Patent ID: 6742982
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus, comprising a hopper having two pyramidal shells, wherein:each of the two pyramidal shells is truncated and has a respective rim defining a respective open base; the two pyramidal shells are joined together where each of the two pyramidal shells is truncated so as to converge together and define a funnel opening between the two pyramidal shells; a first of the two pyramidal shells is configured to form a self-supporting stack of uniformly-sized golf balls arranged in a plural number of layers atop each other as a stacking tray closes the open base of the first of the two pyramidal shells and golf balls fill the first of the two pyramidal shells after pouring through a second of the two pyramidal shells; and the second of the two pyramidal shells is configured to form a further self-supporting stack of the uniformly-sized golf balls arranged in a different plural number of layers atop each other as a further stacking tray closes the open base of the second of the two pyramidal shells and the golf balls fill the second of the two pyramidal shells after pouring through the first of the two pyramidal shells.