Patent ID: 7188814

Claim:
A cord holder for containment and support of a coiled elongate object, the coiled elongate object having been formed into a hank of loops, the cord holder comprising: a collar; a shank; and a suspension element, said collar, shank; and suspension element comprising a rigid material, said material being solid or tubular; said collar having a form to confine, completely or nearly completely, the coiled elongate object at a central section of the hank between opposing ends of the loops of the hank; said shank comprising three contiguous sections, a proximal section being in connection with said collar and orthogonal to a plane containing said collar; a distal section being generally parallel to said proximal section; and a shoulder section interposed between and contiguous with said proximal section and said distal section, said shoulder section being sloped so that an orthogonal projection of said shoulder section onto the plane containing said collar intersects said collar, and wherein a projection of said shoulder section of said shank along the length of said shoulder section intercepts a plane containing said collar at an angle of less than 60°.