Patent ID: 8757532

Claim:
A retractable lanyard comprising: a housing having an exterior side and an interior side, the interior side defining a volume; the housing having disposed within the volume: a spool having a track side, a recessed side and a cord accepting portion on its perimeter; the track side of the spool having at least one dead-end track and one open-ended track; a power spring having an inner end and an outer end; the power spring inner end being fixably attached within the recessed side of the spool, and the outer end being fixably attached to the housing; a reader arm having a first end and a second end, the second end including a spring member and a sleeve member; a reader arm bracket having one portion configured to pivotally accept the first end of the reader arm and a second portion configured to fixably connect the reader arm bracket to the housing; and, wherein the reader arm second end is configured to ride within the tracks of the track side of the spool and the spring member is configured to urge the sleeve member of the reader arm second end into the tracks.