Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand bars and hand barrows – Ball retriever
Patent
1992-05-18
1994-04-12
Kramer, Dean J.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand bars and hand barrows
Ball retriever
248132, 280 4734, A63B 4702, B62B 302
Patent
active
053019911
ABSTRACT:
A ball retrieving and storage cart generally comprises a wheeled carriage that rollingly supports a basket in a ball retrieving position. In an exemplary embodiment, the basket has a front end and a rear end and includes a bottom wall having two side members oriented front to rear and having a normal position spaced apart less than the ball diameter and defining a slotted aperture for entrance of a ball into the basket. In the ball retrieval position, at least one of the side members is a slanted member having a front end higher from the ground than a ball radius and a rear end lower to the ground than the ball radius. At least one of the side members is a deflectable member and is biased to the normal position but is sideways deflectable such that a ball on the ground entering the aperture sideways deflects the deflectable member sufficiently for the ball to pass into the basket. The wheels may define a rolling plane. The carriage includes a vertical frame member terminating in a push handle and the vertical frame member includes brackets for attaching a moveable basket at a serving position higher that is than the ball retrieving position.
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Chang Shunder
Chen Sam H.
White East
Kramer Dean J.
Tervo Calif Kip
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