Case for a reel

Claim 1

A CASE FOR A TAPE REEL COMPRISING A BOTTOM TRAY AND A COVER, A STUD EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM TRAY, A CYLINDRICAL WELL IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COVER HAVING A LOWER WALL AND SURROUNDING CYLINDRICAL WALL, A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL WALLS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE WELL AND DEFINING A HANDLE GRIP, A CENTRAL APERTURE PROVIDED IN THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE WELL BETWEEN THE WALLS AND THROUGH WHICH THE STUD EXTENDS WHEN THE COVER AND BOTTOM TRAY ARE CLOSED, A PLATE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN THE HANDLE GRIP AND HAVING A PORTION WHICH IS INCLINED TO THE AXIS OF THE APERTURE WHEN THE PLATE IS IN ITS BIASED POSITION, A CIRCULAR HOLE IN SAID PORTION OF THE PLATE JUST EXCEEDING THE DIAMETER OF THE STUD AND CONCENTRIC WITH THE STUD AND APERTURE WHEN THE COVER AND BOTTOM TRAY ARE CLOSED AND THE PLATE IS MOVED FROM ITS BIASED POSITION SO THAT SAID PORTION IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE STUD AND APERTURE AXIS, A SPRING SECURED TO THE COVER AND ENGAGING THE PLATE AND IMPOSING THE BIAS THEREON, A GRIP COVER PLATE SECURED TO THE EDGES OF THE PARALLEL WALLS AND HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN DISPLACED FROM THE AXIS OF THE STUD AND APERTURE WHEN THE CASE IS CLOSED, AND AN ACTUATING BUTTON SECURED TO THE PLATE AND EXPOSED THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE GRIP COVER PLATE WHICH MAY BE DEPRESSED FOR PIVOTING THE PLATE FROM ITS BIASED POSITION TO A POSITION WHEREIN SAID PORTION IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE STUD TO ALIGN THE HOLE IN THE PLATE WITH THE STUD, THE MARGIN OF THE HOLE BINDING ON THE STUD WHEN THE PLATE IS IN THE BIASED POSITION.