Electric adapter organizer

• US 20060264094A1
• Filed: 05/17/2005
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eric D. Young
• Original Assignee: Eric D. Young
• Inventors: Young, Eric D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,189,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/501
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/72 Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum

Abstract

An organizer for organizing and storing one or more of adapters provided with rechargeable devices includes an AC power supply to provide access to electricity for the adapters to permit one or more of the adapters to operate simultaneously; a mechanism for storing excess adapter wiring; and a mechanism adapted to permit selectively extension or retraction of the wire of the adapter.

Claims

1. An organizer unit adapted to organize:

(a) one or more adapters for supplying power to one or more respective rechargeable devices; and

(b) wires respectively associated with the one or more adapters, the organizer unit comprising;

a main housing having a base;

one or more AC outlets located within the housing, respective ones of the one or more AC outlets supplying AC power to respective ones of the one or more adapters;

one or more spools, each of said spools being adapted to store an unused portion of a wire associated with a respective one of the adapters;

one or more spring mechanisms, each of the spring mechanisms being affixed to the housing, each spring mechanism being cooperatively engaged with a respective connection end portion of a wire associated with an adapter to provide a force urging the connection end portion of the wire towards the spring mechanism; and

a brake, formed at an interface to an outside of the organizer unit, the brake being operative to hold the connection end portion such that a desired length of wire is extended outside of the housing of the organizer unit for connection to a rechargeable device.

2. The organizer unit of claim 1, wherein each spring mechanism engages a respective connection end portion of a wire associated with an adapter by a string connected to a clip attached to the wire.

3. The organizer unit of claim 2, the organizer unit further comprising a clip stop, attached to the base of the housing, the clip stop preventing the connection end of the wire from being extended more than a predetermined distance outside of the organizer unit.

4. The organizer unit of claim 1, wherein the brake comprises rubber brake portions and a spring retainer, the rubber brake portions being oriented with respect to one another to allow a connection end portion of the adapter wire to be lodged, by frictional force, between the rubber brake portions when the connection end is extended from the organizer unit, to prevent retraction of the connection end into the organizer unit.

6. The organizer unit of claim 1, further comprising one or more lids, at least one of the one or more lids including at least one connection end opening for allowing the connection end of a wire to be drawn out of the housing of the organizer unit for connection to a rechargeable device.

5. An organizer unit adapted to organize:

(a) one or more adapters for supplying power to one or more respective rechargeable devices; and

(b) wires respectively associated with the one or more adapters, the organizer unit comprising;

a main housing having a base;

one or more AC outlets located within the housing, respective ones of the one or more AC outlets supplying AC power to respective ones of the one or more adapters;

one or more spools, each of said spools being adapted to store an unused portion of a wire associated with a respective one of the adapters;

one or more spring mechanisms, each of the spring mechanisms being affixed to the housing, each spring mechanism being cooperatively engaged with a respective connection end portion of a wire associated with an adapter to provide a force urging the connection end portion of the wire towards the spring mechanism; and

a brake, formed at an interface to an outside of the organizer unit, the brake being operative to hold the connection end portion such that a desired length of wire is extended outside of the housing of the organizer unit for connection to a rechargeable device,

wherein each spring mechanism engages a respective connection end portion of a wire associated with an adapter by a string connected to a clip attached to the wire, and

wherein the clip comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper and lower portions being cooperatively engaged with one another by means of hinges to allow for movement between an open position and a closed position, the wire of the adapter being held securely between the upper and lower portions in the closed position.

7. An organizer for organizing and storing one or more of adapters provided with rechargeable devices, the organizer comprising:

an AC power supply to provide access to electricity for the adapters to permit one or more of the adapters to operate simultaneously;

a storing mechanism for storing excess adapter wiring; and

an extension/retraction mechanism separate from said storage mechanism adapted to permit selective extension or retraction of the wire of the adapter.

8. An organizer according to claim 7, wherein the storing mechanism for storing excess adapter wiring comprises a spool.

9. An organizer according to claim 7, wherein the extension/retraction mechanism comprises a spring mechanism affixed to a base of the organizer, and a clip adapted to fixedly clip to a portion of the wire, the clip being cooperatively engaged with the spring mechanism and the wire to permit selective extension and retraction of the wire of the adapter.

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