US 12,419,373 B2
Reclosable closure
Michael Bergman, Somerville, MA (US)
Filed by Michael Bergman, Somerville, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/772,162.
Application 18/772,162 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2023/010823, filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/569,289, filed on Mar. 25, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/433,671, filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,367, filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,373, filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0365897 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A41F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41F 1/002 (2013.01) [A44D 2203/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure comprising:
a first structural member having a first longitudinal axis, a second structural member having a second longitudinal axis, and an actuator mechanism, said actuator mechanism coupled to respective first ends of said first and second structural members;
said first structural member having a first plurality of magnets, said first plurality of magnets having respective magnetic polarities and respective magnetic axes disposed generally transverse to said first longitudinal axis, said respective magnetic polarities being disposed in alternating fashion along said first longitudinal axis;
said second structural member having a second plurality of magnets, said second plurality of magnets having respective magnetic polarities and respective magnetic axes disposed generally transverse to said second longitudinal axis, said respective magnetic polarities being disposed in alternating fashion along said second longitudinal axis;
said actuator mechanism including a body and a third structural member, said third structural member including a pivotal link, said third structural member being coupled to said body and to said first structural member so as, when under an actuating force, to urge said first structural member from a first spatial position into a second spatial position whereby said respective polarities of said first and second pluralities of magnets transition from respective states of mutual attraction to mutual opposition.