Patent ID: 6616080
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A45C,A45F,B65H,H02G,H04M

Abstract:
A retractable cord device, comprising:a housing having an axis; a cord having a first end portion, a second end portion and a middle portion; a first winding spool rotatably mounted within said housing and rotatable about said axis, said first spool having a first peripheral cavity for winding said first end portion of said cord; a spring urging said first spool to wind said first end portion of said cord in said first peripheral cavity; said housing having a first opening for passage of said first end portion of said cord and a second opening for passage of said second end portion of said cord; a reversible winding cavity located within the housing that contains said middle portion of said cord, wherein the cord first end portion has a length sufficiently large compared to that of said cord middle portion such that said middle portion of said cord is repositioned from a substantially clockwise wound state to a substantially counterclockwise wound state by rotation of the first winding spool as the first portion of the cord is wound in said first peripheral cavity; means within said housing for fixing at least one point of said middle portion of said cord with respect to said housing or said first spool; and a spindle positioned within said housing and wherein said fixing means fixes said middle portion of said cord to said spindle.