Mobile device cord holder

• US 20050123164A1
• Filed: 12/08/2003
• Published: 06/09/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beverly R. Scott, Caroline L. Yao
• Original Assignee: Beverly R. Scott, Caroline L. Yao
• Inventors: Yao, Caroline L., Scott, Beverly R.
• Application Number:
  US10/730,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20050123164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/380
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/15 Protecting or guiding telephone cords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1033 Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

A cord holder for cords of mobile devices is described in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The described cord holder includes a center region and two end regions, coupled on either longitudinal end of the center region. Each of the end regions is axially longer than the center region, forming retaining regions. The retaining regions are used to hold a cord in a non-tangling manner. The end regions include pincer regions having a gap, the gap resistively allowing passage of the earpiece cord into a holding area, thus allowing the ends of the earpiece cord to be secured. The amount of cord that is held by the cord holder is determinable by the user by choosing the locations of the cord that are inserted into the pincer regions. The cord holder thus allows for quick and tangle-free storage of excess cord until those times when extended cord length is desired. The preferred embodiment is a cord holder for use with an earpiece cord for a mobile device.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a center region having a first end and a second end;

a first end region coupled to the first end of the center region, the first end region axially longer than the center region and forming first retaining regions, the first end region including a first pincer region;

a second end region coupled to the second end of the center region, the second end region axially longer than the center region and forming second retaining regions, the second end region including a second pincer region;

wherein the first and second pincer regions include a gap that resistively allows passage of a cord.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the center region is solid.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first retaining regions, the second retaining regions and the center region form a cord holding area.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second end regions further include a holding region into which the cord is held after being passed through the gap.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second pincer regions further includes opposing members, and the gap included in each of the first and second pincer regions is formed by the opposing members.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein each of the opposing members includes a tip, and the tips of the opposing members are disposed to form the gap.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second retaining regions extend perpendicular to the center region.

8. A method, comprising:

inserting a first portion of a cord into a first end region of a cord holder, the first end region including a first holding region to hold the first portion of the cord;

wrapping a remaining length of the cord around a cord retaining area of the cord holder, the cord retaining area formed from the first end region, a center region coupled to the first end region, and a second end region coupled to the center region, the first end region and second end region axially longer than the center region;

inserting a second portion of the cord into a second end region of the cord holder, the second end region including a second holding region to hold the second portion of the earpiece cord.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

inserting a third portion of the cord into the first end region of the cord holder after the wrapping, such that the third portion of the cord is held in the first holding region;

wherein the inserting the second portion of the cord into the second end region is performed before the wrapping.

10. An earpiece cord holding device, comprising:

a center region having a first end and a second end;

a first end region coupled to the first end of the center region, the first end region axially longer than the center region and forming first retaining regions, the first end region including a first pincer region;

a second end region coupled to the second end of the center region, the second end region axially longer than the center region and forming second retaining regions, the second end region including a second pincer region;

wherein the first and second pincer regions include a gap that resistively allows passage of an earpiece cord.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the center region is solid.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the first retaining regions, the second retaining regions and the center region form a cord holding area.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second end regions further include a holding region into which the earpiece cord is held after being passed through the gap.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second pincer regions further includes opposing members, and the gap included in each of the first and second pincer regions is formed by the opposing members.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein each of the opposing members includes a tip, and the tips of the opposing members are disposed to form the gap.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the first and second retaining regions extend perpendicular to the center region.