Barbed wire caddy
OwnerLinsey L. Combsinventor
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Abstract
A cart for spools of wire for transport or dispensing in which the main rigid "U"-shaped handle has an integral lockable hinge on one leg that can be unlocked to enable the leg to be swung away and thereby permit the wheels and wire spool to be removed. The wheels also preferably contain angled spokes to minimize entaglement of the wire during paying.
Claims7
A cart for transporting spools of wire and for dispensing same comprising a "U"-shaped handle, having two legs with the free ends, said free ends are spaced apart and are each provided with a bearing axially aligned with the other, an axle extending through both said bearings, said axle having a stop member fixed to one end thereof, a pair of wheels on said axle between said bearings, retaining means for detachably retaining said bearings and wheels on said axle, and a lockable hinge on one of said legs enabling the selective swinging of said free end of one of said legs in a plane transverse to said axle, said hinge being located a distance from the bearing on the free end of one of said legs wherein said distance is greater than the radius of said wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.