ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,479, issued on July 29, was assigned to Banner Engineering Corp. (Minneapolis).
"Magnetic mount assembly" was invented by Charles Dolezalek (Blaine, Minn.), Matthew Espindola Munn (St. Michael, Minn.) and Robert Schlosser (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed herein relates to a magnetic mounting assembly having a frame. A first ferromagnetic extension is fixed to the frame and extends in an axial direction. A second ferromagnetic extension is fixed to the frame and extends in the axial direction. A bar magnet has a first lateral end defining a first magnetic pole magnetically coupled to the fir...