Table tennis ball storage device

A table tennis ball storage device, comprising:

• an inner volume defined by a bottom floor, a playing end wall, a back wall opposite the playing end wall and a side wall connected to the playing end wall, a trough and the bottom surface is sloped from the back wall toward the playing end wall;
• a first opening defined in the playing end wall, the trough, and the bottom surface;
• wherein the opening extends from the playing end wall through the trough to the bottom surface, wherein the trough slopes from the side wall toward a first opening in the playing end wall;
• a second opening defined in the side wall side and a door is hingedly connected to one of the side wall and the bottom surface, wherein the door has an open position allowing a table tennis ball to be placed in the ball storage device through the second opening and a closed position that prevents a table tennis ball from being placed in the ball storage device through the second opening;
• the door comprises a wall and two side walls that define a filling region adjacent to the second opening, wherein the door in the open position results in the wall at an upward angle of between 10° and 80° with respect to a bottom floor and wherein the upward angle of the wall urges the table tennis balls by gravity into the inner volume, and the second opening has a length greater than 60 mm and less than 85 mm and a height in the range of 50 mm to 70 mm.