Abstract: The present magnetic closure device has one or more holding members and one or more closure members, each with a surface configuration providing an increased frictional force, when two matching surface configurations cooperate. One member of a pair forming a closure device is a permanent magnet of so-called hard magnetic material, while the other member of a pair is a magnetic armature made of ferromagnetically soft, magnetizable material. The increased frictional force and the magnetic force combine to provide an effective closure device for articles of non-magnetic material, such as leather goods, textiles, and synthetic materials. The two members have a square or rectangular configuration and are corrugated whereby both members have the same configuration and the permanent magnet has poles of one polarity extending along the entire length of a ridge in the corrugation, and poles of the opposite polarity extending along the entire length of the valleys adjacent to a ridge.

Abstract: The present magnetic closure device has one or more holding members and one or more closure members, each with a surface configuration providing an increased frictional force, when two matching surface configurations cooperate. One member is made of permanent magnetic material, while the other member is made of ferromagnetically soft material. The increased frictional force and the magnetic force combine to provide an effective closure device for articles of non-magnetic material, such as leather goods, textiles, and synthetic materials.