Patent ID: 6848937

Claim:
A retractable extension cord housing having a low-profile plug holder to retractably hold an extension cord that has a proximal end retracted into the extension cord housing, a distal end and a selectively concealable low-profile plug connected to the distal end of the extension cord and having two conducting prongs separated by a distance and a grounding prong with an outside diameter, and the extension cord housing comprising: a hollow body having a top, a bottom, an external surface and an outer edge; and a low-profile plug holder having a non-electrically conductive plug recess defined in the bottom external surface of the hollow body and the plug recess having a tapered top opening; a bottom; a rectangular hole formed in the bottom of the plug recess and having a length that is slightly shorter than the distance between the two conducting prongs on the low-profile plug; a circular hole formed in the bottom of the plug recess and having an inside diameter that is larger than the outside diameter of the grounding prong; and a cord groove arcuately formed in the bottom external surface of the hollow body between the plug recess and the outer edge of the hollow body.