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US 6,682,008 B2Granted
Cable storage box
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorRyan Yeh
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Abstract
A cable storage box for a telephone or other communications extension cord comprises a cover, a reel and a housing. The housing has an opening with a leading edge formed thereon. The leading edge has a taper surface with a retention portion formed thereon for engaging with corresponding jack when the jack tends to be pulled out.
Claims7
A cable storage box comprising:
- a housing defining a first opening around an edge portion and a second opening around a center portion of a planar face of said housing;
- a reel rotatably disposed in the housing and accessible from an exterior via said second opening in a direction perpendicular to said planar face;
- and
- a core including a cable wire and a connector, said connector configured to be retained in said first opening, said cable wire coiling around said reel;
- wherein
- a retention portion of the housing engages a latch of said connector to retain the connector substantially completely in said first opening, and said latch is operative/accessible along said direction and depressed in another direction substantially perpendicular to said direction, to be disengaged from said retention portion so that the core is able to be pulled out from the housing.
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