US 12,465,118 B2
Magnetic fastener system
Steven Grabowski, Charleston, SC (US); and Joseph A. Dicarlo, Chester, NH (US)
Filed by Steven Grabowski, Charleston, SC (US); and Joseph A. Dicarlo, Chester, NH (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,577.
Application 18/652,577 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/970,270, filed on Oct. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,980,258.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/306,431, filed on Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,629, filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,016, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277117 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 17/0041 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic fastener system comprising:
a first fastener structure having;
a body with a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
at least one of a male friction-snap fastener or female friction-snap fastener positioned on the first side;
a pocket formed within the second side of the body;
a first magnet positioned within the pocket;
a recessed surface formed in an interior of the pocket and enclosing the first magnet in the pocket, wherein a captive wall is formed around the recessed surface, wherein at least a portion of the recessed surface is positioned substantially perpendicular to the captive wall, and wherein the first magnet is positioned above the portion of the recessed surface and at least partially between the recessed surface and the male friction-snap fastener or female friction-snap fastener on the first side; and
a second fastener structure having;
a central portion formed by an inner sidewall;
a second magnet positioned within the central portion; and
an outer sidewall, wherein the outer sidewall defines a shape of the second fastener structure, wherein a shape of the central portion substantially matches a shape defined by an inner circumference of the captive wall, wherein the central portion of the second fastener structure is removably insertable into the pocket and the captive wall is removably insertable into a receiving space between the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall, and wherein the first and second fastener structures are magnetically connectable, and the first magnet positioned above a footprint of the central portion having the second magnet with the recessed surface interfacing between the central portion and the first magnet when the second fastener is in a connected position with the first fastener structure,
wherein at least a third fastener structure is removably connectable to the at least one of the male friction-snap fastener or the female friction-snap fastener positioned on the first side of the first fastener structure.