Medical and power cord control and storage apparatus
OwnerBruce A. Glassinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveniently storing and retrieving cords associated with electronic devices or other power devices. The apparatus comprises a rectangular plate having opposed top and bottom edges and opposed left and right edges. In one embodiment, for each of the cords a pair of spaced-apart, opposed hooks is mounted on the plate near opposed edges, with each of the hooks comprising a stem having a first end in contact with the plate and a second, opposite end. An arm extends perpendicularly outwardly from the stem second end facing away from the other hook of its pair so cords can be wrapped around the pair. In another embodiment, the plate is long and narrow and the hooks are aligned in a row and facing the same direction so the cords can be laid in the row of hooks.
Claims18
For use in conjunction with an electronic device having input power cords and peripheral device control cords, a cord storage apparatus comprising:
- a) a plate having opposed top and a bottom edges and opposed left and right edges,
- b) means for attaching said plate in a stationary location near or on said electronic device,
- c) at least one pair of opposed hooks with one of said pair adjacent said top or left edge and the other of said pair adjacent said bottom or right edge, each of said hooks including a stem having a proximal end contacting said plate, and an opposite distal end and an arm extending at a right angle to said stem at said distal end, and away from the other of the pair of hooks.
For use with a laboratory or industrial workbench having multiple power tool or instrument cords, a means for storing said cords comprising,
- a) a plate having opposed top and bottom and left and right edges,
- b) for each of the cords a pair of spaced apart, opposed hooks mounted on said plate adjacent said top and bottom or left and right edges, each of said hooks comprising a stem having a first end in contact with said plate and a second opposite end, and an arm extending radially outwardly from said stem second end and away from said other of said pair of hooks.
For use in conjunction with an electronic device having input power cords and peripheral device control cords wherein said electronic device and said peripheral device are in a room having walls and a floor, a cord control and storage apparatus comprising:
- a) an elongate flat narrow rectangular plate having opposed top and bottom edges,
- b) means for attaching said plate to a wall of the room at a location proximate to, but above the floor,
- c) a series of at least three upwardly facing hooks located in a generally horizontal row adjacent said bottom edge of said plate, said hooks being spaced at a distance sufficiently close enough to keep the cords from drooping between the hooks and contacting the floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.