Patent ID: 7552888

Claim:
A kite reel device for a kite having kite string attached thereto, said device comprising, in combination: a length of kite string; a rectangular housing comprising: a cylindrical frame having an exterior wall, an interior wall, a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a center aperture defined by said top side, said bottom side, said left side and said right side, said frame comprising: a first opening through the center of said left side wherein said first opening accommodates the passage of an axle therethrough; a first recess within said front side positioned adjacent to said top side and said left side wherein said first recess selectively releasably secures a handle to said frame; a second recess on said rear side positioned between said top side and said right side wherein said second recess selectively releasably secures said handle to said frame; a hole running continuously through the center of said top side, wherein said hole accommodates the passage of kit string from said kite through said top side and onto a spool; said spool comprising: a first end flange between said spool and said interior wall on said left side; a second end flange between said spool and said interior wall on said right side; wherein said spool extends horizontally across said center aperture, said spool continuously extending from said interior wall on said right side, through said center aperture, and to said interior wall on said left side; a cylindrical axial central bore running continuously through said spool, wherein said bore receives said axle therethrough; a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs, each rib comprising: a plate extending between said first end flange and said second end flange, said plate having an outer edge; a v-shaped center point in said outer edge, wherein said center point guides kite string toward the center of said spool thereby preventing entanglement of kite string; said axle continuously extending from said interior wall on said right side, through said second end flange, through said bore, through said first flange, through said first opening on said left side, protruding horizontally from said exterior wall on said left side, and ending at a distal end, said axle rotatably supporting said spool; a reel comprising: a body having a lower end pivotally affixed to said distal end of said axle and an upper end, wherein said body pivots outwardly away from said frame thereby allowing said reel to rotate said axle, thereby rotating said spool and further wherein said body pivots inwardly toward said frame; and said handle perpendicularly extending from said upper end, wherein said handle is selectively releasably secured to said first recess and said second recess; and a knob extending outwardly from said right side of said frame in alignment with said reel.