US 12,089,719 B2
Connection system for an assembly
Lauren Frances, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Albert P. Ros, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Lauren Frances, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Lauren Frances, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/695,313.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,066, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287441 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 44/00 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 44/00 (2013.01) [B65D 21/0201 (2013.01); B65D 21/0209 (2013.01); A45D 2200/00 (2013.01); A45D 2200/25 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for releasably connecting a plurality of interchangeable components in an assembly, the system comprising:
a plurality of units, wherein each of the plurality of units comprises a first exterior surface, a second exterior surface, a first interior surface, a second interior surface, an interior housing of the unit defined by at least the first and second interior surfaces, and a first end comprising a first coupling component, and
a plurality of interchangeable components, wherein each of the interchangeable components comprises a second coupling component capable of being releasably joined to one or more of the plurality of units, the plurality of units further comprising
a physical connecting system for relative positioning of at least one of the plurality of units with at least another one of the plurality of units comprising
a first set of physical keys on each of the plurality of units, the first set of physical keys comprising
a first indentation on the first exterior surface of the unit, and
a first projection on the second exterior surface of the unit and dimensionally complementary to the first indentation,
wherein the first projection on one of the plurality of units is capable of fitting into the first indentation on another one of the plurality of units, such that the physical connecting system is capable of causing at least one of the plurality of units to be releasably joined to another one of the plurality of units along a first plane, and
a magnetic connecting system for relative positioning of at least one of the plurality of units with at least another one of the plurality of units comprising
a plurality of magnetic connectors housed in the interior housing of each of the plurality of units, wherein each of the magnetic connectors has two magnetic polar zones having opposite polarity, the plurality of magnetic connectors comprising
a first magnet housed adjacent to the first interior surface of the unit, and
a second magnet housed adjacent to the second interior surface of the unit,
wherein the first magnet comprises a first face facing the first interior surface and having a first polarity, and the second magnet comprises a second face facing the second interior surface and having a second polarity opposite the first polarity, such that the magnetic connecting system is capable of causing at least one of the plurality of units to be magnetically joined to another one of the plurality of units along the first plane.