Patent ID: 7556217

Claim:
A reel comprising: a tube having a wall extending continuously in a circumferential direction, a length in an axial direction, a radius in a radial direction, a first end, and a second end; first and second flanges, each homogeneously molded at once as a monolith of solidified polymer extracted from and moldable in a permanent, reusable mold; the first and second flanges, each formed to have an arbor aperture shaped to receive and turn about an arbor, a core, surrounding and extending radially from the arbor aperture to a tube interface, the tube interface, disposed circumferentially along a circular path concentric about the arbor aperture and directly contiguous with and extending axially away from the core, an outer portion, extending radially outward from and contiguous with the tube interface toward an outer edge, the outer portion, further comprising corrugations between the core and the outer edge, each corrugation thereof consisting exclusively of open surfaces moldable in a permanent mold without destruction of the permanent mold, the first and second flanges further formed to be operably substantially interchangeable with one another; and the tube further secured proximate the first and second ends thereof to the respective tube interfaces of the first and second flanges, the outer surface of the tube being substantially perpendicular to and immediately adjacent the outer portions of the first and second flanges.