Patent ID: 6994305

Claim:
A magnet mounting assembly for use in detachably mounting a device to a rounded ferromagnetic surface of a liquid storage tank, said assembly comprising: a ferromagnetic support plate including a central axis, and an interior face; a ferromagnetic plate extension depending from said interior face; a permanent magnet disposed on said interior face; and said plate extension being sized and shaped with a plurality of axial heights relative to said plate, to form a plurality of legs having terminal edges, said edges being configured to engage the rounded ferromagnetic surface at a plurality of non-contiguous locations thereon; said legs depending immovably from said support plate, wherein said support plate and said plate extension comprise a solid state device; wherein said legs are spaced from one another to provide clearance therebetween; said legs being substantially equidistantly spaced from one another; and said legs collectively forming less than or equal to 50% of a notional periphery of the assembly.