Patent ID: 6969275

Claim:
A cosmetology tool organizer comprising: a cosmetology work station; a cosmetology appliance having an appliance cord terminating with a plug member; a base member for mounting on a vertical support surface at the work station; a retractor assembly having input cord for electrical connection with a power source, said retractor assembly including a base assembly and mounting means for attaching to said base member, a first housing member carried by said base assembly; a retractor reel rotatably supported by a shaft member on said first housing member, said retractor reel having a cylindrical hub axially bounded by radially outwardly extending first and second annular walls, commutator means between said first housing member and said first annular wall for establishing electrical connection with said input cord, said commutator means having electrical connection means at said first annular wall; a second housing member rotatably connected to said second annular wall of said retractor reel, said housing members having axially spaced cylindrical walls surrounding said reel member and forming a forwardly opening circumferential cord opening extending from about an upper vertical position to at least a bottom vertical position; latching means extending axially outward from said second annular wall cooperating between said shaft member and said reel member for establishing a latched condition and an unlatched condition in response to reel rotation; an outlet assembly connected to an exterior axially outwardly facing surface on said second housing member, said outlet assembly including a cover portion overlying said latching means and an outlet receptacle having input means interior of said cover portion and output means exterior of said cover portion for receiving said plug member of said appliance cord; lead means extending axially interior of said hub of said reel member and electrically connecting said electrical connection means of said commutator means with said input means of said receptacle; aligned radially outwardly opening slots formed in said second housing member and said second annular wall of said reel member, said appliance cord being assembled with said plug member in said outlet means in said receptacle and said appliance cord extending axially through said slots and circumferentially wrapped around said hub of said reel member with said appliance extending outwardly through said cord opening whereby said appliance may be moved outwardly from said housing to an extended position and said latched condition permitting operator movement of said cord within the confines of said cord opening, and inwardly to a retracted position in said unlatched condition adjacent said housing, and spring means for biasing said reel from said extended position to retracted position.