Patent ID: 7261271

Claim:
A folding wire reel carrier comprising: a) a front support member, having a base portion, a vertical portion, and horizontal top portion disposed at a topmost end of the vertical portion b) a rear support member, also having a base portion, a vertical portion, and a horizontal top portion disposed at a topmost end of the vertical portion, said rear support member being pivotably attached to said front support member such that the vertical portion of the front support member is adjacent to the vertical portion of the rear support member; c) a first means for operably holding a wire reel carrying axel formed in said vertical portion of said front support member below said horizontal top portion, and a second means for operably holding a wire reel carrying axel formed in said vertical portion of said rear support member below said horizontal top portion; and d) at least one wire reel carrying axel removably installed in one of said first and second means for operably holding a wire reel carrying axel, said at least one wire reel carrying axel having two ends and a center portion and being positioned such that said center portion of said at least one wire reel carrying axel is held within said one of said first and second means for operably holding a wire reel carrying axel, and further such that the two ends of said at least one wire reel carrying axel extend outward from the vertical portions of the front and rear support members.