Patent ID: 7434761

Claim:
A cable deployment and storage system comprising: a cable reel mounting device; and a cable reel for carrying a length of cable and comprising a hub to be rotatably mounted on said cable reel mounting device during deployment and having an outer surface for receiving the length of cable thereon, a pair of inner end flanges carried by respective opposing ends of said hub and extending radially outwardly from the outer surface of said hub, and a pair of removable outer end flanges carried by respective inner end flanges and extending radially outwardly therefrom to contain said length of cable therebetween during deployment and thereafter being removable to reduce a size of said cable reel, each removable outer end flange having an inner circumferential edge spaced radially outwardly from the outer surface of said hub by a respective one of said inner end flanges, said pair of inner end flanges for storing any remaining length of cable therebetween after deployment, said cable reel mounting device comprising a wall mounting device to rotatably mount said cable reel to a wall.