Portable Device for Supplying Outlets Including Retractable Electrical Extension Cord

• US 20110197794A1
• Filed: 03/16/2009
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vinicius José Gomes Nunes
• Original Assignee: Vinicius José Gomes Nunes
• Inventors: Nunes, Vinicius José Gomes
• Application Number:
  US13/059,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20110197794A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.02
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/34 electric cords or electric power cables
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/36 without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/4431 Manual stop or release button
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0493 Service poles

Abstract

“PORTABLE DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING OUTLETS INCLUDING RETRACTABLE ELECTRICAL EXTENSION CORD” consists in a body (1), on a pillar shape, with a wide base (2) in order to confer stability to the device. On the top of the body, there are outlets (6) disposed in appropriated height to supply devices positioned over an elevated surface such as a table, balcony or stand. The body contains electrical extension with mechanism of automatic retraction. Inside of the body there are two cylinders (8, 10) supported on two axes (9, 11), one in the base and another one next to the top. Both cylinders are involved by a strap (7) that contains two tracks (15) of conductive material in which are an electrical, flattened and thin cable (4) with an anti-stumbling effect. This cable (4) is rolled from one of its extremities on the strap (7), when retracted, and its opposing extremity leaves for an orifice (3) next to the base of the body, finishing in the electrical plug (5). The bottom cylinder (8) is tensioned by a spring (23) that makes the cable automatically retracts when the user desires to pick up the extension, driving the mechanism by pressing a button (2) installed on the body of the device. The top cylinder (10) has in its external surface two conductive tracks (24) that make contact with the conductive tracks (15) of the strap, whereas in the interior of the cylinder two brushes (25) of conductive material transmit the energy from the cable to the outlets supported in the top of the body, through conventional electric wires (12). The device enables several optional such as the inclusion of electrical circuit protection, electrical signal filter, DC adaptors, mobile phone chargers or cigarette lighter, in order to bring greater facility to the users, or to became more suitable for specific uses as, for example, computer equipment supplying.

Claims

1. ) “

PORTABLE DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING OUTLETS INCLUDING RETRACTABLE ELECTRICAL EXTENSION CORD”

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understood for a body (1), on a Pillar shape, with a number of outlets (6) in its upper part, having a wide base (2), characterized for the said body to contain an electric extension with mechanism of automatic retraction, constituted of two cylinders (8, 10) supported on two axles (9, 11), that they are involved by a strap (7) that contains two tracks (15) of conductive material in which are an electrical, flattened and thin cable (4), with an anti-stumbling effect, that are rolled from one of its extremities on the strap (7), when retracted, and its opposing extremity leaves for an orifice (3) next to the base of the body, finishing in an electrical plug (5);

The bottom cylinder (8) is tensioned by a spring (23) that makes the cable automatically retracts driving the mechanism by pressing a button (2) installed on the body of the device;

the top cylinder (10) has in its external surface two conducting tracks (24) that make contact with the conductive tracks (15) of the strap, whereas in the interior of the cylinder two brushes (25) of conductive material transmit the energy of the cable to the outlets (6), through conventional electric wires (12);

The device enables several optional such as the inclusion of electrical circuit protection, electrical signal filter, DC adaptors, mobile phone chargers or cigarette lighter, in order to bring greater facility to the users, or to became it more adequated for specific uses as, for example, computer equipment supplying.

1-1. ) “

PORTABLE DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING OUTLETS INCLUDING RETRACTABLE ELECTRICAL EXTENSION CORD”

, according with the first claim, it is used as a sustentation pillar for a table, forming only one set where the outlets are disposed on the top 26 of the table, or underneath the top 26, in specific boxes 27.