Patent ID: 7150459

Claim:
A manually operated wheeled reel support and dispensing cart for supporting multiple reels of material and for dispensing the material from the reels, comprising: a cart frame having handles and wheels for manual movement thereof and having spaced first and second frame side members; first and second spindle lack members, said first spindle lock member being connected to said first frame side member and said second spindle lock member being connected to said second frame side member, each of said spindle lock members defining a plurality of spindle slots; first and second spindle slide members, said first spindle slide member being connected to said first frame side member and said second spindle slide member being connected to said second frame side member, said spindle slide members being disposed in spaced relation with said spindle lock members and defining a spindle retention channel therebetween, each of said spindle slide members defining a plurality of spindle openings; and a plurality of removable spindle elements each having an elongate substantially straight reel support section and a spindle retainer section oriented in angular relation with said reel support section, at least one said removable spindle element having said reel support section extending through a spindle opening of each of said spindle slide members with said spindle retainer section received within one said spindle retention channel and retaining said spindle element against inadvertent separation from said cart frame.