Patent ID: 8459585

Claim:
A transport system for a spool of a flexible elongate material, the transport system having a longitudinal centerline and comprising: a mobile assembly for moving the transport system about a surface in a direction of travel that is aligned with the longitudinal centerline, the mobile assembly having a lower central member; an upper assembly having an upper central member; an angled support extending between the mobile assembly and the upper assembly and coplanar with the longitudinal centerline, the angled support having a lower end attached to the mobile assembly to form a first acute therewith, the angled support having an upper end attached to the upper assembly to form a second acute angle therewith, the angled support maintaining the upper assembly a distance from the mobile assembly; an auxiliary support having a third end and a fourth end, the third end connected to the angled support and the fourth end connected to a member selected from the group consisting of the upper central member and the lower central member, the auxiliary support being coplanar with the upper central member, the lower central member, and the angled support; and an axle with an inner axle end and an outer axle end, the inner axle end attached to the angled support a first distance from the lower end of the angled support and a second distance from the upper end of the angled support, the first distance and the second distance each greater than a radius of the spool that is received by the outer axle end for rotational movement thereabout.