Patent ID: 9556000
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A set of blanks for being repeatedly assembled into a reel configuration comprising: a flange blank comprising an inwardly and an outwardly facing major surface, a plurality of pass through slots angularly spaced apart from one another about a transverse axis of the flange blank, and a plurality of interlocking apertures angularly aligned with the plurality of pass through slots, each of the plurality of pass through slot being spaced apart radially from a corresponding one of the plurality of interlocking apertures, each of the plurality of pass through slots having a pass through width and each of the plurality of interlocking apertures having an interlocking width, the pass through width being wider than the interlocking width; each of the plurality of pass through slots having a pass through length and each of the plurality of interlocking apertures having an interlocking length, the interlocking length being longer than the pass through length; and a core blank comprising: