Patent ID: 7080734
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B65D,B65H

Abstract:
1. A stackable, reel wrap for wrapping an industrial reel containing spooled contents, the industrial reel having a central spool separating a pair of end plates, the spooled contents spooled in a plurality of courses between a first of said pair of end plates and a second of said pair of end plates, the reel wrap having a wrap configuration and a stack configuration, the reel wrap comprising: a central portion, said central portion of a plastic or plasticized material and being spannable across a distance between said pair of end plates so as to reside entirely exterior to a circumference of the industrial reel defined by the pair of end plates when said reel wrap is secured to said reel; and first and second side portions, wherein said first and second side portions are coupled to said central portion and include a plurality of tabs, wherein said plurality of tabs are securable to an exterior surface of said pair of end plates; and wherein said central portion includes a flat fold-enabling, shipping score, wherein said stack configuration is configured in a fold to present said reel wrap in a folded position wherein said fold occurs at said flat fold-enabling, shipping score and wherein said reel wrap is thusly presented in a substantially flat configuration wherein said substantially flat configuration of said reel wrap includes a top portion of said reel wrap unitarily joined via the fold to a bottom portion and wherein said top portion lies atop said bottom portion in a parallel presentation of top to bottom, said top portion being of substantially identical width to said bottom portion and wherein said wrap configuration presents said reel wrap in an unfolded, singular elongate configuration.