摘要 |
A suction cup (10) for holding an attached object to a host surface. The suction cup comprises a stem element (12), a cup element (14) and a hold/release element (16). Cup element (14) is elastic and moveable between an inactive position (that is, unattached to a host surface), and an active position (that is, attached to a host surface). Hold/release element (16) comprises a rigid or semi-rigid web spanning from the upper portion of the suction cup's stem element (12) radially outward to the peripheral edge of the cup element (14), and filling in the remaining space between the element (14) and the stem element (12). The hold/release element (16) is positioned such that when cup element (14) is in the active position, element (12) is generally perpendicular to the host surface.
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