Weight balanced spool carrier

A carrier for a plurality of spools of wire or the like, adapted to receive and support the ends of a plurality of spool support shafts which extend laterally across the carrier, through center openings in the spools, and on which the spools rotate, said carrier comprising:

• main frame means having first and second ends, said first end presenting a first ground contacting support;
• a support stand frame at the second end, extending downwardly from the main frame means to function as a stand at such second end and presenting at its lower end a second ground contacting support;
• a wheel supporting frame depending from a midportion of the main frame means and including ground contacting wheels at its lower end;
• handle means at the second end of the main frame means;
• journal means on the main frame means, for detachably securing the ends of the spool support shafts to said main frame means;
• said carrier having a first dispense position wherein the first ground contacting support and the wheels contact the ground and the main frame means slopes upwardly from its first end to its second end, and a second dispense position in which the second ground contacting support and the wheels contact the ground and the main frame means slopes downwardly from its first end to its second end;
• wherein the positioning of said journal means relative to said ground contacting supports and the wheels is such that, when the carrier is loaded with spools and is in its first dispense position, the center of gravity of the carrier and spools is spaced towards the first end of the carrier from the location of contact of the wheels with the ground, and when the carrier is loaded with spools and is in its second dispense position, said center of gravity is spaced towards the second end of the carrier from said location of contact;
• and
• wherein the positioning of the handle means relative to said journal means, to the wheels, and to said ground contacting supports is such that, when a typical operator has the handles in his hands and is standing substantially upright with his hands positioned downwardly and slightly in front of him, the carrier is ground supported by the wheels alone and said center of gravity is substantially over the wheels and the loaded carrier is substantially weight balanced on the wheels.