US Patent Issued to Magnetic Mechanisms on March 3 for "Leverless detachable magnetic hook" (Minnesota, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,525, issued on March 3, was assigned to Magnetic Mechanisms LLC (Shoreview, Minn.).

"Leverless detachable magnetic hook" was invented by Jeffery M. Eliason (Shoreview, Minn.), Mitchell Porch (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Joseph Funk (St. Paul, Minn.), Braden J. Eliason (Minneapolis), Benjamin J. Larsen (St. Paul, Minn.), David A. Melander (Saint Louis Park, Minn.) and Rebecca E. Wereley (Richfield, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Leverless magnetic hook devices including a body portion, a hook portion, a magnetic-retaining portion, and a magnetic device. The body portion defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first s...