Patent ID: 9013071
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A45D,A47B,A47F,H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A power cord management system for electrical handheld appliances of the type having a flexible electrical power cord associated therewith, the power cord management system comprising: an appliance holder assembly having at least one receptacle for receiving and storing at least one electrical handheld appliance having a flexible electrical power cord associated therewith; a power cord storage assembly having a pair of spaced apart cord wrapping elements about which the flexible electrical power cord may be wrapped for storage, at least one of the cord wrapping elements being movable between a storage and release position, the cord wrapping elements being configured to retain the wrapped power cord upon the power cord storage assembly when the at least one of the cord wrapping elements is in the storage position and wherein the wrapped power cord may be removed from the power cord storage assembly without unwrapping the wrapped power cord when the at least one of the cord wrapping elements is moved to the release position; and a power cord coupling mechanism provided with at least one of the appliance holder assembly and power cord storage assembly, the coupling mechanism being associated with at least one of (1) and (2), wherein (1) is the at least one receptacle and (2) the pair of spaced apart cord wrapping elements, the coupling mechanism facilitating releasable coupling of a free end and/or other portion of the flexible electrical power cord; and wherein the receptacle includes a receptacle insert having an insert body having an opening at one end and a sidewall that defines a hollow interior of the body, the sidewall having at least one hole formed therein to facilitate ventilating the interior of the insert body.