Telephone cord take-up reel assembly

Claim 1

A telephone cord take-up reel asembly comprising: a take-up reel housing having a base member and a cover, said base member having a vertically oriented rear wall with an aperture therein, said rear wall having an inner surface, said cover having a vertically oriented front wall, a bottom wall, laterally spaced side walls and a top wall having a cutout slot laterally spaced side walls and a top wall having a cutout slot formed therein; a take-up reel having an inner hub with laterally spaced annular flanges extending radially outwardly therefrom; a shaft having a first end and a second end, said shaft passing through the inner hub of said take-up reel; the front of said cover having an inner surface having a bracket moounted thereon, said bracket having an aperture that receives the first end of said shaft; a slip ring connector having a front end, a side wall and a rear end, said front end receives and supports the second end of said shaft, said rear end is mounted on the inner surface of the rear wall of said base member; a metal reel spring formed in the shape of a coil having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end of said spring being connected to said shaft and the outer end of said spring being connected to the inner hub of said take-up reel; a predetermined length of telephone cord having a first end and a second end, said telephone cord being wound on said take-up reel and having its first end threaded through the cutout slot in said cover; a male telephone adapter mounted in the aperture in the rear wall of said base member and extending outwardly therefrom; and the second end of said telephone cord being connected to a female socket in the side wall of said slip ring connector.