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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:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Ronald D Wagner, Signal Hill, CA (US);
William L Klima, Stafford, CA (US);
Magic Electrical Products L.L.C., Stafford, VA (US);
Abstract
An electrical cord retraction device including a spring biased reel contained within a housing, a retractable cord stored on the reel, and an electrical connector capable of accommodating relative rotation between the reel and housing. A preferred embodiment of the device includes an electrical connector comprising a set of printed circuit boards with one printed circuit board having concentric rings and the other printed circuit board having electrical contacts. Another embodiment of the device includes an electrical connector defined by a spiral electrical connector, in particular a spiral strip electrical connector. A preferred embodiment is a retractable telephone cord device mounted to or part of a telephone base receiver unit, and/or a handset or headset.