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A retractable earphone set including a first spring wheel assembly and a second spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within a housing, a pair of cables retractably extensible and wound upon the first spring wheel assembly and a connector cable retractable extensible and wound upon the second spr

A retractable earphone set including a first spring wheel assembly and a second spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within a housing, a pair of cables retractably extensible and wound upon the first spring wheel assembly and a connector cable retractable extensible and wound upon the second spring wheel assembly, wherein depression of a first button releases the first spring wheel assembly to rotationally extend and alternately retract the pair of cables from within the housing, and depression of the second push button releases the second spring wheel assembly to rotationally extend and alternately retract the connector cable from within the housing, whereby the retractable earphone set is interconnectable with an electronic device to relay audio signals therebetween and a pair of earphones is retractably extensible from a position most proximal the housing.

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1. A retractable earphone comprising: a housing;a first spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within the housing;a second spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within the housing;at least one cable disposed upon the first spring wheel assembly, the at least one cable extensible from within the

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A retractable earphone comprising: a housing;a first spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within the housing;a second spring wheel assembly rotatably disposed within the housing;at least one cable disposed upon the first spring wheel assembly, the at least one cable extensible from within the housing when the first spring wheel assembly is rotated in a first direction and retractable within the housing when the first spring wheel assembly is rotated in a second direction;each of at least one earphone disposed endwise on each of the at least one cable;a connector cable disposed around the second spring wheel assembly, said connector cable extensible from within the housing when the second spring wheel assembly is rotated in a first direction and retractable within the housing when the second spring wheel assembly is rotated in a second direction;wherein movement of the first spring wheel assembly in the first direction unwinds and extends the at least one cable against the action of a spring member and movement of the first spring wheel assembly in the second direction is forced by means of the spring member when the first spring wheel assembly is released whereby the at least one earphone is retracted to a position most proximal the housing;wherein movement of the second spring wheel assembly in the first direction unwinds and extends the connector cable against the action of a spring member and movement of the second spring wheel assembly in the second direction is forced by means of the spring member when the second spring wheel assembly is released whereby an end portion of the connector cable is retracted to a position most proximal the housing;wherein the housing further comprises: a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a top side, a bottom side, and an interior cavity;at least one first aperture disposed at the first end;a second aperture disposed at the second end;wherein each of the at least one cable is disposed through each of the at least one first aperture and the connector cable is disposed through the second aperture;a first push button disposed on the housing top side proximal to the first end, said first push button in operational communication with the first spring wheel assembly; anda second push button disposed on the housing top side proximal to the second end, said second push button in operational communication with the second spring wheel assembly;wherein depression of the first push button releases the first spring wheel assembly to enable rotation in the first and alternately the second direction and depression of the second push button releases the second spring wheel assembly to enable rotation in the first and alternately the second direction, whereby the at least one earphone is alternately extensible and retractable within the housing when the first push button is depressed and the connector cable is alternately extensible and retractable within the housing when the second push button is depressed. 2. The retractable earphone set of claim 1 further comprising a call answer control and a call end control disposed on the housing wherein the retractable earphone set is communicable with an extant cell phone to receive and alternately end a call placed to the cell phone whereby audio signals relayed to the cell phone are relayed through the retractable earphone set. 3. The retractable earphone set of claim 2 wherein the housing further comprises a cable groove disposed across the first side of the housing, said cable groove configured to receive and releasably retain the end portion of the connector cable. 4. The retractable earphone set of claim 3 wherein the connector cable further comprises an adaptor connect disposed endwise upon the end portion, said adaptor connect configured to interconnect with each of a plurality of jack members, each of said plurality of jack members configured for interconnection with a particular make and model of cell phone, computer, audio player, or other electronic device capable of relaying audio signals to the at least one earphone. 5. The retractable earphone set of claim 4 further comprising a microphone disposed within the housing wherein audio emitted proximal the housing is transmittable by the retractable earphone set to an extant cell phone, computer, audio recorder, audio player, or other electronic device capable of relaying audio signals, with which the device is interconnected. 6. The retractable earphone set of claim 5 further comprising a speaker disposed upon the housing wherein selection of the speaker selectively relays audio through the speaker instead of through the at least one earphone. 7. A retractable earphone set comprising: a housing having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side; a top side, and a bottom side;an interior cavity;a pair of first apertures disposed at the first end, each of the pair of first apertures in open communication with the interior cavity;a second aperture disposed at the second end, said second aperture in open communication with the interior cavity;a first spring wheel assembly disposed in the interior cavity proximal to the first end;a pair of cables retractably disposed around the first spring wheel assembly and disposed through each of the pair of first apertures whereby each of the pair of cables is retractably extensible from within the housing;a pair of earphones disposed endwise upon the pair of cables exterior to the housing;a second spring wheel assembly disposed in the interior cavity proximal to the second end;a connector cable retractably disposed around the second spring wheel assembly;an adaptor connect disposed endwise on the connector cable, said adaptor connect interconnectable with a plurality of jack members, each of said jack members configured to releasably connect and enable communication with a particular extant electronic device capable of relaying audio signals;a first push button disposed on the housing top side, said first push button depressible to release the first spring wheel assembly whereby the pair of earphones may be extended therefrom and retracted thereto;a second push button disposed on the top side, said second push button depressible to release the second spring wheel assembly whereby the connector cable may be extended therefrom and retracted thereto;a cable groove continuously disposed along the first side, said cable groove configured to releasably receive and retain an end portion of the connector cable when said cable is not in use;a lapel clip disposed upon the bottom side to releasably clip the housing to a user's apparel, as desired;a call answer control disposed on the second side of the housing, said call answer control depressible to answer an incoming call to an extant cell phone to which the retractable earphone set is connected;a call end control disposed on the second side of the housing, said call end control disposed proximal to the call answer control, the call end control usable to end a call received upon an extant cell phone to which the retractable earphone set is connected;a volume up and a volume down control disposed on the second side of the housing whereby the volume of audio relayed through the retractable earphone set is controllable;a speaker disposed in the housing;a microphone disposed in the housing;wherein the retractable earphone set is interconnectable with an extant cell phone, or other electronic device capable of relaying audio signals, whereby said audio signals are communicable through the retractable earphone set and each of the pair of earphones is retractable to abut each of the pair of first apertures when not in use and the connect cable is retractable and an end portion of the connect cable is releasably retainable within the cable groove.