Patent ID: 6568624
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for holding, carrying, and unreeling rolls of wire comprising:two straight parallel leg members connected together at one of their ends by an elongated hand grip member, said hand grip member forming a carrying handle for the apparatus; a cross brace connected between the leg members between the ends thereof, said leg members being bent at an acute angle thereto near the other ends of the leg members to form a pair of straight feet members for supporting the apparatus on a surface; a shelf member connected to one of the leg members between the ends thereof and a bracket member connected to the other of the leg members; a swivel arm pivotally connected at one end thereof to the shelf member and a latch pin removably connected to the bracket member and the other end of the swivel arm; whereby the swivel arm may be swiveled away from the leg members to load a roll of wire onto the swivel arm and the swivel arm locked by the latch pin to the bracket member to support the roll of wire for rotation.