Retractable modem cord device with spinning display
AssigneeMagnet, LLC
InventorDavid Kagel
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Abstract
An improved retractable modem cord device wherein a window in the front face of the case of the device is provided, through which a design, such as a pattern, inscription, or logo can be seen. When a retractable cord of this device is pulled out of the case it causes the design to rotate or spin. Likewise, when the cord is retracted back into the case of the retractable modem cord device, the design spins. Thus, anyone observing the retractable modem cord device will see the spinning design. It is believed this spinning design will be interesting to observers, thus lending special appeal to the device.
Claims24
A retractable cord apparatus, comprising:
- a case having a viewing port on a front side thereof;
- a rotatable display plate disposed within the case and having an exterior facing side which is at least partially visible from the outside via said viewing port;
- and
- an extendable and retractable cord housed inside said case;
- and wherein
- said display plate rotates whenever the cord is extended from the case or retracted back into the case.
A retractable modem cord device, comprising:
- a case having a viewing port on a front side thereof;
- a rotatable display plate disposed within the case and having a design on an exterior facing side which is visible from the outside through said viewing port;
- a telephone cord which is normally retracted within the case with the exception of the two ends thereof which extend outside the case through separate openings in the periphery of the case and which terminate with telephone-type connectors, said cord being manually extendable from the case by a user and under tension from within the case such that when extended from the case and released by the user, said tension on the cord causes it to retract back into the case;
- and wherein,
- said display plate rotates whenever the cord is extended from or retracted back into the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.