Portable electric appliance with cord holder

• US 6,450,436 B1
• Filed: 01/22/2001
• Issued: 09/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
• Original Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
• Inventors: Tsuji, Masao, Carbajal, Francisco J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jillions, John M.
• Application Number:
  US09/766,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20020096411A1
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 242/400.1, 242/405.1, 242/405.2, 191/12.R, 191/12.2 R, 248/51, 248/52, 249/09, 241/15.R, 241/15.J
• US Class Current: 242/400.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/4476 with stored material wound around two spaced supports
• 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

Abstract

A portable electric appliance (10) has a housing with recesses (20) in which posts (25) are mounted for movement between extended and retracted positions. The appliance power cord is wrapped about the posts for storage in their extended positions and held in a notch (31) of a post flange (30).

Claims

1. A portable electrically powered appliance having a housing and a power cord which extends out of said housing for connection to a source of electric power, and wherein said housing has a side formed with two recesses and two posts with manually gripable flanges- repositionably mounted to and extending from said two side recesses for movement inboard between a retracted position with said flanges located inboard said side recesses and an extended position with said flanges located outboard of said side recesses, whereby the power cord may be wrapped about the posts for appliance transportation and storage with the posts in their extended positions and the posts retracted when the appliance is in use.

2. The portable electric appliance of claim 1 wherein said flanges have a notch in which an end of said electric cord may be held.

3. The portable electric appliance of claim 1 wherein one of said housing recesses has a hole through which said electric cord extends adjacent one of said posts.

4. A portable electrically powered appliance having a housing through which a power cord extends and means for holding said power cord flushly aside one side wall of said housing, said means includes a post that is retractably and extendable mounted to said housing between a retracted position wherein said entire post is positioned inboard of said side wall and an extended position wherein a portion of said post is positional outboard of said side wall.

5. The portable electrically powered appliance of claim 4 wherein said cord holding means comprising a second post retractable and extendably mounted to said housing spaced from the other post.

6. The portable electrically powered appliance of claim 4 wherein said housing has a generally flat rear side formed with a recess in which said post is mounted.

7. The portable electrically powered appliance of claim 6 wherein said post is formed with a flange with a notch through which said power cored may be passed.