US 12,139,368 B2
Devices for cable management
Marcus J. Ash, Manhattan, IL (US); Syed B. Abbas, Chicago, IL (US); Jose A. T. Rabello, Orland Park, IL (US); Brian Spinks, Woodridge, IL (US); Michael R. Schaefer, Tinley Park, IL (US); and Bhavin Kadakia, Plainfield, IL (US)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,340.
Application 17/735,340 is a division of application No. 16/777,311, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,345,564.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,398, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/800,011, filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259004 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 75/14 (2006.01); B65H 75/18 (2006.01); B65H 75/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/28 (2013.01) [B65H 75/185 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable reel, comprising:
a hollow core having a width;
a first wall coupled to an end of the core and extending radially outward a distance from the core, the first wall comprising an opening aligned with the hollow core and at least one support member extending across the opening;
a second wall coupled to an opposing end of the core and extending radially outwardly a distance from the core, the second wall comprising an opening aligned with the hollow core, wherein the first wall and the second wall form a gap therebetween equal to the width of the core, the gap being configured to hold a length of excess cable wrapped around the core; and
a plurality of removable extension flanges coupled to the first and second walls.