Patent ID: 7077368

Claim:
A stand in combination with a spindle having a spool of material rotatably mounted thereon comprising: a) a pair of spaced primary support members each having first and second opposing ends, first and second opposing sides and first and second opposing faces; b) a collar being disposed on said first face of said first end of each of said primary support members, each said collar having an aperture therein wherein a centerline of said aperture is perpendicular to the axis of an associated primary support member, each said aperture sized to receive an end of the spindle therein, each said collar having first and second opposing peripheral sides, wherein each said first peripheral side is disposed substantially even with said first end of the associated primary support member; c) each of a pair of pivoting support members having first and second opposing ends, first and second opposing sides and first and second opposing faces being pivotally disposed contiguous to an associated primary support member so that said first side of each said primary support member is contiguous with said first side of the associated pivoting support member; and, d) wherein said first end of each said pivoting support member pivots about a pivot point, wherein said pivot point is positioned adjacent said second peripheral side of said collar on the associated primary support member so that when said second end of said pivoting support member pivots away from said second end of the associated primary support member toward said collar, said first face of said pivoting support member contacts an end of the spindle disposed in said collar, said primary and pivoting support members being spaced apart with said spindle passing through said collars and supported adjacent ends thereof by said pivoting support member.