Patent ID: 7264478

Claim:
A retractable wiring harness device for a trailer pulled behind a vehicle is attached to a front portion of a trailer frame arm near a trailer hitch of the trailer and to multiple electrical wires forming a trailer wiring harness of the trailer, said retractable wiring harness device comprising: a housing member providing an upper member and a base member defining an inner cavity and having a housing outlet; a cylindrical retractable reel having an outer surface, an inner surface providing a plurality of recessed parallel conductive tracks, and a plurality of spokes connecting said retractable reel to a reel hub, said reel hub rotationally suspending said retractable reel within said inner cavity of said housing member by a reel axle; a reel retracting means urging said retractable reel to rotate in a circular manner within said housing member about said reel axle; a retractable wiring harness wound around said retractable reel formed from a plurality of electrical wires having a first end attached to said outer surface of said retractable reel, each electrical wire said retractable wiring harness in contact with a respective recessed parallel conductive track on said inner surface, said retractable wiring harness having a second end with an electrical plug which is maintained outside of said housing member; and a wire contact strip having a plurality of wiring harness contacts, each of said plurality of contacts respectively connected to one of said plurality of electrical wires of said trailer wiring harness, said plurality of wiring harness contacts conductively connected to a plurality of contact pins in respective contact with one of each of said recessed parallel conductive tracks on said inner surface of said retractable reel, whereby electrical current may be transmitted from said retractable wiring harness to said wiring harness.