Patent ID: 7108544

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a portable electrical device having a housing, a case which at least partially encloses said housing of said portable electrical device, and a cord retainer connected to said case, said cord retainer including a flange which at least partially defines a groove into which a cord may be manually wound, said cord retainer includes a base which is fixedly connected with said case and which has a central axis which extends through said electrical device and through said case, said base and said flange having an oval cross sectional configuration as viewed in a plane extending perpendicular to the central axis of said base, said flange includes first and second parallel portions disposed adjacent to opposite sides of said base and first and second arcuate portions, said first arcuate portion being connected to a first end of said first parallel portion and to a first end of said second parallel portion, said second arcuate portion being connected to a second end of said first parallel portion and to a second end of said second parallel portion.