Magnetic Belt

Abstract

The magnetic belt is an improved version of the classic wearable belt, that has a more precise fit, and no loose ends. The magnetic belt has three main differences from the classic belt. The first is a fixed chain of ferromagnetic metal inside the leather, the second is a metal tip at the end of the belt, and the third is a new type of buckle. The metal buckle is detailed in Figure B, and it uses collapsible struts and magnetic force to clamp down onto the magnets in the belt. The belt's tip is made from a ferromagnetic metal that holds to the rest of the belt, and doesn't become loose. The magnetic belt is an improvement upon the classic belt, as it ensures a perfect fit, and eradicates the ineptitude of the flapping loose end.

Claims

1. A wearable belt comprising of: A material strap with a pointed piece of ferromagnetic material attached to one end of said strap; A multitude of magnets running down the inside of said material strap; A ferromagnetic buckle/clasp on the other end of said material strap, comprising of two metal sheets that are connected and held apart by one-way collapsing struts (As seen in figure B).

2. The Belt detailed in claim 1 wherein the ferromagnetic material attached to the end of the said material strap is of a circular or square form

3. The Belt detailed in claim 1 wherein said multitude of magnets only appears inside certain areas of the material.

Description

Ideal Form

[0005] The Ideal form of this invention as detailed in Figure A includes two polished Top-grain 1.5 by 30 to 50 leather strips sown together. In between these two leather strips would be several 0.75 by 0.75 by 0.0625 alnico magnets each fixed in the middle of the belt and spaced with 2 in between each one. This fixed spacing allows the belt to bend and curve around the waist.

[0006] The end of this belt is made of a steel pentagon that attaches to the magnets in the rest of the beltstopping the end of the belt from flapping around in an unprofessional sort of way. The belt would be held together by our novel buckle.

[0007] The buckle (shown in Figure B) is made up of two thin steel sheets held apart by three collapsible struts on the two long sides. On each of these sheets there are three solid steel rodseach 0.125 longer than the width of the buckle. These rods are soldered onto each of the steel sheets (as shown in diagram) so that 0.0625 sticks out on each side. These rods will be the placeholders for the six metal struts that will hold the sheets apart. These struts are solid steel with small loops on either end. The loops are made of the same steel, but they have rubber coating on the inside to get traction on the rods. The struts fit onto the rods and are secured by very small nylon insert lock nuts. When the struts are secured onto the sheets they should slightly out of line, with one a little ahead of the other. This is by design as only when they collapse will the sheets be in line. The struts are secured so that they can collapsewith a push. Attached to these strutsso that they can only collapse into placeare two small metal struts fused into the main ones at a 20-degree angle. They are fused so that if you attempt to push the sheets further out of line, they will not collapse.

[0008] When put together this buckle will snap onto the magnetic belt once you thread through the belt and push down diagonally on the struts. This allows for a belt that is perfectly adjustable, along with being magnetic and having an iron tip.

Additional Embodiments

[0009] The magnetic belt is a name that covers multiple modelsnot just the one specified above. A magnetic belt is any belt that has magnets inside of it and uses a buckle of the same nature. They can be made of different materials, whether it be cloth instead of leather, iron instead of steel, or a different sort of magnet. They can have different hinge designs on the buckle, if they collapse onto the belt and hold it in place using magnetic force. These models would work in the same wayjust with different materials.