Wire reel

Claim 1

A reel for winding up or paying out a wire strand, comprising: a rigid frame comprising a hub portion and a plurality of threadedly connected arms radially extending equidistant from said hub portion in substantially coplanar relation at least one of said arms having a transverse slot, normal to the plane of said arms, in its end portion facing away from said hub portion; first and second rigid wire bracket means centrally secured to the end portion of at least two other said arms opposite the hub portion for nesting a plurality of convolutions of wire strands when wound thereon, said rigid wire bracket means comprising a U-shaped member forming an arcuate abutment surface facing outwardly from the respective arm in a plane normal to the plane of said arms; a third U-shaped member; a strap member secured to the bight portion of said third U-shaped member in the plane of the third U-shaped member and being freely received by the arm transverse slot; means including a rivet and a removable cotter pin for securing said strap member within the slot permitting selective lateral pivoting movement of said third U-shaped member relative to the plane of said arms; and, a pair of axially aligned rod-like handles removably projecting from opposing surfaces of said hub portion normal to the plane of said arms for manually moving said reel across the surface of the earth in a rolling wheel-like wire winding up or paying out action.