Patent ID: 9513682
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H02J

Claim Text:
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, 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; wherein each said electrical appliance and/or electronic device has a power cord routable through the environment and terminating with an appliance power plug pluggable into said transportable electrical power supplying device; a first housing portion having (i) an interior volume containing one or more electrical circuits electrically connected to said power supply cord and concealed within said first housing portion by a cover portion, and (ii) an exterior surface for supporting a plurality of AC electrical receptacles electrically connected to said one or more electrical circuits and at least one USB-type DC electrical receptacle; 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 cord storage compartment includes an internal power cord storage spool contained within each said external power cord storage compartment, and a pair of resilient power cord retention and concealment disc structures disposed in each said external power cord storage compartment and arranged in a spaced apart manner so as to form a perimeter access opening, permitting excess power cord to be (i) wound up about said internal power cord storage spool and (ii) substantially concealed behind said pair of resilient power cord retention and concealment disc structures, while allowing any remaining power cord to exit through said perimeter access opening at any point about said transportable electrical power supplying device and routed to said electrical appliance or electronic device; wherein each said external power cord storage compartment supports a number of turns of excess power cord wrapped about said internal power cord storage spool, while said resilient power cord retention and concealment disc structures retain the wound power cord in place about said internal power cord storage spool and prevent the excess power cord from unwinding and spilling out through said perimeter access opening and unwinding off said internal power cord storage spool; and wherein, when wound-up excess power cord concealed behind said resilient power cord retention and concealment disc structures is pulled out from said perimeter access opening with sufficient force, said resilient power cord retention and concealment disc structures elastically deform and allow the pulled excess power cord to be removed from said external power cord storage compartment and used in supplying electrical power to said electrical appliance or electronic device at some preselected distance located from said transportable electrical power supplying device.