Patent ID: 7464893

Claim:
A method of using a cord holder, comprising: providing a cord and a cord holder having a bottom cover and a removable top cover with a spring bracket disposed therebetween, the cord holder comprising a top spacer, a bottom spacer and a bottom cog having teeth, the top spacer having a half-circular member disposed inside the spacer so that a space is defined between an inside of the top spacer and an outside of the half-circular member to receive the cord, the top spacer having a first slit and a second slit defined therein, the first slit being diametrically opposite the first slit, the cord holder having a disc disposed between the top spacer and the bottom spacer, the disc having a slit defined therein; engaging the teeth of the bottom cog with an engagement member of a knob placed inside an opening of a bottom cover of the cord holder; removing the removable top cover from the bottom cover without removing a spring from the spring bracket so that the spring remains in the spring bracket and the bottom cover while the top cover is removed; placing the cord around the bottom spacer and extending the cord through the slit of the disc and around the top spacer; extending the cord through the second slit of the top spacer into the space between the half-circular member and the top spacer and out through the first slit of the top spacer; pressing the knob to disengage the engagement member of the knob from the teeth of the bottom cog to permit the spring, disposed inside the spring bracket, to roll up the cord.