A mechanical wallet or cardholder can be opened using one hand by sliding a top or second plate along rails parallel to a bottom or first plate. A card arm forces cards in the cardholder (i.e., located between the first and second plates) out a second end of the cardholder in a fanned or stepped fashion. A magnet in the card arm and in a first end of the frame (opposite the second end of the cardholder and frame) cooperate to return and retain the card arm and first plate in the closed position. A card lock at the second end of the frame retains cards in the cardholder when the cardholder is in the closed position and allows the cards to be pushed from the second end of the cardholder by the card arm when the second plate is moved to the open position.

Devices herein generally describe a protector for a device such as a phone or tablet that includes a magnet and allows for the transfer of power and data. The protector is generally flat, and affixes itself to the back of a device using the magnet. To prevent unintentional rotation and/or sliding off with respect to the device, rather than surround the device itself, the protector includes an opening that surrounds a protrusion on the device, which may include the device's camera.

An enclosure may be provided with a housing. The housing may have an opening that separates and joins along a seam. A magnetic closure may have a pair of mating flexible magnetic members such as flexible rings or strips that run along the seam. Magnetic-field shunts may be provided in the flexible magnetic members. Multiple magnetic elements may be formed along the length of each magnetic member to form a multipole permanent magnet. Magnetic attraction may be varied along the lengths of the magnetic members and may be varied as a function of the separation between opposing magnet members. A magnetic clasp may be provided on the housing. The magnetic clasp may have attracting magnets to help close the opening in the housing. Protruding clasp portions may be formed from flexible material and may have embedded magnets configured to repel each other to facilitate use of the clasp.

An expandable and collapsible pouch for accommodating an orthodontic appliance while not is use. The pouch may be selectively and repeatedly coupled to a variety of objects. After selectively coupling the pouch to a desired object, the user opens the pouch by expanding at least one collapsible wall or side. The user then removes their orthodontic appliance, inserts it into the open pouch, and then closes the pouch by letting the pouch contract. When the orthodontic appliance is needed again, the user removes the appliance from the pouch and lets the pouch contract into its original position flush against the surface of the object. The pouch is coupled to the object via a magnet disposed within the pouch that is configured to interact with the surface of the object. The pouch also includes a second magnet which assists the pouch maintain a closed position while an appliance is inserted therein.

A dog walking bag includes a central waste-holding compartment that is accessible from openings at the top end and bottom end of the compartment. The dog walking bag further includes a top flap, removably covering the top opening, and a bottom flap, removably covering the bottom opening. When using dog walking bag, a user deposits plastic waste bags containing animal waste (hereinafter “full waste bags”) into the central waste-holding compartment through the top opening. When a time arrives to empty the central waste-holding compartment of full waste bags, the bottom flap is manipulated to uncover the bottom opening, allowing the full waste bags to fall out of the central waste-holding compartment by force of gravity. In this way, a user is able to empty the central waste-holding compartment of full waste bags without having to touch or manually handle the full waste bags during the emptying process.

A system for releasably connecting a plurality of interchangeable components in an assembly. The system includes a plurality of units and a plurality of interchangeable components capable of being releasably joined to one or more of the plurality of units. The plurality of units further includes a physical connecting system and a magnetic connecting system for relative positioning of at least one of the plurality of units with at least another one of the plurality of units. The physical connecting system includes a set of physical keys. The set of physical keys includes an indentation and projection on the surface of the unit. The magnetic connecting system includes a plurality of magnetic connectors housed in the interior housing of each of the plurality of units.

Collapsible stand to support and exhibit an article includes a stand portion, two forward legs and a rear leg. The legs engage a lower portion of a main body and splay outwardly in the form of a tripod. The main body provides support against which the article rests in leaning engagement. The legs each include: a floor support panel hingeably connected to the main body to support the bottom of the article; an exterior support panel hingeably connected to the floor support panel and projecting from the floor to the main body to resist the opposing force created by the load of the article on the stand; a shelf panel hingeably connected to the exterior support panel to support the load of the article on the stand; and a shelf support panel hingeably connected to the shelf panel to support the shelf panel against the main body.

A magnetic buckle device has a buckle main body and an inserting head. When the inserting head is close to an insertion hole of the buckle main body, the magnetic attraction force between a first component on the inserting head and a second component on the buckle main body can assist with inserting the inserting head into the insertion hole. After the inserting head is inserted to a predetermined position, the magnetic attraction force will keep the buckle main body in an engaged state even without any additional fixing means. When the buckle main body is switched to a disengaged state and the inserting head is moved out of the buckle main body, the magnetic attraction force attracts the inserting head to attach to the buckle main body, and thereby, after moved out, the inserting head cannot move arbitrarily.

A carrying bag includes a housing, two attachments attached to two side portions of the housing, a strap device having two engaging members at end portions for engaging with the attachments of the housing, and two retaining devices slidably attached to the strap device, the retaining devices each include a spring biasing member for contacting and engaging with the engaging member of the strap device, and a retainer extended from the spring biasing member for contacting and engaging with the engaging member of the strap device and the attachment of the housing and for anchoring and retaining the engaging member of the strap device and the attachment of the housing together.

A segmented bag with a single continuous strap or dual or more straps. A duffle bag with two segments secured together with diametrically opposed longitudinal zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners and/or magnets. A multi-segmented bag with two semi-cylindrical segments secured together with longitudinal zippers and each semi-cylindrical segment having quarter sections secured together with an annular zipper. The single continuous strap functions as a hand grip or a shoulder strap and maintains the connectivity of the duffle bag segments even when separated. The dual strap permits the releasably secured bag segments to be separated completely.