Patent ID: 7621492

Claim:
A magnetic mounting assembly capable of securely and stably attaching a positionable object to be universally positioned and variably fixed in a desired selected position by magnetic forces to a support, wherein said mounting assembly comprises: (a) a positioning element attached to said positionable object including a ball means formed of a magnetizable material for universally varying the position of said positionable object; (b) a support element in supporting contact with said support, wherein said support element includes an outer nonmagnetizable housing supporting an inner magnetizable housing, said outer and inner housings having ball supporting surface means correspondingly configured to said ball means to movably securely hold and universally position said ball means in said support element; and (c) magnet means, including a magnet portion in direct contact with a platform surface of said inner housing and a magnetizable cap portion having a first surface in contact with said magnet portion and a second, opposed surface spaced a functionally optimal distance from said inner housing and from said ball means for producing the magnetic forces to magnetize the magnetizable inner housing, cap portion and ball means, thereby securely and movably attaching said positionable object to said support.