Patent ID: 7077693
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: B65H,H01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing a cable comprising: a body having an axis and a center; said body having a first end and a second end; the first and second planar flanges are in a parallel orientation to one another; the first and second planar flanges are oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of the body; the first planar flange and the second planar flange define a first cable retaining distance, which is oriented along the axis; the first planar flange has at least one channel, which extends approximately from the center of the body to a peripheral edge of the first planar flange; the first and second planar flanges have substantially open and non-fused peripheral edges; the first planar flange has at least one first planar flange surface, which has at least one first cable retainer near the peripheral edge of the first planar flange; the second planar flange has at least one second planar flange surface, which has at least one second cable retainer at a peripheral edge of the second planar flange; the at least one first and second cable retainers are oriented such that said retainers face one another and define a second cable retaining distance, which is along the axis of the body and is less than the first cable retaining distance; the cable can be removably secured between the first and second cable retainers; the at least one first and second cable retainers allow axial winding of the cable around the body and in a single winding plane and beyond the peripheral edges of the first and the second flanges, whereby the cable can be placed through the channel, wrapped around the axis of the body in the single winding plane and in a substantially uniform manner, and held into place by the at least first and second [flexible ] cable retainers.