Patent ID: 7607205
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A magnetic closure, comprising a male element and a female element, which are coupled respectively to a first flap and a second flap said male element comprising a magnet and said female element comprising a magnet, said magnet of said male element being spaced from a surface of said first flap and said female element comprising a retention element which protrudes from a surface of said second flap, said retention element being adapted to accommodate said male element substantially at right angles to the surfaces of said first flap and said second flap, the retention element of said female element being arranged opposite the magnet of said female element arranged opposite said second flap, said female element comprising an enclosure for accommodating a support which is accommodates the magnet of said female element, said enclosure being connected, so that said enclosure passes through said second flap, to a plate-like element which is arranged on an upper surface of said second flap, said support for accommodating said magnet of the female element being spaced from said plate-like element such that a space exists between an upper surface of said magnet of said female element and said plate-like element in a first non-coupling position between said male element and said female element, and said support with said magnet of said female element being accommodated loosely in said enclosure such that said support with said magnet are movable in said enclosure toward said magnet of said male element away from said first non-coupling position into a coupling position of magnetic coupling between said magnets of said male and female elements.