Patent ID: 6908060

Claim:
An adjustable retail electrical wire dispensing reel caddy, comprising: a caddy frame having a rear upright portion and a forward extending base; a horizontally disposed reel support shaft mounted on said caddy frame rear upright portion and extending forward over said forward extending base, a reel removably supported for rotation on said reel support shaft, said reel having inner and outer reel portions, each said reel portion comprising: a cylindrical hub; a circular outer rim; said reel support shaft being spaced from said frame base by at least the radius of said reel outer rims; a plurality of reel spokes extending radially between said cylindrical hub and said outer rim of said inner reel portion, each said reel spoke having a generally “U”-shaped coil support bend extending axially forward relative to said cylindrical hub and said circular outer rim, said coil support bend having an outer radius bend for supporting the wire coil; said outer reel portion being axially adjustable along said reel support shaft; said outer reel portion and said inner reel portion being mounted on said reel support shaft such that said “U”-shaped coil support bends circumferentially overlap so as to form an axle for supporting the wire coil for rotation; said outer radius bends of said spokes conforming with the cross-sectional circumference of said wire coil; and removable means for adjustably retaining said outer reel portion of said reel along the outer portion of the length of said reel support shaft; whereby said outer reel portion is removed from said axial support, a coil of wire is placed radially over the coil support bends of said spokes of said inner reel portion, said outer reel portion is placed on said reel support shaft such the coil support bends of the outer reel portion intersect and are circumferentially spaced from the inner reel portion coil support bends and are snug against the coil of wire, and said means for retaining the outer reel portion is mounted on said reel support shaft at a point such as to maintain the outer reel portion snug against the wire coil such that the wire in the coil may be distributed from the caddy in an even, flat and straight configuration, the reel rotating on the reel support shaft as the wire is pulled away from the coil to the length desired by the customer.