Patent ID: 6935502

Claim:
A reel wrap assembly, comprising: an industrial reel containing spooled contents, the industrial reel having a central spool separating a pair of end plates, the spooled contents spooled in a plurality of courses between a first of said pair of end plates and a second of said pair of end plates and a reel wrap, the reel wrap comprising: a central portion, said central portion of a plastic or plasticized material and being spannable across a distance between said pair of end plates; and first and second side portions, wherein said first and second side portions are coupled to said central portion and each includes a plurality of tabs, wherein said plurality of tabs are secured to a respective exterior surface of said pair of end plates; and wherein said reel wrap is of sufficient length to wrap an entire exterior circumference of said industrial reel and provide an overlap of a first and a last of said plurality of tabs of each side portion secured to the respective exterior surface of said pair of end plates.