Patent ID: 6653919
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable magnetic closure apparatus, comprising:a first housing member having a computer and a first single layer magnetic member; a second housing member; a sliding member slidable with respect to the second housing member; a magnetic apparatus with a dual layer magnetic member linked to the sliding member, wherein said sliding member is slidable from: a. a latching position in which a magnetic pole in said first single layer magnetic member faces an opposite-polarity magnetic pole in said dual layer magnetic member to cause attraction between said opposite-polarity magnetic poles and thereby latch said second housing member to said first housing member, to b. an unlatching position in which a magnetic pole in said first single layer magnetic member faces a like-polarity magnetic pole in said dual layer magnetic member to cause repulsion between said like-polarity magnetic poles and thereby facilitate unlatching of said first and second housing members.