US 5,690,301 A · Stud mounted reel support system

Abstract

A Stud Mounted Reel Support System for facilitating efficient spooling of wire from a wire spool by removably attaching to a conventional stud without a fastener inserted thereby elevating the wire spool off of the floor increasing the workable surface area of the floor. The inventive device includes an upper cuff secured around the rear edge of the conventional stud, a connecting bar secured at one end to the upper cuff, a lower cuff secured around the front edge of the conventional stud and secured to the end of the connecting bar opposite of the upper cuff thereby firmly gripping the conventional stud, a horizontal cantilever arm secured at one end to the lower cuff and where a wire reel rotatably surrounds the horizontal cantilever arm, and a flange at the tip of the horizontal cantilever arm thereby retaining the wire reel in position during rotation.

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Dependent claims

A Stud Mounted Reel Support System for removably mounting a dispensing reel on a vertically-oriented wall construction stud having first edge and a second edge, said dispensing reel being of the type having a central passage therein, said support system comprising:

an upper cuff for removably snugly mounting about the first edge of a wall construction stud;
a connecting bar secured at one end to the upper cuff;
a lower cuff for removably snugly mounting about the second edge of the wall construction stud below the position of the upper cuff, said lower cuff being secured to the end of the connecting bar opposite of the upper cuff;
and
a horizontal cantilever arm secured to the lower cuff for projecting away from the second edge of said stud such that inserting said cantilever arm through the center passage of a dispensing reel rotatably mounts said dispensing reel on said wall construction stud;
wherein the horizontal cantilever arm includes a flange at the end opposite of the lower cuff to retain the dispensing reel in position on said cantilever arm during rotation of said dispensing reel.

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Stud mounted reel support system

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Stud mounted reel support system

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