Patent ID: 6510583
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A cord retainer for a vacuum cleaner comprising:a right shaft and a left shaft, the right and left shafts disposed substantially horizontally, the right and left shafts each comprising a first stop and a second stop, the right shaft being pivotally connected to a right cord lock, the left shaft being connected to a left cord lock, the right and left cord locks each comprising a base for receiving one of the right and left shafts respectively and a leg portion that extends substantially perpendicularly outward from its respective base, the right cord lock comprising a first stop for engaging the first stop of the right shaft, the right cord lock also comprising a second stop for engaging the second stop of the right shaft, the right cord lock being pivotable along an arc limited by engagement of the first stops of the right shaft and right cord lock and by engagement of the second stops of the right shaft and right cord lock, the left cord lock comprising a first stop for engaging the first stop of the left shaft, the left cord lock also comprising a second stop for engaging the second stop of the left shaft, the left cord lock being pivotable along an arc limited by engagement of the first stops of the left shaft and left cord lock and by engagement of the second stops of the left shaft and left cord lock the right shaft comprising an outwardly directed male protuberance and the right cord lock comprising a top wall having a female opening, the male protuberance of the right shaft being snap fitted into the female opening of the right cord lock, and the left shaft comprising an outwardly directed male protuberance and the left cord lock comprising a top wall having a female opening, the male protuberance of the left shaft being snap fitted into the female opening of the left cord lock.