Patent ID: 6189732
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A ball carrier and dispenser comprisinga cylindrical tube of diameter slightly larger than balls to be carried,said tube being of length to accommodate a plurality of said balls in stacked relation,a ball support member reciprocally movable within said tube into supporting contact with the lowermost ball of a stack of balls in said tube,a spring based at the bottom of said tube arranged to bias said support member upward into supporting contact with the lowermost ball to push said stack of balls upwardly in said tube,an open end at the top of said tube,said open end being smaller in size than the balls to be contained therein, thereby to restrain passage of a ball therethrough,a ball dispensing opening in the side of said tube below said open end through which a ball can be released from said tube,said open end being of size to permit application of the force of a person's finger against the topmost ball downward and toward said dispensing opening to effect release of a ball from said stack through said dispensing opening.