Magnetic coin purse
CA 2205455 A1 · Owner: Caron, Guy · Inventors: Caron, Guy
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
This change purse comprises two permanent magnets each in the form of a small plate with a flat surface against which coins or tokens can be held magnetically. The flat magnets are hinged together at one end. In one model additional permanent magnets in the form of narrow strips of opposite poles are used to keep the two flat sections in a closed position. The hinge has two flaps which cover the two flat magnets. In the second model each flap forms a contour surrounding the flat magnet and its internal surface juts out from the flat surface of the magnet to close the sides of the change purse while maintaining a certain spacing between the two flat surfaces. A mechanical closure is used …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed May 20, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 20, 2019.
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