Patent ID: 8317125

Claim:
A strap spool mountable to a shaft for winding a strap thereon, the spool comprising: first and second identical mating spool halves, each of the first and second spool halves includes a hub, a flange extending radially from the hub and a barrel sleeve extending from the hub perpendicular to the flange, the hub of the first and second spool halves having a hub opening for axially receiving the shaft therethrough, the barrel sleeve of each of the first and second spool halves having a distal end slide axially into the hub opening of the other of the first and second spool halves when the first and second spool halves are mated together, whereby the barrel sleeve of each of the first and second spools form a drum part around which the strap is wound, each of the first and second spool halves includes means for independently securing the one of the first and second spool halves to the drive shaft.