Patent ID: 9499374
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A wire reel comprising: a casing defining a wire spool aperture and a wire window; a cover adapted to removably attach to the casing via a releasable attachment mechanism and to substantially close the wire spool aperture and defining a perimeter, the releasable attachment mechanism further comprising a ball bearing and a spool release pin configured to cause the ball bearing to disengage a recess defined b the casing; a wire hub adapted to spool wire into or out of the wire spool aperture via the wire window, the wire hub being coupled to the cover; a winding lever operably coupled to the cover and movable between a stowed position in which the winding lever is substantially adjacent to the cover and within the perimeter of the cover and a deployed position in which the winding lever extends beyond the perimeter of the cover; a buckle adapted to accept a belt and to removably attach to the casing; and a wind knob coupled to the winding lever at a distal end of the winding lever, the cover defining a knob aperture through which the wind knob extends when the winding lever is in the stowed position.