Ball pickup apparatus
OwnerPeter F. Greeninventor
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Abstract
A tennis ball retrieval system comprises a removable cap which is preferably sized to fit a standard tennis ball container. The cap has an opening and an inwardly projecting flange for effectively reducing the opening to less than the diameter of a standard tennis ball. The apparatus preferably also includes tennis ball containers having a standard diameter but being capable of containing more than three tennis balls, or having grooves to allow the container to be connected to a like container with a connecting member, or both. Additionally, a strap can be included which allows the container to be carried on one's shoulder.
Claims19
A ball apparatus comprising:
- a connecting member for removably serially connecting first and second ball containers in a longitudinally aligned fashion, each container having a first, open end and a second, closed end, and being sized to contain at least three balls, the connecting member comprising:
- first and second ends;
- and
- first and second engaging means for engaging the ball containers.
A ball apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first ball container having a first, open end and a second, closed end;
- (b) a second ball container having a first, open end and a second, closed end;
- (c) a connecting member for removably serially connecting the first and second ball containers in a longitudinally aligned fashion, the connecting member including:
- (i) first and second ends;
- and
- (ii) engaging means for engaging the ball containers;
- (d) a strap having connecting means for removably attaching the strap to at least one of the ball containers;
- (e) a cap, for converting the first ball container into a ball pickup device, comprising:
- (i) means for removably fitting the cap on the first, open end of the first ball container;
- and
- (ii) retrieving means for allowing balls to enter the first ball container through the cap when the cap is removably fitted on the first end of the first tennis ball container and for preventing balls from exiting the first ball container through the cap when the cap is removably fitted on the first end of the first ball container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.