Patent ID: 6405983
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A47G,F16B,G09F

Abstract:
A device for attaching a laminar paper object having an aperture to a vertical support structure, the device comprising:a planar plate defining a first face and a second face, the first face of the plate being attachable to a vertical structure, the second face being generally planar, except for a boss having a diameter of 4 mm or greater protruding from the second face of the plate, the boss being dimensioned to be received in the aperture, and wherein the boss is non-threaded; and a flexible, generally planar retaining means defining an aperture configured to receive the boss; wherein the plate is made of a plastic material and includes a ferrous washer disposed around the boss, and wherein the retaining means includes or is made of a ferromagnetic material, so that the retaining means, the plate, and the boss cooperate, by means of magnetic attraction between the retaining means and the plate, to retain the laminar paper object located between the plate and the retaining means in a fixed location relative to the plate and the retaining means, whereby the laminar object may be supported from the boss by means of the aperture, and retained there by the retaining means, but wherein when the laminar object is pivoted about the device, the retaining means flex with the laminar paper object and lift from the plate, thereby releasing the laminar paper object.