Patent ID: 8256618

Claim:
A magnetic storage device comprising: a) a base having an upper surface and a cavity formed in said upper surface; b) a plurality of articles, each article having a thickness and a magnetic affinity; c) a tray having an upper surface, a lower surface and a height therebetween, said lower surface being sized and configured to mate with said upper surface of said base, said tray having a plurality of cavities formed in said upper surface, each of said cavities being sized and configured to receive one of said plurality of articles, each of said cavities having an elongated, semi-circular configuration with opposite ends, a pair of raised abutments aligned adjacent to said opposite ends of each of said cavities, each of said raised abutments having an upper surface which is located below said upper surface of said tray, and each of said upper surfaces of said pair of raised abutments extending upward to a height that is less than the thickness of one of said plurality of articles when at least one of said plurality of articles is positioned in one of said cavities; d) a magnetic member positioned within said cavity of said base, said magnetic member exerting a sufficient magnetic attraction on said plurality of articles when each is positioned in one of said cavities to temporarily retain said plurality of articles therein, and said magnetic member exerting a sufficient magnetic attraction through said base to releasably attach said magnetic storage device to a magnetically attractive surface; and e) a cover having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a hollow cavity which is open to said lower surface of said cover, and said hollow cavity being sized and configured to fit over said tray.