Rotatable reel apparatus

A rotatable reel apparatus for use in association with an axle for operably winding, storing, transporting and unwinding various windable materials said rotatable reel apparatus comprising:

• core means for operably receiving and maintaining said windable material thereabout,
• said core means having a top edge, a bottom edge opposite said top edge, an inner peripheral surface extending between said top and bottom edges, an interior region adjacently positioned to said inner peripheral surface, and an outer peripheral surface for operable contact with at least a portion of said windable material upon said receiving and maintaining thereof;
• first and second platform means for precluding said windable material from inadvertently migrating beyond said top and bottom edges of said core means, each of said first and second platform means being operably attached adjacent to a corresponding one of said top and bottom edges of said core means so as to sandwich said core means, and in turn, said windable material positioned about said core means, therebetween,
• each of said first and second platform means being constructed from a corrugated paper material having an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite said interior surface, and an outer periphery greater than the outer peripheral surface of said core means;
• each of said first and second platform means including a plurality of operably positioned core attachment flap means integrally formed in each of said first and second platform means and folded inwardly therefrom, for operably and restrainably securing each of said first and second platform means to at least a portion of at least one of said inner or outer peripheral surfaces of said core means, wherein at least one of said plurality of integrally formed and inwardly folded core attachment flap means in each of said first and second platform means are secured to said core means,
• said plurality of integrally formed and inwardly folded core attachment flap means resulting in a plurality of spaced apart apertures in said first and second platform means wherein at least one of said plurality of spaced apart apertures is formed by the inward folding of the corresponding core attachment flaps means, and wherein each of said spaced apart apertures includes a proximal edge adjacent said at least one of said inner or outer peripheral surfaces of said core means and a distal edge, said distal edges serving to collectively define the outer periphery of a spindle region substantially concentrically oriented with respect to said corresponding first and second platform means;
• spindle attachment means for cooperation with said axle, said spindle attachment means being operably and respectively positioned within each of said spindle regions in a substantially co-planar orientation with each of said first and second platform means at the centers thereof respectively,
• said spindle attachment means of each of said spindle regions of each of said first and second platform means being operably aligned with each other and positioned adjacent said interior region of said core means so as to facilitate operable cooperation with, and rotation about, said axle.