Patent ID: 7984798
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
1. What is claimed is: an electric cord reel comprising: a reel; a crank and handle; a reel support structure; a base structure; a guide aperture; a cord and plug retaining tube; said reel rotatably attached to said reel support structure; said handle fixedly attached to the pivot point of said reel wall; said support structure fixedly attached to said base structure; said guide aperture fixedly attached to said base structure so that it is in alignment with the spool portion of said reel; said cord and plug retaining tube removably attached to left and right apertures in the walls of said reel; a standard extension cord portion and plug able to be removably retained within said cord and plug retaining tube and said cord and plug retaining tube includes a flange on one end of said tube and a pair of ninety degree angled tabs on the opposite side of said tube and where a slot between said tabs allows said tube to be compressed thereby allowing said tube to be slid into said left and right apertures of said reel walls and to be removably attached to said walls.