A cord retractor for selectively retracting or extending an electrical cord includes a casing having a casing body and a casing lid carried by the casing body. The casing lid is selectively deployable between closed and open positions. A first cord aperture and a second cord aperture are formed in the casing. A rotatable drum is arranged inside the casing. A coil spring engages the drum for rotation. An electrical cord can be wound on the cord drum and selectively extended from the casing through the second cord aperture as the coil spring resists rotation of the cord drum and tends to retract the cord into the casing.

The present invention relates to a TV cable organizer and, particularly, to a TV cable organizer which comprises a pair of side frames formed apart from each other at a predetermined interval, connecting bars for horizontally connecting the side frames at predetermined intervals, and a power strip fastening panel fastened to the side frames, for fastening a power strip, and which can thus neatly wind and organize, behind a TV, electric cables such as power cables and signal cables of the TV and various peripheral devices connected to the TV.

A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.

A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device includes at least one cable with a plug head and an end piece, and at least one retractable mechanism to retract and store the cable. The retractable mechanism has a groove track system to control a rotational movement of the retractable mechanism. The retractable mechanism has a first area to store a retractable length of the cable and a second area to store a component of the retractable mechanism. Preferably, the groove track system has a groove track component to enable and disable the rotational movement of the retractable mechanism.

A wheel-balancing weight application apparatus comprising a supplying module including a first strip of wheel-balancing weights and a second strip of wheel-balancing weights, the first and the second strips of wheel-balancing weights including a different characteristic, and an application module for securing a portion of one of the first strip of wheel-balancing weights and the second strip of wheel-balancing weights to a wheel, wherein a selection of wheel-balancing weights from the first strip of wheel-balancing weights and the second strip of wheel-balancing weights is selected on a basis of a characteristic of the wheel to match the wheel-balancing weights characteristic with an identified characteristic of the wheel. A method of using the balancing weight application apparatus is also provided.

A wheel-balancing weight application apparatus comprising a supplying module including a first strip of wheel-balancing weights and a second strip of wheel-balancing weights, the first and the second strips of wheel-balancing weights including a different characteristic, and an application module for securing a portion of one of the first strip of wheel-balancing weights and the second strip of wheel-balancing weights to a wheel, wherein a selection of wheel-balancing weights from the first strip of wheel-balancing weights and the second strip of wheel-balancing weights is selected on a basis of a characteristic of the wheel to match the wheel-balancing weights characteristic with an identified characteristic of the wheel. A method of using the balancing weight application apparatus is also provided.

An electric cord storage and deployment device offering safe and convenient deployment, retraction, and storage of the cord both at deployed and retracted states. The device comprises a reel upon which the cord having plugs at each end, may be spooled. The reel has a hub compartment dimensioned for storing at least a portion of one plug and a length of cord to which the plug is coupled. During deployment the plug not disposed in the hub compartment is connected to a receptacle, and the reel is brought near the second receptacle. The plug in the hub compartment safely rotates with the reel and is protected within the hub compartment to prevent tangling or personal injury. When the cord storage device is near the second receptacle the plug stored in the hub may be withdrawn with the length of cord stored in the compartment and coupled to the second receptacle. Additional features for protecting the cord, easing deployment, and storage of the device are also provided.

Liquid nutrients are continuously applied to a first group of rows of standing crops by pulling a drag hose from a reel located at one end of a field and between two crop rows with a boom having one end pivotally connected to an applicator and a tractor. The boom provides a liquid supply line from the drag hose to the center or one end of the applicator. At the opposite end of the field, the tractor and applicator turn 180 while the boom pivots to project from one end of the applicator to the drag hose. The tractor returns down adjacent rows back to the first end of the field with the boom projecting to the drag hose while the reel simultaneously retracts the hose between the two crop rows. The reel is moved axially to a third group of rows, and the steps are repeated.

A telecommunications cable spool for storing, paying-out, and reeling-in a telecommunications cable includes a spool, an axis of rotation, and a rotatable cable guide mounted about the axis. The spool defines a wrapping area that receives a plurality of wraps of the cable and defines a circumference. The axis passes through the spool within the circumference. The guide defines a rotating cable guide path with a first end adjacent the wrapping area and a second end positioned near the axis. The first end of the path is oriented at least partially tangential to the circumference, and the second end of the path is oriented at least partially aligned with the axis. The cable is routed along a cable route that extends between first and second ends with a storage portion between the ends of the route. The route includes a transitional portion along the guide path between the storage portion and the second end of the route. A portion of the transitional portion is routed through a center of the storage portion. A deployed portion of the cable is paid-out from the second end of the cable route.

A retractable barrier assembly comprises a substantially upright stanchion supported by a base wherein the stanchion includes a removable housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and having an elongate opening disposed therein, a rotatable rod disposed within the removable housing, a flexible screen having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a top edge extending between the leading edge and trailing edge, the trailing edge coupled to the rotatable rod, and the leading edge having an edge attachment mechanism for selectively coupling and decoupling with a receiving member, and a winding mechanism coupled to the rotatable rod for retractably receiving and extending the flexible screen through the elongate opening of the sidewall, wherein the barrier assembly may be placed indoors or outdoors and interconnected to one or more additional such assemblies to define designated pathways, which assembly further functions to inhibit unauthorized or undesired ingress to and egress from such pathways, which assembly is mechanically suited to permit pre-printed signage including advertising or other public or private messages on corresponding extensible and retractable gates, and which assembly may further be quickly and easily installed and removed and engaged and disengaged with additional such assemblies.