Telephone cord take-up reel assembly

• US 4,940,859 A
• Filed: 07/24/1989
• Issued: 07/10/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel Peterson
• Original Assignee: Daniel Peterson
• Inventors: Peterson, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, Robert P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muratori, A.
• Application Number:
  US07/384,162
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 191/12.2 R, 191/12.4, 310/232, 242/107, 242/107.12, 242/107.2, 379/438, 379/457
• US Class Current: 191/12.4
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/72 Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/15 Protecting or guiding telephone cords

Abstract

A telephone cord take-up reel assembly having a take-up reel housing formed from a cover and a base member that is mounted on the wall of a room. A shaft is supported in the take-up reel housing and it passes through the inner hub of a take-up reel upon which is wound a predetermined length of telephone cord. A metal reel spring formed in the shape of a coil has its inner end connected to the shaft and its outer end connected to the inner surface of the hub of the take-up reel. This is the structure that causes the telephone cord to be automatically reeled into the take-up reel housing. A cutout slot is formed in the top wall of the cover and one end of the telephone cord is passed outwardly therethrough. A cord stopper assembly is mounted on a portion of the telephone cord outside the take-up reel housing. This cord stopper assembly may adjustably positioned along the length of the telephone cord. A male telephone adapter passes through an aperture in the rear wall of the base member and it is electrically connected to the end of the telephone cord that is wound on the take-up reel.

Claims

1. A telephone cord take-up reel asembly comprising:

a take-up reel housing having a base member and a cover, said base member having a vertically oriented rear wall with an aperture therein, said rear wall having an inner surface, said cover having a vertically oriented front wall, a bottom wall, laterally spaced side walls and a top wall having a cutout slot laterally spaced side walls and a top wall having a cutout slot formed therein;

a take-up reel having an inner hub with laterally spaced annular flanges extending radially outwardly therefrom;

a shaft having a first end and a second end, said shaft passing through the inner hub of said take-up reel;

the front of said cover having an inner surface having a bracket moounted thereon, said bracket having an aperture that receives the first end of said shaft;

a slip ring connector having a front end, a side wall and a rear end, said front end receives and supports the second end of said shaft, said rear end is mounted on the inner surface of the rear wall of said base member;

a metal reel spring formed in the shape of a coil having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end of said spring being connected to said shaft and the outer end of said spring being connected to the inner hub of said take-up reel;

a predetermined length of telephone cord having a first end and a second end, said telephone cord being wound on said take-up reel and having its first end threaded through the cutout slot in said cover;

a male telephone adapter mounted in the aperture in the rear wall of said base member and extending outwardly therefrom; and

the second end of said telephone cord being connected to a female socket in the side wall of said slip ring connector.

2. A telephone cord take-up reel as recited in claim 1 further comprising a cord stopper assembly mounted on said telephone cord at a location outside said take-up reel housing.

3. A telephone cord take-up reel as recited in claim 1, wherein said take-up reel has a rectangular configuration.