Patent ID: 6991197

Claim:
A flange for use in a reel for supporting a wound flexible medium, the reel including an elongated core defining a longitudinal core axis, the flange comprising: a first annular wall configured to engage the core and oriented substantially perpendicular to the core axis when engaged to the core; a second annular wall oriented substantially perpendicular to the core axis and offset from said first annular wall in a first axial direction relative to the core axis; at least one connecting wall interconnecting said second annular wall and said first annular wall; a first annular rim attached to one of said first annular wall and said second annular wall and oriented substantially parallel to the core axis; a plurality of first support ridges projecting from said first annular wall in the first axial direction; and a plurality of second support ridges projecting from said second annular wall in a second axial direction substantially opposite to said first axial direction.