Tennis ball retrieval device
OwnerJames A. Neweyinventor
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Abstract
A gripping device (10) for attachment to the bottom (102) of a tennis racquet (100) to retrieve tennis balls (200) wherein, the gripping device (10) is fabricated from a used tennis ball (20) having at least its lower quadrant severed beneath the midline of the used tennis ball (20) wherein, a plurality of vertically extending slits (22) are initiated at the sever line (24) to a point above the midline of the used tennis ball (20) to create gripping fingers (25) that will releasably engage the periphery of relatively new tennis balls (200).
Claims10
A gripping device for installation on the bottom of the handle portion of a tennis racquet to retrieve a tennis ball wherein, the gripping device comprises
- a retrieval unit including a used tennis ball having at least its lower quadrant severed below the midline of the used tennis ball to expose the interior of the tennis ball, and provided with a plurality of vertical slits extending upwardly from the lower periphery of the main portion of the severed tennis ball to define a plurality of gripping fingers;
- and,
- means for securing the central portion of the severed tennis ball to the bottom of the handle of a tennis racquet.
A method of recycling used tennis balls for further use as a ball retrieval device that is mounted on the bottom of the handle of a tennis racquet including the steps of
- a) severing at least the lower quadrant of a used tennis ball below the midline of the used tennis ball
- b) forming a plurality of vertically extending slits from the severed periphery of the main portion of the used tennis ball to a point above the original midline of the used tennis ball;
- and,
- c) securing the center of the main portion of the used tennis ball to the bottom of the handle of the tennis racquet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.