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0340976 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 47/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 47/00 (2013.01) [F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); F16B 47/006 (2013.01); F16B 2200/83 (2023.08)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic-assisted suction cup mounting assembly for semi-permanently attaching to a ferrous material surface, comprising:
a suction cup;
at least one magnet spatially arranged with respect to the suction cup and providing additional fixturing of the suction cup to the ferrous material surface;
a central hub having at least one slanted groove;
a retaining assembly connected to the central hub and positioned above the suction cup and the at least one magnet connected to the retaining assembly, the retaining assembly having a central opening for receiving the central hub and at least one follower member engaged with the at least one slanted groove; and
wherein the retaining assembly is allowed to partially rotate relative to the central hub and suction cup.