Wire spool stay

Abstract

An article of manufacture for restricting the pay out of line wound on a rotatable spool. The article comprises an elongated thin narrow strip of pliant material having first and second ends and having an aperture centrally located intermediate the first and second ends. Proximate the first and second ends of the band is at least one circular hole, each being sized and adapted to receive a spindle that rotatably supports the spool. The centrally-located aperture is sized and adapted to receive the line which is trained through the aperture.

I claim:  
     
         1 . An article of manufacture for restricting the pay out of line wound on a rotatable spool, comprising; 
 an elongated thin narrow strip of pliant material having first and second ends,    an aperture centrally located intermediate the first and second ends,    at least one hole proximate each of the first and second ends of the band, sized to receive a spindle that rotatably supports the spool.    
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1  where the at least one hole proximate each of the first and second ends includes an equal plurality of circular holes on each of the first and second ends.  
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 2  where the distance of each hole from its respective end of the strip is the same for the holes proximate the first end as for the holes proximate the second end.  
     
     
         4 . A stay for a rotatable spool on which is wound a length of line, comprising; 
 a spool having an axially aligned hole therethrough.    a length of line wound on the spool,    a spindle disposed within the axially aligned hole and having ends extending bilaterally from the spool,    a stay carried by the spindle and comprising, 
 an elongated, thin, narrow strip of flexible material having first and second ends and having at least one pair of holes disposed in the respective first and second ends of the strip, the holes being sized and adapted to receive the extended ends of the spindle,  
 an aperture in the strip centrally located intermediate the first and second ends, the aperture being sized and adapted to receive the line trained therethrough.  
   
     
     
         5 . A method for restricting the rotation of a spool that is rotatably supported by an axial spindle and having a length of line wound thereon, including; 
 inserting the end of a spindle through a hole in a first end of an elongated pliant strip of material,    inserting the end of the spindle through an axial bore in the spool,    inserting the end of the spindle through a hole in a second end of the elongated pliant strip,    supporting the spindle to permit rotation of the spool thereon,    training the wire wound on the spindle through an aperture intermediate the first and second ends of the elongated pliant strip.