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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Sumner Lane Bruns, Annapolis, MD (US);
Robert Wharton, Denver, CO (US);
An Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Personal Electronics and Communications, Annapolis, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An audio cassette adapter with cable and connector storage in the body of the cassette. Internal cable storage is facilitated by an internal retractable mechanism that reduces the amount of storage external to the audio cassette adapter housing. In one embodiment, the internal retractable mechanism includes a cable support around which the cable is wound and a separate support driver engaged with the cable support that drives the cable support.