Power cord and wire shortener

• US 4,726,536 A
• Filed: 10/23/1986
• Issued: 02/23/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mega/Erg Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mega/Erg Incorporated
• Inventors: Lerner, Larwence, Diskin, Stephen P.
• Primary Examiner(s): DESMOND, EUGENE
• Application Number:
  US06/922,533
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 339/119 C, 191/12.2, 191/12.9, 292/85.1, 292/100.1, 292/107.1, 292/107.13, 292/86.1, 292/100, 439/527-528
• US Class Current: 242/388.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum

Abstract

A power cord and wire shortener in the form of a short cylindrical reel which allows shortening and organizing power cords and wires to an exact, desired length and which can be used with small appliances and the like especially in office workstations and household or industrial worksurfaces.

Claims

1. In a power cord and wire shortener, a pair of opposed hollow cylindrical elements of substantially similar dimension, joined coaxially to form a cylindrical internal cavity into which power cord or wire may be inserted, a winding cylinder coaxially located within the cylindrical internal cavity and extending from one of the pair of cylindrical elements and having a diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of the pair of hollow cylindrical elements, an upstanding shaft member located coaxially within the winding cylinder and extending toward an end surface of the one of the pair of cylindrical elements, a single slot located along the length of the winding cylinder and with the other of the opposed hollow cylindrical elements including a circumferential slot extending out of the internal cavity, the end surface of the one of the pair of cylindrical elements including a slot extending from the upstanding shaft toward the side of the one of the pair of cylindrical elements, the power cord or wire shortened by looping the cord or wire around the upstanding shaft and leading the doubled cord or wire through the single and circumferential slots to rest in the circumferential slot in the other of the pair of cylindrical elements, and which, when the two cylindrical elements of the device are counter-rotated, produces an internal coiling of said inserted power cord or wire within the internal cavity and thus a resultant shortening by any desired amount and storing the excess length of said power cord or wire.

2. A power cord and wire shortener as stated in claim 1 in which additional adhesive mounting means permit attachment to any surface in any location and in either horizontal or vertical orientation.

3. A power cord and wire shortener as stated in claim 1 additionally including a closure clip to cover the end surface slot.