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The utility holder was designed to allow stored markers an extended life of working effectiveness. The design has one or more cylindrical recesses with a tapered bottom in which a dry-erase marker cap may be held in place in order that a dry-erase marker may be placed inside the cylindrical recess u

The utility holder was designed to allow stored markers an extended life of working effectiveness. The design has one or more cylindrical recesses with a tapered bottom in which a dry-erase marker cap may be held in place in order that a dry-erase marker may be placed inside the cylindrical recess upside down, snapping into the dry-erase marker cap. The upside down placement of the markers in the magnetic whiteboard utility holder allows the markers maximum life. There are one or more magnets on the back surface of the utility holder which allows for it to adhere to a magnetic whiteboard. The utility holder also has a cuboid recess, which allows for a dry-erase eraser to be stored.

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1. A whiteboard system, comprising: a whiteboard comprising a magnetic surface;a utility holder comprising an open interior defined by a bottom wall joining front, rear, and side walls;the rear wall comprising one or more magnets for mounting the utility holder onto the whiteboard's magnetic surface

1. A whiteboard system, comprising: a whiteboard comprising a magnetic surface;a utility holder comprising an open interior defined by a bottom wall joining front, rear, and side walls;the rear wall comprising one or more magnets for mounting the utility holder onto the whiteboard's magnetic surface;the open interior comprising interior walls forming at least one cuboid;the open interior further comprising interior walls forming a plurality of cylinders each suitable for storing a single whiteboard marker, each marker comprising a removable cap;the open interior further comprising four vertical cylindrical recesses of equal height and diameter, arranged in two isometric vertical pairs rotated on a vertical axis on opposite sides of the cuboid, whereby an isosceles trapezoidal profile view is created from the top and from the bottom of the utility holder, with the four vertical cylindrical recesses equal in inner depth and outer height of each other and of the cuboid, andthe cylinders comprising at least partially tapered walls at a distal end proximate the bottom wall, for holding the cap in place within the distal end when the marker is subsequently withdrawn by a user. 2. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the utility holder comprises two parallel vertical channel-tracks of equal isometry and T-shaped from top and bottom views, situated on each side of the cuboid between the outer-most cylindrical recesses and the cuboid, wherein are embedded the two magnets, mounted substantially planar to the back surface. 3. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the plurality of cylinders is suitable for storage and containment of a dry-erase marker. 4. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the plurality of cylinders is suitable for storage and containment of a plurality of implements. 5. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the cuboid is suitable for storage and containment of a dry-erase eraser. 6. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the cuboid recess is suitable for storage and containment of one or more of dry-erase markers and a plurality of implements. 7. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the whiteboard comprises: a glass surface;a white sheet of equal length and width as the glass surface placed directly behind the glass surface; anda metal sheet of equal length and width as the glass surface placed behind the white sheet. 8. The whiteboard system of claim 7, wherein the glass surface may be written on with a dry-erase marker and the metal sheet allows for the utility holder to adhere to the magnetic whiteboard due to magnetic attraction between the metal sheet and the one or more magnets. 9. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the magnetic whiteboard has ferrous material or materials impregnated in the whiteboard. 10. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the back surface of the utility holder is covered with a buffering material. 11. The whiteboard system of claim 10, wherein the buffering material is such that surface friction increases between the magnetized back surface of the utility holder and the magnetic whiteboard. 12. The whiteboard system of claim 10, wherein the buffering material is made of a felt or felt-like material such that the utility holder may be used as a dry-erase eraser. 13. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein a buffering material covers one or more of the back surface, a front surface, and a bottom surface of the utility holder. 14. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the cylinders comprise a resilient metal projection that applies pressure to a dry-erase marker placed in any of the cylinders, which allows for the utility holder to be placed in any position without the dry-erase marker falling out. 15. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the cuboid has Velcro adhered to the bottom of it, which allows for the utility holder to be placed in any position without a dry-erase eraser falling out of the cuboid given that the dry-erase eraser comprises the corresponding Velcro piece allowing it to adhere to the Velcro at the bottom of the cuboid. 16. The whiteboard system of claim 2, wherein the utility holder comprises two bean-shaped recesses situated on each side of the cuboid from front to back between the inner cylindrical recesses and the T-shaped magnets, and from side to side between the cuboid and the outer-most cylindrical recesses. 17. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the cuboid recess is equal in width, from front to back, of 1.5 diameters of a single cylindrical recess. 18. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the utility holder is made of one or more of: a polymeric material, wood, aluminum, an alloy, steel, and plastic. 19. The whiteboard system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cylinders are bottomless.