Phone cord rewinder

In combination, an armrest mounted telephone assembly including an automobile telephone housing;

• an automobile telephone receiver removably mounted on the automobile telephone housing;
• a telephone cord rewinder apparatus mounted in side-by-side engaged relation to the automobile telephone housing;
• the rewinder apparatus having a rewinder housing mounted alongside of the automobile telephone housing, the rewinding housing having a plurality of spring channels;
• a first set of pulleys fixedly engaged within the rewinding housing at one end thereof;
• a second set of pulleys movably engaged at an opposite end of the rewinder housing;
• biasing means engaged to said second set of pulleys for biasing same away from said first set, the biasing means having a plurality of helical springs, each helical spring operatively engaging one of the spring channels of the rewinding housing;
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• a telephone cord wound around the sets of pulleys in a helical configuration with turns of the cord each engaging a separate, opposite pulley, the telephone cord being connected between the telephone receiver and the sets of pulleys in said receiver housing.

In an airline armrest telephone assembly including an armrest, the telephone assembly being mounted in the armrest, the improvement of a rewinder for a cord of an armrest mounted telephone assembly mounted in-line with the telephone assembled in the armrest, the rewinder comprising:

• a housing adapted to be mounted in-line with a telephone assembly along the length of the airline armrest, the housing having a plurality of spring channels;
• a first set of pulleys fixedly engaged within the housing at one end thereof;
• a second set of pulleys movably engaged at an opposite end of the housing;
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• biasing means engaged to said second set of pulleys for biasing same away from said first set, the biasing means having a plurality of helical springs, each helical spring operatively engaging one of the spring channels of the housing;
• the sets of pulleys having a telephone cord wound therearound in a helical manner with turns of the cord each engaging a separate, opposite pulley.

In an airline armrest telephone assembly including an armrest, the telephone assembly being mounted in the armrest, the improvement of a rewinder for a cord of an armrest mounted telephone assembly mounted side-by-side with the telephone assembled in the armrest, the rewinder comprising:

• a housing adapted to be mounted alongside a telephone assembly in the airline armrest, the housing having a plurality of spring channels;
• a first set of pulleys fixedly engaged within the housing at one end thereof;
• a second set of pulleys movably at an opposite end of the housing;
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• biasing means engaged to said second set of pulleys for biasing same away from said first set, the biasing means having a plurality of helical springs, each helical spring operatively engaging one of the spring channels of the housing;
• the sets of pulleys having a telephone cord wound therearound in a helical manner with turns of the cord each engaging a separate, opposite pulley.