Ball carrier

A carrier for releasably retaining an inflatable ball on a bicycle or the like having a handlebar, the ball having a valve disposed therein and terminating at the outer peripheral surface of the ball, the valve having a generally cylindrical stepped bore opening through the peripheral surface of the ball including a diametrically enlarged outer end portion and an inner end portion terminating at an inner end wall of the valve, said ball carrier comprising a unitary member made from resilient material and including a holder and a ball retaining stem, said holder having a generally C-shaped configuration and defining an opening for snap-on engagement with an associated portion of the handlebar and a parti-cylindrical inner surface for engaging the handlebar, said ball retaining stem being integrally connected to said holder and projecting axially outwardly from said holder and including a free end portion adapted to be received in the inner end portion of the valve bore, said free end portion having a diameter at least equal to the diameter of said inner end portion, said stem having at least one radially enlarged annular flange thereon between said free end portion and said holder, said one annular flange having an outside diameter larger than the diameter of the outer end portion of the valve bore.

A carrier for an inflatable ball having a valve disposed within the interior of the ball, the valve including a blind generally cylindrical bore opening outwardly through the peripheral surface of the ball, said carrier comprising holder means for carrying the ball, ball retaining means mounted on said carrier for gripping the valve within the bore to releasably retain the ball in connected relation to the holder means, and ball stabilizing means disposed between said holder means and said ball retaining means for engaging the peripheral surface of a ball when the ball is secured in connected relation to said holder means by said ball retaining means.