# US 7,464,893 B2 · Method of using a cord holder

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- Number: US 7,464,893 B2
- Document ID: US7464893B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/756,330
- Filed: 2007-05-31
- Published: 2008-01-03
- Granted: 2008-12-16
- Earliest claimed: 2006-06-30
- Inventors: Per Spjut
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7464893B2

## CPC

- B65H 75/4431: {Manual stop or release button}
- H02G 11/02: using take-up reel or drum
- B65H 2701/34: electric cords or electric power cables
- H04R 1/1033: {Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels (cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06)}
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

The method is for using a cord holder. A cord holder has a bottom cover and a removable top cover with a spring bracket disposed therebetween. The removable top cover is removed from the bottom cover without removing a spring from a spring bracket so that the spring remains in the spring bracket and the bottom cover while the top cover is removed. A cord is placed around a first spacer and a second spacer of the spring bracket. A knob is pressed to permit a spring, disposed inside the spring bracket, to roll up the cord.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of using a cord holder, comprising:
providing a cord and a cord holder having a bottom cover and a removable top cover with a spring bracket disposed therebetween, the cord holder comprising a top spacer, a bottom spacer and a bottom cog having teeth, the top spacer having a half-circular member disposed inside the spacer so that a space is defined between an inside of the top spacer and an outside of the half-circular member to receive the cord, the top spacer having a first slit and a second slit defined therein, the first slit being diametrically opposite the first slit, the cord holder having a disc disposed between the top spacer and the bottom spacer, the disc having a slit defined therein;
engaging the teeth of the bottom cog with an engagement member of a knob placed inside an opening of a bottom cover of the cord holder;
removing the removable top cover from the bottom cover without removing a spring from the spring bracket so that the spring remains in the spring bracket and the bottom cover while the top cover is removed;
placing the cord around the bottom spacer and extending the cord through the slit of the disc and around the top spacer;
extending the cord through the second slit of the top spacer into the space between the half-circular member and the top spacer and out through the first slit of the top spacer;
pressing the knob to disengage the engagement member of the knob from the teeth of the bottom cog to permit the spring, disposed inside the spring bracket, to roll up the cord.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises removing the top cover and change cord without removing any locking mechanism in operative engagement with the spring.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises having the cord holder with a clip.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises placing the spring inside an interior cavity in an underside of the spring bracket.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises tensioning the spring while the cord is removed from the spring bracket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises tensioning the spring while the top cover is removed from the bottom cover.