Patent ID: 7677489

Claim:
A wire caddy for holding at least one spool of wire comprising: a support bracket having a bottom section, a top section and a vertical section that extends between the bottom and top sections, the top and bottom sections extending in the same direction from the vertical section; a wire guide hole being positioned in the top section, the wire guide hole being disposed to receive wire from the spool of wire, a support shaft is secured to the vertical section of the support bracket, the support shaft extends from the vertical section in the same direction as the top and bottom sections, the support shaft is oriented to be substantially parallel to the bottom section, the support shaft is disposed to receive a spool of wire, the spool of wire having end plates with holes through which the support shaft is inserted, the diameter of the support shaft being smaller than the holes on the end plates of the spool of wire, the end plates of the spool of wire being disposed to contacts the bottom section to prevent rotation of the wire spool until wire is advanced from the spool of wire through the wire guide hole, advancement of the wire causes the spool of wire to be lifted from the bottom section to allow the spool of wire to rotate and the wire to be advanced from the spool of wire, upon cessation of the advancing of the wire through the wire guide hole, the spool of wire engages the bottom section to resist rotation of the spool of wire.