Wire packaging and handling device

Claim 1

A COMBINED WIRE CARRYING CONTAINER AND SPOOL MOUNTING DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING AND STORING A SPOOL OF WIRE AND FOR PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR THE SPOOL FOR THE REMOVAL OF WIRE THEREFROM COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND FOUR SIDE WALLS, A U-SHAPED CRADLE POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND TWO OPPOSED SIDE WALLS, SAID CRADLE BOTTOM WALL BEING IN INTIMATE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID CRADLE SIDE WALLS BEING IN INTIMATE ENGAGEMENT WITH AN OPPOSED PAIR OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL AND TERMINATING IN CRADLE UPPER EDGES PARALLEL TO SAID CARTON SIDE WALLS AND BOTTOM WALLS, A PAIR OF CHANNELED REINFORCING STRIPS HAVING AN INSIDE WALL AND AN OUTSIDE WALL POSITIONED OVER SAID CRADLE UPPER EDGES, SAID OUTSIDE WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER SIDE WALLS AND THE INNER WALLS OF SAID REINFORCING STRIPS POSITIONED ON THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CRADLE SIDE WALLS, A SPINDLE MOUNT FORMED ON EACH OF SAID REINFORCING STRIPS, A SPINDLE FOR SUPPORTING A SPOOL OF WIRE POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID RESPECTIVE REINFORCING STRIPS AND SUPPORTED ON SAID SPINDLE MOUNTS.