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Claim 1

IN A COLLAPSIBLE REEL HAVING AN UPRIGHT STANDARD, A LEG CARRIER VERTICALLY SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID STANDARD MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID LEG CARRIER IN A SELECTED POSITION ON SAID STANDARD WHEREBY SAID LEG CARRIER CAN BE IN A LOWER POSITION ON SAID STANDARD FOR OPERATION AND IN A HIGHER POSITION ON SAID STANDARD FOR PROVIDING A COLLAPSED POSITION, A PLURALITY OF LEGS, MEANS SWINGABLY MOUNTING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID LEGS ON SAID LEG CARRIER IN A MANNER PERMITTING THE VERTICAL SWINGING OF OUTER ENDS OF SAID LEGS FROM OUTWARDLY EXTENDED USE POSITIONS TO DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING COLLAPSED POSITIONS SUCH THAT AT TIMES WHEN SAID LEGS ARE IN COLLAPLSED POSITIONS, THEY ARE DISPOSED ALONGSIDE SAID STANDARD AND SUCH THAT WHEN SAID LEGS ARE IN SAID OPERATIONAL POSITIONS, THEIR OUTER ENDS ARE PREVENTED FROM SWINGING UPWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID LEG CARRIER BEYOND A POSITION SUITABLE FOR MAINTAINING THE STABILITY OF SAID STANDARD, AND REELING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID STANDARD, SAID REELING MEANS COMPRISING A CORD REELING PORTION, MEANS COMPRISING A BEARING DISPOSED ALONGSIDE OF SAID REELING PORTION AND MOUNTING SAID REELING PORTION ON THE UPPER END OF SAID STANDARD FOR ROTATION OF SAID REELING PORTION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, A HANDLE HAVING AN UNDERSURFACE EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY, SAID UNDERSURFACE BEING DISPOSED ABOVE AND SPACED FROM SAID BEARING, AND MEANS ATTACHING SAID HANDLE TO SAID BEARING.