TRANSPORTABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE FOR STORING AND CONFIGURING EXCESS POWER CORD AND SHARING A MULTIPLICITY OF AC AND DC ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES IN DIVERSE USER ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20150008741A1
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PUCline, LLC
• Original Assignee: PUCline, LLC
• Inventors: Fleisig, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 9,513,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/31
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A transportable electrical power-supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a group of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment. The transportable device has a housing supporting a plurality of electrical power receptacles for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices. The transportable device also has one or more external power cord storage compartments, for managing the excess length of power cords associated therewith. Any excess power cord can be wound up about a power cord spool within the power storage compartment, held firmly in place and concealed behind a set of spaced apart elastomeric structures forming a perimeter power cord opening. At the same time, any remaining power cord is allowed to exit the perimeter power cord opening at any point about the transportable device, and routed to an electrical appliance or electronic device requiring AC or DC electrical power in the workspace environment being serviced by the transportable device.

Claims

1. A transportable electrical power supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment, wherein each said electrical appliance and/or device has a power cord that can be routed through the environment and terminates with an appliance power plug that can be plugged into said transportable electrical power supplying device, said transportable electrical power supplying device comprising:

a power supply cord for plugging into a standard AC power receptacle by way of a power supply plug, and supplying AC electrical power to said transportable electrical power supplying device;

a first housing portion having an interior volume containing an electrical circuit electrically connected to said power supply cord, and supporting a plurality of AC and DC electrical receptacles electrically connected to said electrical circuit; and

a second housing portion operably connected to said first housing portion, for supporting one or more external power cord storage compartments;

wherein each said external power storage compartment includes

a power cord storage spool contained within said external power cord storage compartment, and

a pair of resilient structures disposed in said external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said perimeter opening at any point about said device and routed to said electrical appliance or electronic device.

2. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 1, wherein said one or more electrical circuits comprises:

a printed circuit (PC) board supplying electrical power to at least two AC power receptacles, and at least two DC electrical power receptacles mounted through apertures formed through the side walls of said upper housing portion.

3. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 1, wherein said first housing portion comprises an aperture into said interior volume, and a cover portion for covering said aperture and concealing said interior volume.

4. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 2, wherein said cover portion includes a translucent logo/badge, and said PC board supplies power to n LED-based power-on indicator light illuminating said translucent logo/badge.

5. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 1, wherein each said AC power receptacle comprises a 120 Volt AC electrical power receptacle, and each said DC power receptacle comprises a USB power port.

6. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 5, wherein each electronic device has a flexible cable terminating in a USB plug that can be plugged into one said USB power port, and each said electrical appliance has an electrical plug that can be plugged into one said 120 Volt AC electrical power receptacle.

7. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 1, wherein said resilient structures comprise elastomeric structures.

8. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 1, wherein said one or more external power cord storage compartments comprise first and second external power cord storage compartments;

wherein said first external power storage compartment includes;

a first power cord storage spool contained within said first external power cord storage compartment;

a first pair of resilient structures disposed in said first external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a first perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said first pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said first perimeter opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device and routed to said electrical appliance or said electronic device; and

a second pair of resilient structures disposed in said second external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a second perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said second pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said second perimeter opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device and routed to said electrical appliance or said electronic device.

9. A transportable electrical power supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment, said transportable electrical power supplying device comprising:

a housing having a power-receptacle supplying structure supporting a plurality of electrical power receptacles for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices; and

one or more external power cord storage compartments integrated with said housing, for managing the excess length of power cords associated therewith, so that excess power cord can be wound up about a power cord spool and concealed behind spaced apart resilient structures forming a perimeter power cord opening, while allowing any remaining power cord to exit the perimeter power cord opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device, and routed to said electrical appliance or said electronic device requiring AC or DC electrical power in the workspace environment being serviced by said transportable electrical power supplying device.

10. The transportable electrical power supplying device of claim 9, wherein said one or more external power cord storage compartments comprise first and second external power cord storage compartments;

wherein said first external power storage compartment includes;

a first power cord storage spool contained within said first external power cord storage compartment;

a first pair of resilient structures disposed in said first external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a first perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said first pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said first perimeter opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device and routed to said electrical appliance or said electronic device; and

a second pair of resilient structures disposed in said second external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a second perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said second pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said second perimeter opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device and routed to said electrical appliance or said electronic device.