Patent ID: 6282288
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A communication line storage apparatus comprising:(a) a housing having a first case section and a second case section coaxially coupled thereto in angularly displaceable manner, each of said first and second case sections having a substantially planar face and a substantially annular rim projecting transversely therefrom, said rim of said first case section having formed therein a plurality of through holes;at least one of said first and second case section rims having formed at a terminal edge portion thereof a buckling groove, the other of said first and second case section rims having formed at a terminal edge portion thereof a buckling body for lockingly engaging said buckling groove;at least one of said terminal edge portions having integrally formed thereon a plurality of radially protruding and resiliently deflectable check bodies angularly spaced one from the other, the other of said terminal edge portions having formed therein a plurality of radially recessed wedge shaped grooves angularly spaced one from the other for respectively engaging said check bodies;(b) a spacer coaxially disposed in angularly displaceable manner between said first and second case sections;(c) a resilient curled reed disposed between said spacer and said second case section, said curled reed having inner and outer hook ends coupled respectively to said spacer and said second case section; and,(d) a conductive wire having a pair of free end portions and a wound portion therebetween, said wound portion being disposed between said spacer and said first case section, each said free end portion passing through one said through hole of said first case section rim, each said free end portion terminating at a connector.