Patent ID: 7588152

Claim:
A cord storage device for storing a standard 30 Ampere extension cord, where the standard 30 Ampere extension cord has a cord width, the cord including a male end and a female end, the male end having a male width and the female end having a female width, the cord storage device comprising: a securing surface, the securing surface including at least one securing aperture configured to secure the cord storage device to an object; and a receiving surface coupled to the securing surface, the receiving surface comprising: a cord insertion portion disposed on the receiving surface of the cord storage device, the cord insertion portion being an aperture with substantially circular shape having a receiving width larger than the male width and the female width, the cord insertion portion configured to receive at least one of the following: the male end of the cord and the female end of the cord; a cord storing portion disposed on the receiving surface, the cord storing portion coupled to the cord insertion portion, the cord storing portion configured as an elongated aperture, the cord storing portion having a storing width smaller than the male width of the cord and the female width of the cord, larger than the cord width, and smaller than the receiving width the cord storing portion configured to receive, from the cord insertion portion, at least one of the following: the male end of the cord and the female end of the cord; and a cord locking portion disposed on the receiving surface, the cord locking portion defining an aperture coupled to the cord storing portion and coupling the cord storing portion to the cord insertion portion, the cord locking portion having a locking width smaller than the storing width, the cord locking portion configured to removably secure at least one of the following: the male end of the cord and the female end of the cord, wherein the cord storage device includes a plurality of surfaces, including the receiving surface and the securing surface, that enclose an area for storing at least one of the following: the male end of the cord and the female end of the cord, when removably secured via the cord locking portion, wherein the cord storage device is configured to secure the cord such that at least a portion of the cord resides outside the enclosed area and at least one of the following resides within the enclosed area: the male end of the cord and the female end of the cord.