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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale E Lowder, North Muskegon, MI (US);
Assignee:
McGraw-Edison Company, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248 49 ; 1611 / ; 242129 ;
Abstract
A power cord storage device for electrically powered apparatus, such as a vacuum cleaner having a control handle, includes a first pin, an arm rotatably supported on the handle and including a hub portion defining an L-shaped slot within which the pin extends, another arm secured to another leg of the handle and being rotatable to a first position so that the pin may be positioned in one leg of the slot and the power cord may be wrapped around the arms. The hub may be shifted to place the pin in the other leg of the slot to release the power cord.