Method of manufacturing cord management device

• US 7,743,495 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2007
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Mori, Kenneth, Sween, Barry, Iida, Yoko, Wadsworth, John
• Primary Examiner(s): ARBES, CARL J
• Application Number:
  US11/811,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: 298/25, 298/57, 29861-863, 385/134, 385/135
• US Class Current: 29/857
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/105 in association with a plinth, channel, raceway or similar
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49162 by using wire as conductive path
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49174 Assembling terminal to elongated conductor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49181 by deforming
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49183 of ferrule about conductor and terminal

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a cord management device. The method includes: (a) providing a power strip; (b) physically and electrically coupling a power cord to the power strip; (c) providing a stationary portion, providing the stationary portion includes: (1) providing a first wall; (2) providing two or more slots in the first wall configured to contain a first portion of a single electrical cord; and (3) providing a second wall spaced part from the first wall, the first wall and second wall defining a first space there between; (d) providing a cover; (e) hingedly attaching the cover to the stationary portion, thereby defining a second space; (f) integrating the power strip into the second space; and (g) locating a portion of the power cord in the first space.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a cord management device, the method comprising:

providing a power strip;

physically and electrically coupling a power cord to the power strip;

providing a stationary portion having a first space and a second space and comprising;

providing a first wall between the first space and the second space;

providing two or more slots in the first wall, the two or more slots are configured to contain a first portion of one or more electrical cords;

providing a second wall spaced apart from the first wall, the first wall and second wall defining the first space there between, the first space is configured to contain a second portion of the one or more electrical cords; and

providing one or more apertures in the stationary portion with each of the one or more apertures configured to allow a third portion of the one or more electrical cords to exit the first space and out of the cord management device;

providing a cover;

coupling the cover to the stationary portion, thereby defining the second space between the cover and the first wall, the stationary portion and the cover are coupled such that the second space can contain a fourth portion of the one or more electrical cords while the first space contains the second portion of the one or more electrical cords and the two or more slots contain the first portion of the one or more electrical cords; and

locating the power strip in the second space.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

providing the cover comprises;

providing the cover with a first cutout therein.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

providing the cover further comprises;

providing a second cutout in the cover.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

providing the cover comprises;

providing a front panel;

providing a top panel adjacent to and substantially perpendicular to the front panel;

providing a first side panel adjacent to and substantially perpendicular to the front panel and the top panel; and

providing a second side panel substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first side panel.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

locating a portion of the power cord in the first space,

wherein;

locating the power strip into the second space comprises;

integrating the power strip into only the second space.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

providing the power strip comprises;

providing at least two first outlets with a first outlet of the at least two first outlets separated from a second outlet of the at least two first outlets by a first distance; and

providing at least two second outlets with a first outlet of the at least two second outlets separated from a second outlet of the at least two second outlets by a second distance; and

the first distance does not equal the second distance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removably coupling the stationary portion to an exterior surface.

8. A method of manufacturing a cord management device, the cord management device configured to manage two or more electrical cords, the method comprising:

providing a power strip;

providing a first portion of the cord management device and comprising;

providing a floor;

providing a wall adjacent to the floor such that the wall divides an interior space of the cord management device into a first part and a second part; and

providing a cord management feature at the wall such that the cord management feature allows a first section of the two or more electrical cords to be located in the first part of the interior space of the cord management device while a second section of the two or more electrical cords are located in the second part of the interior space of the cord management device;

providing a second portion of the cord management device, comprising;

providing a front panel;

providing a top panel adjacent to the front panel;

providing a first side panel adjacent to the top panel and the front panel; and

providing a second side panel spaced apart from the first side panel and

adjacent to the top panel and the front panel;

physically coupling the power strip to the first portion of the cord management device; and

coupling the second portion to the first portion such that the second portion and the first portion define the interior space of the cord management device there between.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

providing the power strip comprises;

providing two or more first outlets with a first outlet of the two or more first outlets separated from a second outlet of the two or more first outlets by a first distance; and

providing two or more second outlets with a first outlet of the two or more second outlets separated from a second outlet of the two or more second outlets by a second distance; and

 

the first distance is different from the second distance.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein:

providing the cord management feature comprises;

providing two or more slots in the wall with each slot configured to contain a third section of a single cord of the two or more electrical cords.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein:

coupling the second portion to the first portion comprises;

hingedly coupling the front panel to the first portion.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

hingedly coupling the front panel to the first portion comprises;

hingedly coupling the front panel to the floor.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein:

providing the second portion of the cord management device further comprises;

providing a first cutout in the top panel.

14. A method of manufacturing a cord management device, the method comprising:

providing a power strip;

providing a stationary portion having at least two openings such that each of the one or more openings allows a first portion of two or more cords to exit out of the cord management device, providing the stationary portion comprises;

providing a first wall with two or more slots; and

providing a second wall spaced part from the first wall;

providing a cover, the cover and the stationary portion defining an interior space;

physically coupling the power strip to the stationary portion; and

attaching the cover to the stationary portion such that the cover is capable of movement between a first position relative to the stationary portion, in which the cover encloses the interior space, and a second position relative to the stationary portion, in which the interior space is exposed,

wherein;

each of the at least two openings are sized large enough to permit the first portion of the two or more cords to exit the interior space simultaneously.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

providing the cover comprises;

providing the cover with a first cutout therein.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

providing the cover further comprises;

providing a second cutout in the cover; and

providing the power strip comprises;

providing two or more electrical outlets such that at least one of the two or more electrical outlets is accessible when the cover is in the first position through the second cutout.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein:

providing the power strip comprises;

providing at least two first outlets with a first outlet of the at least two first outlets separated from a second outlet of the at least two first outlets by a first distance; and

providing at least two second outlets with a first outlet of the at least two second outlets separated from a second outlet of the at least two second outlets by a second distance; and

the first distance and the second distance are different from each other.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein:

providing the cover comprises;

providing a front panel;

providing a top panel coupled to and substantially perpendicular to the front panel;

providing a first side panel coupled to and substantially perpendicular to the front panel and the top panel; and

providing a second side panel substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first side panel.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

removably coupling the stationary portion to an exterior surface.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein:

providing the first wall with the two or more slots comprises;

providing the first wall with the two or more slots such that the first wall divides the interior space into a first part configured to contain a second portion of the two or more cords and a second part configured to contain a third portion of the two or more cords while the first part contains the second portion of the two or more cords.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein:

providing the first wall with the two or more slots further comprises;

providing the first wall with the two or more slots such that a fourth portion of the two or more cords is located in the two or more slots while the first part contains the second portion of the two or more cords and the second part contains the third portion of the two or more cords.