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The present invention relates to a safety device for stabilizing cylindrically shaped objects and thereby reducing the occurrences of uncontrolled releases of their contents. With respect to an exemplary embodiment, a stabilization mechanism is presented which comprising a cylindrically shaped barre

The present invention relates to a safety device for stabilizing cylindrically shaped objects and thereby reducing the occurrences of uncontrolled releases of their contents. With respect to an exemplary embodiment, a stabilization mechanism is presented which comprising a cylindrically shaped barrel, having a first opened end and a second opened end and which is fitted with a plurality of stabilization outriggers. Each of the plurality of outriggers extends from the exterior surface of the barrel, radially outward away from the barrel. The interior diameter of the barrel is sufficient to accept a pressurized cylinder or tank. The outriggers effectively increase the diameter of the base of the cylinder, and so doing, provides an added measurement of stabilization with respect to toppling over from an inadvertent action. In the other exemplary embodiments, as few as three outriggers provide stabilization for the cylinder. In accordance with another exemplary embodiment, a ring is fixed to the outriggers and in still another exemplary embodiment, the circular plate is attached to the lowermost extent of the barrel, the plate also having an opening sufficient for passage of the pressurized cylinder. Wheels may be attached to the outriggers in order that the tank may be moved by using the stabilization mechanism as a cart or dolly.

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The present invention relates to a safety device for stabilizing cylindrically shaped objects and thereby reducing the occurrences of uncontrolled releases of their contents. With respect to an exemplary embodiment, a stabilization mechanism is presented which comprising a cylindrically shaped barre

The present invention relates to a safety device for stabilizing cylindrically shaped objects and thereby reducing the occurrences of uncontrolled releases of their contents. With respect to an exemplary embodiment, a stabilization mechanism is presented which comprising a cylindrically shaped barrel, having a first opened end and a second opened end and which is fitted with a plurality of stabilization outriggers. Each of the plurality of outriggers extends from the exterior surface of the barrel, radially outward away from the barrel. The interior diameter of the barrel is sufficient to accept a pressurized cylinder or tank. The outriggers effectively increase the diameter of the base of the cylinder, and so doing, provides an added measurement of stabilization with respect to toppling over from an inadvertent action. In the other exemplary embodiments, as few as three outriggers provide stabilization for the cylinder. In accordance with another exemplary embodiment, a ring is fixed to the outriggers and in still another exemplary embodiment, the circular plate is attached to the lowermost extent of the barrel, the plate also having an opening sufficient for passage of the pressurized cylinder. Wheels may be attached to the outriggers in order that the tank may be moved by using the stabilization mechanism as a cart or dolly. ractable cord reel assembly as in claim 1, further comprising at least one guide member mounted on said housing for guiding said first cable and said second cable together on retraction of said cables onto said spool. 12. A retractable cord reel assembly as in claim 1, further comprising at least one separating member mounted on said housing for separating said first cable and said second cable from each other on extension of said cables from said spool. 13. A retractable cord reel assembly as in claim 1, wherein said first and said second cables have free ends, each free end having an electrical connector, and wherein said housing includes at least one chamber for said connectors. 14. A retractable cord reel assembly as in claim 3, wherein said longitudinal cavity in the first cable faces radially toward the center of the reel. 15. A retractable cord assembly as in claim 1 wherein each of said cables comprise a plurality of conductors within a jacket; said conductors being aligned such that the neutral axes have about the same radius of curvature from the center of the spool. 16. The retractable cord reel assembly of claim 1 further comprising a single opening in said housing for ingress and egress of both of said first and second cables from the same side of said housing. 17. A retractable cord reel assembly comprising: a) a housing; b) a spool mounted for rotation in said housing; c) an electrical component carried by said spool; d) a first cable having a first end connected to said electrical component, said first cable being windable onto and off of said spool, said first cable having a longitudinal cavity; and e) a second cable having a first end connected to said electrical component, said second cable being windable onto and off of said spool, said second cable being releasably nested in said cavity of said first cable when said cables are co-wound on said spool. 18. The retractable cord reel assembly of claim 17 wherein said electrical component comprises at least one of the group consisting of a signal amplifier, a power regulator or a power converter. 19. A retractable cord reel assembly of claim 17, wherein: said first cable comprises a high voltage cable and includes at least one longitudinal cavity comprising a gap between two conductors within said first cable; said second cable comprises a low voltage cable that nests with said longitudinal cavity of said first cable as said cables are wound on and off said spool; and said electrical component comprises a power adapter. 20. A retractable cord reel assembly, comprising: a) a spool; b) a first cable having a plurality of conductors and at least one longitudinal cavity formed in said cable, said first cable at least partly carried by said spool; c) a second cable at least partly carried by said spool; and d) a housing, said spool being rotatably mounted in said housing and having at least one guide member mounted on said housing for guiding said second cable to nest into said cavity in said first cable on retraction of said cables onto said spool. 21. A retractable cord reel assembly of claim 20, further comprising at least one lip on said first cable adjacent said cavity for releasably locking said second cable in said longitudinal cavity. 22. A retractable cord reel assembly, comprising: a) a housing; b) a spool rotatably mounted in said housing; c) a first cable having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first longitudinal groove on said top surface and a second longitudinal groove on said bottom surface, said first and second longitudinal grooves being aligned to form a cavity between adjacent windings of said first cable; and d) a second cable releasably nested in said cavity when said first and second cables are co-wound together onto and off of said spool. 23. The retractable cord reel assembly of claim 22 wherein said first cable is separate from said second cable.