Reel-in-box cable package

• US 8,662,433 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CommScope Inc. (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CommScope Inc. (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huffman, Jason, Houston, Eddy Robert, Bleich, Larry Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Dondero, William E
• Application Number:
  US12/964,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20110147249A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 242/170, 242/171, 242/588, 242/588.2, 242/588.3, 242/588.4, 242/588.6, 242/598, 242/598.3, 242/598.5, 242/598.6, 242/129, 242/129.6, 206/395
• US Class Current: 242/171
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/0254 with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/10 with end closures formed by inward-folding of self-locking flaps hinged to tubular body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/16 the tubular body being formed with an aperture or removable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents through one or more sides contents-dispensing means B65D5/72
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/00 Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents dispensing means incorporated in removable or non-permanently secured container closures B65D47/00; for shops, stores, offices, bars, or the like A47F1/04; showcases or show cabinets with dispensing arrangements A47F3/02; magazines for screws or nuts in combination with spanners, wrenches or screwdrivers B25B23/06; for use in connection with the handling of sheets, webs, or filamentary material B65H
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/04 for coils of wire, rope or hose

Abstract

A communications cable reel package includes a box having a bottom, first, second, third and fourth side walls, and a top, wherein the first and second side walls are opposing side walls, and wherein each of the first and second side walls includes a slot with an open upper end. The package further comprises: an axle member mounted in the slots; a spool mounted on the axle member; and communications cable wound onto the spool.

Claims

1. A communications cable reel package, comprising:

a box having a bottom, first, second, third and fourth side walls, and a top;

wherein the first and second side walls are opposing side walls, and wherein each of the first and second side walls includes a slot with an open upper end;

an axle member mounted in the slots;

a spool mounted on the axle member; and

communications cable wound onto the spool;

wherein each of the first and second side walls comprises first and second overlying panels, and wherein the slot is present in only the second panel;

wherein each of the first and second walls further comprises a pair of reinforcing panels, each of the reinforcing panels having a recess that aligns with a bottom end of the slot to thereby support the axle from underneath; and

wherein the first and second panels of the first side wall are contiguous and the first and second panels of the second side wall are contiguous, and wherein the respective pairs of reinforcing panels are contiguous, and wherein one panel of each pair of reinforcing panels is contiguous with a respective second panel.

2. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 1, wherein the first and second panels of the first side wall are contiguous, and the first and second panels of the second side wall are contiguous.

3. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 1, wherein the third side wall includes a payout aperture.

4. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 3, wherein the payout aperture is generally rectangular with rounded upper corners.

5. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 1, wherein the third and fourth side walls include handle apertures.

6. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 1, wherein the box is formed of a unitary blank of sheet material.

7. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 1, wherein a bottom end of each slot has right-angled corners.

8. A communications cable reel package, comprising:

a box having a bottom, first, second, third and fourth side walls, and a top;

an axle member mounted in the housing box;

a spool mounted on the axle member; and

cable wound onto the spool;

wherein one of the box side walls includes a pay-out aperture, the pay-out aperture being generally rectangular in shape, with rounded lower corners and rounded upper corners;

wherein each of the first and second side walls includes a slot with an open upper end;

wherein each of the first and second side walls comprises first and second overlying panels, and wherein the slot of each of the first and second panels is present in only the second panel

wherein the first and second panels are contiguous;

wherein each of the first and second walls further comprises a pair of reinforcing panels, each of the reinforcing panels having a recess that aligns with a bottom end of the slot to thereby support the axle member from underneath; and

wherein the first and second panels are contiguous, and wherein the pair of reinforcing panels are contiguous, and wherein one of the pair of reinforcing panels is contiguous with the second panel.

9. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 8, wherein the third and fourth side walls include handle apertures.

10. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 8, wherein the box is formed of a unitary blank of sheet material.

11. The communications cable reel package defined in claim 8, wherein a bottom end of each slot has right-angled corners.

12. A communications cable reel package, comprising:

a box having a bottom, first, second, third and fourth side walls, and a top;

wherein the first and second side walls are opposing side walls, and wherein each of the first and second side walls includes a slot with an open upper end;

an axle member mounted in the slots;

a spool mounted on the axle member; and

communications cable wound onto the spool;

wherein each of the first and second side walls comprises first and second contiguous overlying panels, the slot being present only in the second panel; and

wherein each of the first and second walls further comprises a pair of reinforcing panels, each of the reinforcing panels having a recess that aligns with a bottom end of the slot to thereby support the axle from underneath, wherein each panel of the pair of reinforcing panels is contiguous with the other panel of the pair, and wherein one of the pair of each reinforcing panel is contiguous with a respective second panel.