Patent ID: 9718638
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A reel frame stand for supporting a reel thereon, and said reel frame stand comprising: a first pair of hingedly connected legs oppositely disposed from a second pair of hingedly connected legs, and each of said pairs of legs forming a frame, wherein said first pair of hingedly connected legs comprises a first leg and a second leg and said second pair of hingedly connected legs comprises a third leg and a fourth leg, and wherein said first and third legs are oppositely disposed from each other and said second and fourth legs are oppositely disposed from each other; a first axle bearing on said first pair of legs and a second axle bearing on said second pair of legs, and each of said first and second axle bearings comprising a base and a bushing having a cylindrical inner surface surrounding an open channel; an axle having opposing cylindrical portions being rotatably secured within the open channels of said opposing first and second axle bearings to permit selective rotation of the reel supported thereon; a first brace extending between said first pair of legs and a second brace extending between said second pair of legs, said first brace having a first end that is pivotally secured to said first leg, said second brace having a first end that is pivotally secured to said fourth leg, and each of said first and second braces having a second end defining upper and lower frame rests each being sized and configured for passage therethrough of one of a plurality of screws for selective attachment of the second end of said first and second braces; said first and fourth legs each having a port that is sized for engaged receipt of one of said plurality of screws and wherein the port on said first leg is correspondingly aligned with the port on said fourth leg; said second and third legs each having a top port and a bottom port, each of said top and bottom ports being sized for engaged receipt of one of said plurality of screws, and wherein the top and bottom ports on said second leg are each correspondingly aligned with the top and bottom ports on said third leg; and wherein each of said first and second pairs of hingedly connected legs may be selectively positioned relative to each other in one of a plurality of configurations by selectively securing the respective second ends of each of said first and second braces to a respective leg by engaging one of said plurality of screws through one of said upper and lower frame rests at the correspondingly aligned port on said first and fourth legs or at one of the correspondingly aligned top and bottom ports on said second and fourth legs so that said first and second braces are held in engaged abutment with the corresponding leg.