Interacting spools for a cord holder

• US 5,772,152 A
• Filed: 08/29/1996
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sandra Birdsall Maldonado
• Original Assignee: Sandra Birdsall Maldonado
• Inventors: Maldonado, Sandra Birdsall
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Strimbu, Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US08/705,296
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 242/386, 242/597, 242/404, 242/406, 242/405, 242/597.8, 242/388.1, 242/388.5
• US Class Current: 242/597
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/38 involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/40 mobile or transportable
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/446 for releasably or permanently attaching the frame to a wall, on a floor or on a post or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/4471 Housing enclosing the reel
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum

Abstract

A cord holder having an outer rotatable housing with an inwardly extending inner spool which engages and rotates within a concentrically mounted larger stationary hollow cord storage spool support. The inner spool fits within the hollow larger spool support in a telescoping manner. Two self-stick pads mount the spool support to a vertical support surface such as an appliance, wall or the like. A cord stored around the larger hollow spool support may be withdrawn through a hole in the outer housing when needed. In an alternate embodiment, a housing with a cord exit opening has a center spool containing a cord around it. The spool is fixed to the housing while a rotatable flat support with a center circular indentation can be mounted on and rotated around a spool extension. An appropriate opening in the flat support allows the stored cord to be withdrawn from the spool.

Claims

1. A cord holder comprising:

an outer housing having an inner spool extending inwardly from the housing towards a stationary support mount, said housing having a cord opening through the housing,

said support mount having an open ended hollow cord retaining spool extending outwardly towards the housing, said cord retaining spool having a diameter larger than a diameter of the inner spool and a length substantially the same as a length of the inner spool,

said cord retaining spool being concentrically mounted on the inner spool by placing said cord retaining spool over the inner spool, said inner spool having spool support spacer members which are disposed on a free end of the inner spool and face in a radially outward direction, said spool support spacer members engage an inner surface of said cord retaining spool to space an outer surface of said inner spool from the inner surface of said cord retaining spool, said cord retaining spool having spool support members which face in a radially inward direction and engage the outer surface of the inner spool near an end of the inner spool opposite the free end to space the outer surface of said inner spool from the inner surface of said cord retaining spool whereby the rotation of the inner spool and the housing with respect to the cord retaining spool permits the withdrawal of stored cord through the cord opening; and

means on said support mount for attaching the support mount to a fixed vertical support surface.

2. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for attaching the support mount comprises:

at least two self-stick pads one of which is affixed to the support mount and another adapted to be affixed on a surface to which the holder is to be attached.

3. The invention as claimed in claim 2, wherein said outer housing is shaped semi-spherical and said support mount has a circular shaped portion with a peripheral cord receiving opening.