Electrical connectors – With storage means for flaccid conductor
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-12-18
Ta, Tho D. (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
With storage means for flaccid conductor
C174S067000, C191S012400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06331121
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cord handling systems and more particularly pertains to a new apparatus for arranging and storing electrical cords of electrical devices between uses of the electrical devices and dispensing the electrical cord from the housing during use of the electrical device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of cord handling systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, cord handling systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,379,903; U.S. Pat. No. 5,690,198; U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,981; U.S. Pat. No. 3,826,879; U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,815; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 313,165.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords. The inventive device includes a housing including an interior, a shaft that is mounted in the interior of the housing to receive at least one cord reeling assembly, and the cord reeling assembly that windably receives a cord of an electrical device and is mounted in the interior of the housing, a cord spool that is mounted on the shaft as part of the cord reeling assembly and includes a central portion and a pair of spaced flange portions that extend outward from the ends of the central portion, and an electrical power supply system that supplies electrical power to an electrical device having a cord wound about the cord spool.
In these respects, the apparatus for arranging electrical cords according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of storing the cords of electrical devices between uses of the electrical devices and dispensing the electrical cord from the housing during use of the electrical device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of cord handling systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords construction wherein the same can be utilized for storing the cords of electrical devices between uses of the electrical devices and dispensing the electrical cord from the housing during use of the electrical device.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which has many of the advantages of the cord handling systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cord handling systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing including an interior, a shaft that is mounted in the interior of the housing to receive at least one cord reeling assembly, and the cord reeling assembly that windably receives a cord of an electrical device and is mounted in the interior of the housing, a cord spool that is mounted on the shaft as part of the cord reeling assembly and includes a central portion and a pair of spaced flange portions that extend outward from the ends of the central portion, and an electrical power supply system that supplies electrical power to an electrical device having a cord wound about the cord spool.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which has many of the advantages of the cord handling systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cord handling systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such apparatus for arranging electrical cords economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords for storing the cords of electrical devices between uses of the electrical devices and dispensing the electrical cord from the housing during use of the electrical device.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for arranging electrical cords which includes a housing including an interior, a shaft that is mounted in the interior of the housing to receive at least one cord reeling assembly, and the cord reeling assembly that windably receives a cord of an electrical device and is mounted in the interior of the housing, a cord spool that is mounted on the shaft as part of the cord reeling assembly and includes a central portion and a pair of spaced flange portions that extend outward from the ends of the central portion, and an electrical power su
Harvey James
Ta Tho D.
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