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US3920194A
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Foldable reel support and carrier
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-12-10
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Granted: 1975-11-18
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Expires: 1994-12-10
Abstract
Abstract A first outer large dimension frame, a second intermediate medium dimension frame and a third inner small dimension frame are provided and each frame includes a pair of spaced side-byside legs interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends by means of a bight portion extending therebetween. The frames are positionable with the legs of the third frame received between the legs of the second frame and the legs of the second frame received between the legs of the first frame. A pair of aligned journal sleeves pivotally interconnect each set of corresponding leg ends remote from the bight portions for relative oscillation of the frames between collapsed positions with the frames disposed in inverted downwardly opening position and the other two frames opening upwardly and being upwardly convergent toward an upstanding plane containing the inverted frame. An axle member is removably rotatably journaled through the journal sleeves and is of a size to be longitudinally telescoped through the center opening of a wire reel to be supported from the reel support.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward M Parsen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 15:49
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H49/00; B65H49/18; B65H49/20; B65H49/32; B65H49/321
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A reel support including a first outer large dimension frame, a second intermediate medium dimension frame and a third inner small dimension frame, said frames each including a pair of spaced side-by-side legs interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends and being positionable with said legs of said third frame received between the legs of said second frame and the legs of said second frame received between the legs of said first frame, a pair of aligned sleeve journal means pivotally interconnecting each set of corresponding other ends of said legs togethere for relative oscillation of said frames from collapsed positions with said frames generally paralleling each other and open positions with said one of said frames disposed in inverted downwardly opening position and the other two frames opening upwardly and being upwardly convergent toward an upstanding plane containing said one frame, and axle means removably rotatably journaled through said sleeve journal means adapted to removably support a reel therefrom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
A reel support including a first outer large dimension frame, a second intermediate medium dimension frame and a third inner small dimension frame, said frames each including a pair of spaced side-by-side legs interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends and being positionable with said legs of said third frame received between the legs of said second frame and the legs of said second frame received between the legs of said first frame, a pair of aligned sleeve journal means pivotally interconnecting each set of corresponding other ends of said legs togethere for relative oscillation of said frames from collapsed positions with said frames generally paralleling each other and open positions with said one of said frames disposed in inverted downwardly opening position and the other two frames opening upwardly and being upwardly convergent toward an upstanding plane containing said one frame, and axle means removably rotatably journaled through said sleeve journal means adapted to removably support a reel therefrom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said axle means and a predetermined frame include deactivatable coacting means releasably securing said axle means in position journaled through said sleeve Journal means, said axle means, when said coacting means is deactivated, being axially retractable from said sleeve journal means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said first and second frames include coacting abutment means operative to limit relative angular displacement of said first and second frames from said collapsed positions to the extended positions thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said third frame and said first frame include coacting stop means operative to limit relative angular displacement of said third and first frames from said collapsed positions to the extended positions thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 4 wherein said first and third frames include coacting releasable latch means operative to retain said first and third frames in said extended positions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The combination of claim 5 wherein said first and second frames include coacting abutment means operative to limit relative angular displacement of said first and second frames from said collapsed positions to the extended positions thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The combination of claim 6 wherein said stop means and said latch means include coacting means operative to prevent relative angular displacement of said first and second frames from their extended positions to their collapsed positions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
The combination of claim 1 including a pair of spacing sleeves reversably and removably telescopingly engaged over said axle means between and end abuttingly engageable with the adjacent ends of said sleeve journal means, said spacing sleeves each including a radially outwardly projecting and circumferentially extending abutment flange spaced unequally intermediate its opposite ends.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
The combination of claim 1 including a pair of elongated flexible tension members connected between the pairs of corresponding legs of said first and second frames at points therealong spaced at least slightly from the other pair of corresponding ends thereof limiting relative oscillation of said first and second frames toward their extended positions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
88 words
The combination of claim 1 including a second reel support corresponding to and spaced from the first mentioned support, an elongated support frame including transverse tube members at its opposite ends, the axle means of said supports being removably telescoped through said tube members, said frame, intermediate its opposite ends including coil support means journaled therefrom for rotation about an upstanding axis and adapted to support a horizontal coil of material therefrom with said coil positioned generally concentric with the axis of rotation of said coil support means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
62 words
The combination of claim 10 wherein said support frame includes a pair of opposite end sections having adjacent end portions telescopingly engaged with each other, said coil support means including portions thereof telescopingly engaged over one of said adjacent end portions, said portions of said coil support means also being telescopingly engageable over said one adjacent end portion when in inverted positions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
67 words
The combination of claim 1 including a support sleeve telescopingly engageable over said axle means intermediate said sleeve journal means, said support sleeve including, abutment sleeves slidable thereon, means coacting with said abutment sleeves and said support sleeve operative to retain said abutment sleeves in selected adjusted positions along said support sleeve, said abutment sleeves each including a generally radially outwardly extending and circumferential flange extending thereabout.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said third frame and said first frame include coacting stop means operative to limit relative angular displacement of said third and first frames from said collapsed positions to the extended positions thereof, and coacting deactuatable latch means carried by said frames operative to retain said frames in said collapsed positions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said axle means may be axially withdrawn from saiD sleeve journal means and reinserted through the latter from the opposite ends thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
94 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the legs of at least one of said frames include aligned mounting sleeves supported therefrom intermediate the opposite ends of said legs, the remote ends of said sleeves being at least partially closed, one of said sleeves including a lateral upwardly opening formed therein and opening through the end of said one sleeve adjacent the other sleeve, and a support shaft having its opposite ends journaled in said sleeves, the end of the support shaft supported from said one sleeve being laterally outwardly displaceable therefrom through said opening.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-11-17 | 1979-05-19 | 1979-11-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-11-17 | 1983-05-19 | 1983-11-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-11-17 | 1987-05-19 | 1987-11-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |