Patent ID: 7098406

Claim:
A winding reel for organizing, shortening, and securing a cord, the reel comprising: a reel bar having a left side bar horn and a right side bar horn; a left side bar end slot and a right side bar end slot on said reel bar for wrapping the cord to the desired length on said reel bar; a left side guide and a right side guide positioned on the left and right side bar horns, respectively, for securing the cord to the left side bar horn and the right side bar horn, the left and right side guides comprising discrete, cylindrical, flexible-walled tubing segments, each aligned generally parallel to a direction of wrapping the cord, the side guides each further having a longitudinal slit in the flexible walled tubing for receiving the cord there through, each of the cylindrical side guides having an interior cord entry port and an exterior cord exit port, the interior ports receiving the cord from an interior portion of the reel and the exterior ports passing the cord to an exterior of the reel; and at least one intermediate open winding aperture positioned along the length of the winding reel for receiving and winding the cord to the desired length.