Patent ID: 8382169

Claim:
A device for securing a door relative to a stationary structure by means of magnetic attraction, comprising: a tiltable tilting element with a first magnet element, a counter element with a second magnet element, and a housing for the tilting element, in which the tilting element is retracted when it is not engaged in the counter element, wherein the housing is positioned on the stationary structure, wherein at least one of the first and second magnet elements is a permanent magnet or electromagnet, and wherein the tilting element and the counter element are movable with respect to one another such that they can be moved to a securing position by magnetic attraction between the first magnet element and the second magnet element, wherein the device further comprises a bezel that overlaps the stationary structure and the housing, wherein the tilting element is pivotally attached to the housing and the counter element is mounted on the door, and wherein the tilting element comprises a cover plate composed of non-magnetic material, wherein, when not in use, an edge of the cover plate rests on the stationary structure and on an upper edge of the housing and is aligned with a surface of the bezel or protrudes by no more than the thickness of the cover plate resting thereon, beyond the surface of the bezel.