Patent ID: 8662433

Claim:
A communications cable reel package, comprising: a box having a bottom, first, second, third and fourth side walls, and a top; wherein the first and second side walls are opposing side walls, and wherein each of the first and second side walls includes a slot with an open upper end; an axle member mounted in the slots; a spool mounted on the axle member; and communications cable wound onto the spool; wherein each of the first and second side walls comprises first and second overlying panels, and wherein the slot is present in only the second panel; wherein each of the first and second walls further comprises a pair of reinforcing panels, each of the reinforcing panels having a recess that aligns with a bottom end of the slot to thereby support the axle from underneath; and wherein the first and second panels of the first side wall are contiguous and the first and second panels of the second side wall are contiguous, and wherein the respective pairs of reinforcing panels are contiguous, and wherein one panel of each pair of reinforcing panels is contiguous with a respective second panel.