Patent ID: 6152392
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B60R,H04M

Abstract:
A compact retractable hand-held, two-way radio microphone retrieving apparatus installed in a vehicle on any flat surface, comprising in combination:a plastic mounting structure;a hook and loop fastening material for securing said mounting structure to a supporting surface;a housing assembly including a front housing half and a rear housing half, each said housing half having an aperture therein;a screw extending through the mounting structure and the housing halves for securing the housing assembly to the mounting structure and allowing twisting of the housing assembly on the mounting structure;a post fixedly secured within the rear housing half;a plastic reel rotatably mounted on the post;an elongated flexible cable extending through the housing assembly having an inner end secured to the reel and wound thereabout and having an outer end;means disposed within the housing assembly for biasing the reel to retract the cable into the housing assembly;grooves in the housing assembly into which a metal eyelet is mounted for guiding the cable to the outside of the housing assembly;a rubber expandable ring attached to the outer end of the cable for attaching the cable to a microphone;and a plastic stop near the outer end of the cable for preventing retraction of the outer end of the cable into the housing assembly.