Patent ID: 6919116

Claim:
A table pad coupling system, comprising: a plurality of table pads, including: a first table pad having: a plurality of peripheral surfaces including a first peripheral surface and a second peripheral surface, said first peripheral surface opposite said second peripheral surface; and a plurality of magnets positioned within said first table pad, said plurality of magnets including a first magnet associated with said first peripheral surface and a second magnet associated with said second peripheral surface, said first and second magnets having a surface of a same magnetic polarity, said surface of said first magnet and said surface of said second magnet outwardly oriented proximate said respective first and second peripheral surfaces; and a second table pad having a plurality of peripheral surfaces including a first peripheral surface and a second peripheral surface, said first peripheral surface opposite said second peripheral surface, said first peripheral surface of said first table pad disposed adjacent said first peripheral surface of said second table pad additionally includes a plurality of ferrous members positioned within said second table pad, said plurality of ferrous members including a first member and a second ferrous member, said first ferrous member proximate said first peripheral surface of said second table pad and said second ferrous member proximate said second peripheral surface of said second table pad; and a third table pad having: a plurality of peripheral surfaces including a first peripheral surface and a second peripheral surface, said first peripheral surface opposite said second peripheral surface; and an other plurality of magnets positioned within said third table pad, said other plurality of magnets including a third magnet associated with said first peripheral surface of said third table and a fourth magnet associated with said second peripheral surface of said third table pad, said third and fourth magnets having a surface of a same magnetic polarity, said magnetic polarity of said surfaces of said third magnet and said fourth magnet being opposite that of said surface of said first magnet and said second magnet, said surface of said third magnet and said surface of said fourth magnet outwardly oriented proximate said respective first and second peripheral surfaces of said third table pad, said first peripheral surface of said third table pad disposed proximate one of said second peripheral surface of said first table pad and said second peripheral surface of said second table pad.