Automatic cord retractor for upright floor appliance

Claim 1

AN UPRIGHT FLOOR APPLIANCE COMPRISING: (A) A TUBULAR HANDLE HAVING A FIRST WALL PORTION AND A DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SECOND WALL PORTION, A PAIR OF ALIGNED APERTURES FORMED IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND WALL PORTIONS; (B) A GENERALLY FLAT PLATE HAVING A GENERALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED APERTURE AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING MOUNTING MEANS INTEGRALLY FORMED THEREWITH, SAID GENERALLY FLAT PLATE BEING FIXED TO THE FIRST WALL PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR HANDLE; (C) A BLOCK OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING AN APERTURE FORMED THEREIN, SAID BLOCK BEING FIXED TO SAID GENERALLY FLAT PLATE WITH THE APERTURE IN SAID BLOCK IN LINE WITH THE APERTURE IN SAID PLATE; (D) FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS FIXED TO SAID INSULATED BLOCK; (E) A CORD REEL FOR STORING CORD FOR THE APPLIANCE; (F) A CANTILEVERED SPINDLE FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID REEL, ONE END PORTION OF SAID SPINDLE EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTURE IN SAID INSULATING BLOCK, THROUGH THE APERTURE IN SAID GENERALLY FLAT PLATE AND THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID HANDLE FOR SECURELY MOUNTING SAID SPINDLE ON SAID TUBULAR HANDLE, SAID CANTILEVERED SPINDLE PROVIDING THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR SAID REEL; (G) A SPIRAL SPRING CONTINUOUSLY URGING SAID REEL IN ONE DIRECTION OF ROTATION FOR WINDING CORD ON SAID REEL; (H) SLIDING CONTACT MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID CORD; AND, (I) A COVER HAVING AN ENLARGED FRONT WALL PORTION,