Combination reel and shipping container

Claim 1

A PREASSEMBLED, KNOCKED-DOWN COMBINATION REEL AND SHIPPING CONTAINER, SAID COMBINATION BEING FORMED OF STIFF PAPER MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL FLAT, GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLANKS, EACH HAVING A CENTRAL CIRCULAR APERTURE, A PLURALITY OF RADIAL SLITS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID APERTURE TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR ARRAY OF FLAPS, SCORELINES CONNECTING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SLITS TO PROVIDE FOLDABILITY TO SAID FLAPS, SCORELINES ON EACH OF SAID FLAPS PARALLEL WITH THE FIRST-MENTIONED SCORES TO DEFINE FOLDABLE TAB PORTIONS ON THE INNER EXTREMITIES OF SAID FLAPS, SAID PAIR OF BLANKS BEING IN FACETO-FACE REGISTERING RELATIONSHIP, OPPOSED TABS OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF BLANKS BEING SECURED TOGETHER, SAID BLANKS EACH INCLUDING A CIRCULAR LINE OF PERFORATIONS SPACED GENERALLY CONCENTRICALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLAPS AND SAID BLANKS INCLUDING RELATIVELY FOLDABLE CLOSURE FLAPS MARGINALLY CONNECTED THERETO, SAID BLANKS BEING MOVABLE INTO SPACED, PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WHEN FOLDED ON SAID SCORELINES IN EACH FLAP WHEREBY SAID FLAPS DEFINE A SPOOL AND THEREABOUT AN ANNULAR RESERVOIR FOR COILABLE PRODUCT.