Ball-washing device

Abstract

A ball-washing device is described herein. The device includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall to define a cavity of the housing. The top wall has an opening shaped to receive a ball into the cavity and a pair of guides positioned on an inner surface of the opening. The peripheral wall has at least one brush positioned on an inner surface of the peripheral wall to engage the ball when the ball is in the cavity. The device also includes a plunger configured to slidingly engage the housing. The plunger has a body portion configured to slidingly engage the guides as the plunger is inserted into and removed from the cavity through the opening. The body portion is also configured to retain the ball as plunger is inserted into and removed from the cavity through the opening. The plunger also has a cap coupled to the body portion and configured to rotate relative to the body portion to secure the plunger to the housing when the body portion is in the cavity.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.