US 12,280,983 B2
Mounting brackets for cord reels
Benny Thomas, Williston Park, NY (US); and Roy Itzler, Orange, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on May 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/655,265.
Application 18/655,265 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,342, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 12,006,183.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,148, filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0343524 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 11/02 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01); H01R 13/72 (2006.01); H01R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/446 (2013.01) [H01R 13/72 (2013.01); H01R 25/006 (2013.01); H02G 11/02 (2013.01); B65H 2701/34 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounted cord reel assembly, comprising:
a mounting bracket having a base plate and a pair of side rails that define a keyway between each side rail and the base plate, the base plate having a first connector opening at a first edge of the mounting bracket;
a first connector threadably engaged in the first connector opening;
a reel base having a set of shoulders slidingly received by pair of side rails of the mounting bracket, respectively, the reel base including a third connector opening at a first edge of the reel base, the third connector opening being open at the first edge so that the first connector is received therein during sliding of the reel base and mounting bracket with respect to one another.