# US 5,710,812 A · Telephone cord anti-twisting device

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- Number: US 5,710,812 A
- Document ID: US5710812A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/659,286
- Filed: 1996-06-06
- Granted: 1998-01-20
- Earliest claimed: 1996-06-06
- Inventors: Matthew A. Fogel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5710812A

## CPC

- H04M 1/15: Protecting or guiding telephone cords
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A telephone cord anti-twisting device including a phone cord having a first end coupled with a base of a telephone. A second end of the phone cord is coupled with a handset of the telephone. The phone cord can retract when not in use either by retracting onto a reel or be formed into concentric rings to allow the cord to be stacked neatly when not in use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A telephone anti-twisting device comprising:
a phone cord having a first end coupled with a base of a telephone, a second end of the phone cord coupled with a handset of the telephone, the phone cord having means for retractability, an intermediate extent of the phone cord comprised of a plurality of separable concentric rings in a stacked configuration when fully retracted, the means for retractability further including magnets disposed on upper and lower surface of each of the concentric rings, the magnet disposed on the upper surface of each concentric ring having a first polarity and the magnet of the lower surface of each concentric ring having a second polarity wherein the first polarity is opposite of the second polarity.