Game ball holder

A portable device capable of holding a plurality of balls, said device comprising:

• a unitary substantially flat base member having a facing surface, a reverse surface, a plurality of elongate projections extending from said facing surface in a direction substantially normal thereto and each terminating in a distal end having an enlarged portion for clenching a ball,
• said plurality of projections including a first sub-plurality of projections, each located at a different apex of a first isosceles triangle, and a second sub-plurality of projections located within the perimeter of said first isosceles triangle, each located at a different apex of a second isosceles triangle, each of said second sub-plurality of projections being substantially equi-distant from a pair of adjacent projections of said first sub-plurality, the linear distance between any two of said second sub-plurality of projections being less than the linear distance between the mid-points of each line joining a pair of said projections of said first sub-plurality,
• each of said projections of said first sub-plurality and the two of said projections of said second sub-plurality in closest proximity being arranged at points on one of a plurality of circles in a plane parallel to said facing surface, each one of said circles having a radius substantially equal to the radius of a ball, each of said projections of said second sub-plurality being arranged at a point on two of said circles,
• a plurality of pairs of reinforcement rib portions extending along said facing surface with each of said pairs associated to a different one of said projections of said first sub-plurality, each one of said rib portions of a given pair extending between the associated projection of said first sub-plurality and a different one of the two projections of said second sub-plurality in closest proximity to said associated projection, and
• means for attaching said device to a carrying member.