Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand bars and hand barrows – Ball retriever
Patent
1994-05-09
1995-04-18
Cherry, Johnny D.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand bars and hand barrows
Ball retriever
414440, A63B 4702
Patent
active
054072425
ABSTRACT:
A tennis ball retriever and its method of use are disclosed. The tennis ball retriever includes a handle and a collection drum rotatably journalized on the handle. The cylindrical drum is provided with a plurality of axially spaced circumferential tines. At least one of the tines of each spaced-apart pair includes an abrasive surface. In the preferred embodiment, the two outermost circumferential tines have a larger diameter than the inner tines and the outer tines are provided with an outer rolling, supporting and preferably gripping surface. A hinged access door is provided at one end of the collection drum for removing the tennis balls collected within the drum. In use, a person holds the handle grips and rolls the collection drum over loose tennis balls lying on a tennis court or practice surface. The loose tennis balls are grasped by the abrasive surfaces of the spaced-apart cylindrical tines and urged into the interior of the collection drum. The hinged door may be unlatched to remove the tennis balls from the drum interior.
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