Patent ID: 8814243

Claim:
A cord management device for a storing a flexible cord in a storage compartment of a storage console of a motor vehicle, comprising: the storage console having a plurality of walls defining a storage compartment for storing articles including a portable electronic device; and the cord management device provided in at least one of the walls including a storage channel extending along and recessed into the at least one of the walls for housing the cord upon insertion of the cord therein and a flexible retainer mounted on the at least one wall and blocking the storage channel to retain the cord within the channel; said flexible retainer flexing to permit the insertion of the cord into the storage channel and also a removal of the cord from the storage channel, and said flexible retainer including a molded plastic strip mounted on the at least one wall along a length of the storage channel and having a plurality of flexible fingers spaced along the length thereof to block the entry and removal of the cord from the storage channel.