Enclosed spool

Abstract

An enclosed spool for flexible wound line comprising a spool member including: a base axis member defining an axis of rotation, and first and second circular sidewalls secured to and separated by the base axis member and extending substantially radially to the axis of rotation to provide an axial gap, the first circular sidewall terminating at a first peripheral edge, and the second circular sidewall terminating at a second peripheral edge; and an enclosure encircling the first and second peripheral edges and spanning the axial gap to define a spool volume.

1 . An enclosed spool for flexible wound line comprising: 
 a spool member including: 
 a base axis member defining an axis of rotation, and  
 first and second sidewalls spaced apart by said base axis member to provide an axial gap, said first sidewall terminating at a first peripheral edge, and said second circular sidewall terminating at a second peripheral edge;  
   flexible line wound about said base axis member;    an enclosure secured about said first and second peripheral edges and adapted to encase the flexible wound line within a volume defined by said spool member and said enclosure; and    a dispensing aperture in said enclosure, wherein an end of said flexible line is fed through said dispensing aperture and said flexible line is rotationally movable about said axis of rotation and relative to said enclosure to dispense said flexible line through said dispensing aperture.    
   
   
       2 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 , wherein said enclosure includes a first peripheral groove receiving said first peripheral edge and a second peripheral groove receiving said second peripheral edge.  
   
   
       3 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 , wherein said enclosure is formed of first and second enclosure members.  
   
   
       4 . The enclosed spool of  claim 3 , wherein said first enclosure member provides support legs extending therefrom to define a substantially planar profile upon which the enclosed spool can be placed on a surface.  
   
   
       5 . The enclosed spool of  claim 4 , wherein said first enclosure member provides a first portion of a handle and said second enclosure member provides a second portion of said handle, said first and second portions of said handle being joined together.  
   
   
       6 . The enclosed spool of  claim 5 , wherein said first and second portions of said handle are joined through the interaction of male tab members and female port members.  
   
   
       7 . The enclosed spool of  claim 5 , wherein, when the enclosed spool rests on said support legs, said handle is offset from a vertical centerline of the enclosed spool at an angle of from 0 to 45 degrees around the circumference of said enclosure.  
   
   
       8 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 ,wherein said enclosure provides a line dispensing aperture.  
   
   
       9 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 , further comprising a cutting element.  
   
   
       10 . The enclosed spool of  claim 9 , wherein said cutting element is secured to said enclosure.  
   
   
       11 . The enclosed spool of  claim 10 , wherein said cutting element includes a slot, a cutting blade positioned in said slot, and cutting arm pivotally mounted to pivot toward said cutting blade in said slot.  
   
   
       12 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 , wherein said base axis member and first and second sidewalls are of one piece construction.  
   
   
       13 . The enclosed spool of  claim 1 , wherein said base axis member and first and second sidewalls are of two-part construction.  
   
   
       14 . An enclosed spool for flexible wound line comprising: 
 a spool member defining an axial gap;    flexible line wound within said axial gap;    at least two enclosure members joining together and encircling the spool member to span across said axial gap such that at least a portion of said flexible line is encased within a volume defined by said spool member and said at least two enclosure members; and    a dispensing aperture in one of said at least two enclosure members, wherein an end of said flexible line is fed through said dispensing aperture.