Patent ID: 7900759
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an input device; a cable having first and second opposing ends, the first end being operable to be coupled to a computing device, the second end being operable to be coupled to the input device, the cable providing electrical communication between the computing device and the input device, the cable having an extended configuration and a storage configuration wherein an extendable length of the cable terminating at the second end extends outwardly from the computing device when the cable is in the extended configuration, and wherein a majority of the extendable length is disposed in a substantially linear orientation when the cable is in the storage configuration; a retraction mechanism including at least one pulley member, the at least one pulley member being displaceable between a first position and a second position and wherein movement of the cable from the storage configuration to the extended configuration displaces the at least one pulley member from the first position to the second position; and first and second latching members, the first and second latching members being releasably engaged when the at least one pulley member is moved to the second position, engagement of the first and second latching members securing the cable in the extended configuration, release of the first and second latching members permitting retraction of the cable from the extended configuration to the storage configuration.