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Abstract

The present invention provides an extension cord reeling mechanism having electrical or telephone jacks for connecting the plugs of an appliance or the insert for a telephone. A truncated reeling member is rotatably connected to the flat rear wall of a cylindrical housing, with the reeling member having flanges that are rotatably set along the open circular edge of the housing. The reeling member has a cover having mounted to it a jack enclosure that includes jacks facing outward from the cover and a truncated cone side wall positioned in the housing about which an extension cord is reeled or unreeled. The extension cord is connected to the jack enclosure and extends through a chamber in the reeling member and a hole in the side of the chamber into the housing around the cone-shaped wall which acts as the mounting reel for the cord. The cord then passes from the housing through an aperture in the cylindrical side wall of the housing. The cord has a plug connected to its outer end. The cord can be manually reeled onto the reeling member in the housing or be manually unreeled from the reeling member, which rotates one way or the other depending on reeling or unreeling operation. A pin handle extends from the flange of the reeling member for the reeling operation.

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First Claim