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A SELF-CONTAINED PACKAGE UNIT RECEIVING A COIL OF CONTINUOUS-LENGTH FLEXIBLE RESILIENT METAL STRIP SUCH AS HARDENED AND TEMPERED SAW-BAND AND STEEL RULE AND STORING SUCH STRONGLY EXPANSIVE COIL SUBJECT TO PAY-OUT DISPENSING OF THE STRIP THEREFROM, SAID PACKAGE UNIT COMPRISING: (A) A BASE MEMBER HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM WALL; (B) A CENTRAL UPSTANDING HUB ON SAID BOTTOM WALL ABOUT WHICH THE COIL IS WOUND; (C) AN UPSTANDING OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL ON SAID BOTTOM WALL CONCENTRIC TO SAID HUB AGAINST WHICH THE OUTER CONVULUTION OF THE COIL BEARS; (D) A PLURALITY OF UPRIGHT OUTER WALL SECTIONS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO AND REINFORCING SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL; (E) A PLURALITY OF UPRIGHT STUDS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL AND FROM SAID UPSTANDING HUB; (F) A TOP COVER MEMBER COMPLEMENTAL TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THERETHROUGH ALIGNABLE WITH THE STUDS ON SAID BASE MEMBER WHEREBY THE COVER MEMBER CAN BE PERMANENTLY SECURED TO THE BASE MEMBER BY HEADING OVER THE STUDS; (G) A KNOCK-OUT PLUG RELEASABLY SECURED WITHIN SAID BASE MEMBER BY A RUPTURABLE RIB SPANING AN OPENING IN SAID BOTTOM WALL AND BEARING ON THE COIL TO MAINTAIN THE COIL UNDER TENSION DURING STORAGE AND SHIPMENT; AND (H) A STRIP INTAKE AND TANGENTIAL PAY-OUT PORT OPENING RADIALLY FROM THE BASE MEMBER THROUGH THE SOLID MASS OF THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL AND ONE OF SAID OUTER WALL SECTIONS AND OF RESTRICTED BUT SUFFICIENT ANGULAR EXTENT FOR AUTOMATIC SNAP-OUT PROJECTION THEREAT OF A FINGER-GRASPABLE LENGTH OF THE FREE END OF A CONTAINED STRIP COIL WHEN SAID END IS TRAILED INTO EXPOSURE AT SAID PORT UNDER CENTER-WINDING OF THE COIL.