Hand Tool Patents (Class 242/916)
  • Patent number: 8590823
    Abstract: A cord management system includes a strap. The strap has a first set of magnets attached to a first location on the strap and a second set of magnets attached to a second location on the strap. The strap also includes at least two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the first set of magnets is magnetically attached to the second set of magnets so that a first segment of the strap located between the first set of magnets and the second set of magnets forms a loop configured to secure a cord that is wrapped around the strap. In a second mode of operation, the first set of magnets is magnetically detached from the second set of magnets so that the first segment no longer forms the loop. The strap is also configured to be coupled to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Rothbaum, Allison S. Conner, Robert B. Curtis, Jonas K. Damon, Daniel A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 7712696
    Abstract: A method (200) for coiling an earphone set (10) comprising at least one earphone (11), at least one cable (12), one for each earphone (11), and a connector (14), the method comprising: coiling the at least one cable (12) around a cable strap (21) having at least one end (22); passing a first (22) of the at least one end of the cable strap (21) over a first (11) of the earphones by inserting the first earphone (11) through a first slot (23) in the first end (22) for attaching the first earphone (11) to the cable strap (21); and passing a second (22) of the at least one end of the cable strap (21) over a second (11) of the earphones by inserting the second earphone (11) through a second slot (23) in the second end (22) for releasably attaching the second earphone (11) to the cable strap (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Yee Boon Andrew Loh