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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Roger Leyden, Inverness, IL (US);
Kris Michael Southerland, Palatine, IL (US);
Roger Leyden, Inverness, IL (US);
Kris Michael Southerland, Palatine, IL (US);
Se-Kure Controls, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for drawing a flexible cord into a wrapped configuration around a reel. The apparatus has a housing and a reel that is movable around a first axis relative to the housing. The apparatus further includes a spring system through which a rotational force is exerted on the reel tending to rotate the reel around the first axis to thereby cause a flexible cord associated with the reel, that is drawn away from the housing by turning of the reel in one direction around the first axis, to be wrapped around the reel by turning of the reel oppositely to the one direction around the first axis. The spring system permits a user to selectively vary at least one of a) the nature and b) the magnitude of the rotational force exerted on the reel.