Reel assembly

摘要

A set of blanks for being repeatedly assembled into a reel configuration. A flange blank has pass through slots angularly spaced apart from one another and interlocking apertures angularly aligned with the pass through slots. Each pass through slot is spaced radially from an interlocking aperture. A core blank has a hub portion that is folded toward a core configuration in which it has an annular shape. Push tabs extend outwardly from the hub portion. Each of the push tabs passes through a pass through slot. Each push tab includes a spine and a pair of wings extending outwardly from the spine. The wings of each push tab bend away from a coplanar position with respect to their spine as the push tab is inserted in an interlocking aperture. The wings lockingly engage the flange blank when each push tab is lockingly received in the interlocking aperture.

主权项

1. A set of blanks for being repeatedly assembled into a reel configuration comprising:
a flange blank comprising an inwardly and an outwardly facing major surface, a plurality of pass through slots angularly spaced apart from one another about a transverse axis of the flange blank, and a plurality of interlocking apertures angularly aligned with the plurality of pass through slots, each of the plurality of pass through slot being spaced apart radially from a corresponding one of the plurality of interlocking apertures, each of the plurality of pass through slots having a pass through width and each of the plurality of interlocking apertures having an interlocking width, the pass through width being wider than the interlocking width; each of the plurality of pass through slots having a pass through length and each of the plurality of interlocking apertures having an interlocking length, the interlocking length being longer than the pass through length; and a core blank comprising:
a hub portion having a longitudinal body comprising opposite lateral ends, the hub portion being configured to be folded toward a core configuration in which the hub portion has an annular shape; anda plurality of push tabs foldably attached to and extending outwardly from one of the opposite lateral ends of the hub portion, each of the plurality of push tabs being configured to pass through a respective one of the pass through slots and be lockingly received in a respective one of the interlocking apertures when the hub portion is arranged in the core configuration, each of the plurality of push tabs comprising a spine and a pair of wings extending outwardly from the spine, the wings of each of the plurality of push tabs being configured to bend away from a coplanar position with respect to their respective spine as each of the plurality of push tabs is being inserted in a respective one of the plurality of interlocking apertures, the wings of each of the plurality of push tabs being further configured to lockingly engage the inwardly facing major surface of the flange blank adjacent the respective one of the plurality of interlocking apertures when each of the plurality of push tabs is lockingly received in the respective one of the plurality of interlocking apertures.