Reel case

Claim 1

A RING MEMBER FOR USE IN ONE OR TWO RELEASABLY INTERLOCKING COMPLEMENTARY SECTIONS OF A CASE FOR ENCLOSING A REEL OF TAPE OR THE LIKE, WHEREIN THE REEL HAS A CENTRAL CIRCULAR HUB OPENING AND TWO SIDE FACES AND WHEREIN EACH OF THE TWO COMPLEMENTARY SECTIONS OF THE CASE HAS AN INNER CYLINDRICAL HUB FLANGE TO TELESCOPE INTO THE HUB OPENING OF THE REEL AND FURTHER HAS A RADIAL WALL TO EXTEND OVER ONE FACE OF THE REEL, SAID RING MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PORTION OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION TO EMBRACE A HUB FLANGE OF A SECTION OF THE CASE INSIDE THE HUB OPENING OF THE REEL AND HAVING A SECOND ADJACENT CONTINUOUS OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORION TO FIT BETWEEN A FACE OF THE REEL AND THE RADIAL WALL OF THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF THE CASE, THE INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF THE RING MEMBER BEING CONTINUOUS IN THE REGION OF THE JUNCTURE OF THE TWO PORTIONS, SAID FIRST PORTION OF THE RING MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SERIES OF AXIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FINGERS, SAID RING MEMBER BEING MADE OF RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL AND SAID SECOND PORTION OF THE RING MEMBER AT THE UNRESTRAINED CONFIGURATION OF THE RING MEMBER BEING AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE FIRST PORTION AND EXTENDING FROM SAID JUNCTURE AWAY FROM THE RADIAL WALL OF THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF THE CASE WHEREBY FLATTENING OF THE SECOND PORTION BY CLOSING THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE CASE AGAINST THE REEL CAUSES THE SECOND PORTION OF THE RING MEMBER TO SERVE AS A RETAINER TO RETAIN THE REEL AGAINST MOVEMENT IN THE CASE AND CAUSES THE RING MEMBER TO CONTRACT RADIALLY IN SAID REGION INTO TIGHT CONTACT WITH THE HUB FLANGE OF THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF THE CASE AND FURTHER CAUSES SAID FINGERS TO FLEX RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE RING MEMBER TO RETAIN THE INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF THE HUB OPENING OF THE REEL AGAINST MOVEMENT.