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Multi-position power cord holding device

US5366187A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 1993
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/5804
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for use in appliances wherein a power cord can be easily moved from a position on one side of the appliance to a position on the other side thereof. In one embodiment, a wheel like assembly is used to hold the cord from the outside and has a stopper which can be held by a detent means in a desire one side position and another stopper which can be held by another detent means; in a desired position on the other side so that the cord can be held one one side or the other, and wherein the one stopper can be readily moved out from the one detent means and the other stopper moved to the other detent means by simply moving the cord from one side to the other. The wheel like assembly has walls that suitably align the assembly within a holder arrangement.

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