Patent ID: 11945682
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A lanyard comprising:
a housing;
a reel rotatably mounted within the housing;
an elongate structure wound around the reel, the elongate structure having an inner end coupled to the reel and an opposing outer end, the reel rotating in a first direction to retract the elongate structure into the housing, and the reel rotating in an opposing second direction when the elongate structure is being pulled from the housing;
a first coupling mechanism coupled to the outer end of the elongate structure;
an arm coupled to the housing, the arm including a first recess and a second recess, the arm actuating between a locked position and an unlocked position, the arm interfacing with the reel when in the arm is in the locked position to bias the reel from rotating in the second direction; and
an arm lock mechanism that interfaces with the first recess when in the locked position to bias the arm to remain in the locked position and interfaces with the second recess when in the unlocked position to bias the arm to remain in the unlocked position, wherein the arm transitions from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to the elongate structure receiving a pulling force greater than a threshold amount of force.