TRANSPORTABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE FOR STORING AND CONFIGURING EXCESS POWER CORD AND SHARING A MULTIPLICITY OF AC AND DC ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES IN DIVERSE USER ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A transportable electrical power-supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a group of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment. The transportable device has a housing supporting a plurality of electrical power receptacles for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices. The transportable device also has one or more external power cord storage compartments, for managing the excess length of power cords associated therewith. Any excess power cord can be wound up about a power cord spool within the power storage compartment, held firmly in place and concealed behind a set of spaced apart elastomeric structures forming a perimeter power cord opening. At the same time, any remaining power cord is allowed to exit the perimeter power cord opening at any point about the transportable device, and routed to an electrical appliance or electronic device requiring AC or DC electrical power in the workspace environment being serviced by the transportable device.

主权项

1. A transportable electrical power supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment, wherein each said electrical appliance and/or device has a power cord that can be routed through the environment and terminates with an appliance power plug that can be plugged into said transportable electrical power supplying device, said transportable electrical power supplying device comprising:
a power supply cord for plugging into a standard AC power receptacle by way of a power supply plug, and supplying AC electrical power to said transportable electrical power supplying device; a first housing portion having an interior volume containing an electrical circuit electrically connected to said power supply cord, and supporting a plurality of AC and DC electrical receptacles electrically connected to said electrical circuit; and a second housing portion operably connected to said first housing portion, for supporting one or more external power cord storage compartments; wherein each said external power storage compartment includes
a power cord storage spool contained within said external power cord storage compartment, anda pair of resilient structures disposed in said external power cord storage compartment in a spaced apart manner to form a perimeter opening, so that excess power cord can be wound up about said power cord spool and concealed behind said pair of resilient structures, and any remaining power cord can exit through said perimeter opening at any point about said device and routed to said electrical appliance or electronic device.