Patent ID: 7189106

Claim:
An organizer unit adapted to organize: (a) one or more adapters being connected to the organizer, for supplying power to one or more respective rechargeable devices; and (b) adapter wires respectively connected to the one or more adapters, the organizer unit comprising: a main housing having a base; one or more internal electrical outlets located within the housing, respective ones of the one or more internal electrical outlets supplying AC power to respective ones of the one or more adapters; one or more spools, each of said spools being adapted to store an unused portion of an adapter wire associated with a respective one of the adapters; one or more spring mechanisms, each of the spring mechanisms being affixed to the housing, each spring mechanism being cooperatively engaged with a respective connection end portion of an adapter wire to provide a force urging the connection end portion of the adapter wire towards the spring mechanism; and a brake, formed at an interface to an outside of the organizer unit, the brake being operative to hold the connection end portion such that a desired length of adapter wire is extended outside of the housing of the organizer unit for connection to a rechargeable device, wherein the brake comprises rubber brake portions and a spring retainer, the rubber brake portions being oriented with respect to one another to allow a connection end portion of the adapter wire to be lodged, by frictional force, between the rubber brake portions when the connection end is extended from the organizer unit, to prevent retraction of the connection end into the organizer unit.