Patent ID: 7997520
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B65H,G02B

Abstract:
1. A spool configured to provide a retainer for a cable, the spool comprising: an upper flange; a lower flange; a plurality of access slots; a center portion; and a plurality of support legs configured to support the spool at a first distance above a securing surface, at least a part of the plurality of support legs being removable to modify the first distance to become a second distance that is shorter than the first distance and wherein the second distance is used to support the spool at the second distance above the securing surface after the at least a part of the plurality of support legs is removed wherein the plurality of support legs each comprise a first leg portion and a bottom leg portion with a dotted line mid-point separating the first leg portion and the bottom leg portion, and wherein each of the bottom leg portions are removed by bending and breaking off the bottom leg portions to shorten each of the plurality of support legs to create a plurality of shorter support legs which are snapped into the securing surface to support the spool at the second distance above the securing surface.