Patent ID: 8646718

Claim:
A device for storing a flexible conduit, the device comprising: a body enclosing a drum; the drum rotationally coupled to the body and biased to rotate in a first direction, a latch movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein in the latched position the drum is prevented from rotating in the first direction, wherein the latch is a ratchet comprising a pawl and corresponding drum teeth, the pawl engaging with the drum teeth when in the latched position, the pawl being integrally formed with a movable portion of the body, the movable portion being a cantilever bending about a bend region, the pawl being at an end of the cantilever distal from the bend region; an opening in the body for positioning a portion of the flexible conduit within the body and at an outer edge of the drum; at least one coupling disposed on the drum, the coupling adapted to extend into the opening for catching a portion of the flexible conduit positioned within the opening; and when the latch is in the unlatched position the drum rotates in the first direction to cycle the coupling through the opening, a said coupling catching the flexible conduit positioned within the opening to wind the flexible conduit onto the drum.