Patent ID: 8052365
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B43M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pushpin device adapted to affix articles to different surfaces by piercing, by magnetic attraction, or by clamping and to enclose a pin to allow safer handling of the device by reducing the danger of injury being inflicted by an exposed point of the pin, the device comprising: a pin head comprising magnetically susceptible material, wherein the pin head is adapted to allow a user to apply pressure to the pin head without discomfort; a longitudinally extending pin having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion of the longitudinally extending pin being coupled to the pin head and the distal portion of the longitudinally extending pin comprising a point at a distal end, wherein the point is adapted to allow the pin to penetrate user selected articles that are to be affixed to a surface; a base comprising a magnetic material and having an aperture, wherein a deformable outer member coupled to the pin head at a first end and coupled to the base at a second end that is distal to the first end, wherein the deformable outer member further comprises