Pay-off package

Claim 1

A PAY-OFF PACKAGE FOR DISPENSING WIRE FROM A SPOOL CONTAINED THEREIN COMPRISING: (A) A SPOOL CONTAINING A COIL OF WIRE, SAID SPOOL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL CORE AND TWO END FLANGES AT ITS END DEFINING A SPACE FOR SAID WIRE, (B) A CONTAINER ENCLOSING SAID SPOOL, SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING, (I) A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL TUBULAR BODY WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR WINDOW, SAID WINDOW HAVIING A HEIGHT AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF SAID SPOOL AND A WIDTH SUCH THAT A LINE DRAWN ACROSS THE CYLINDRICAL CROSS SECTION OF SAID CONTAINER FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WINDOW IS AT LEAST TANGENT TO SAID CORE, (II) A FIRST END CLOSURE AT ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR BODY FOR RECEIVING ONE END OF SAID SPOOL AND FOR POSITIONING SAID SPOOL CENTRICALLY WITH SAID CONTAINER, AND (III) A SECOND END CLOSURE AT THE OTHER END OF THE TUBULAR BODY AND SPACED APART FRTOM THE SECOND END OF THE SPOOL, SAID SECOND END CLOSURE HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER THEREIN TO ALLOW THE PAY-OFF OF THE WIRE OVER THE SECOND END OF THE SPOOL, AND (C) A RESTRAINING STRIP HAVING A WIDTH AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE HEIGHT OF SAID SPOOL SURROUNDING THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID CONTAINER AND YIELDINGLY ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF SAID COIL OF WIRE THROUGH SAID WINDOW THEREBY CONTROLLING THE PAY-OFF AND PREVENTING FALLDOWN AND TANGLING OF SAID WIRE.