Patent ID: 6648138
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A63B,B65D

Abstract:
A golf ball stacking and dispensing tray, comprising:a substantially rectangular central region bounded by a peripheral region, the peripheral region including two pairs of opposing and elongated sides forming a substantially rectangular boundary of the central region and that are perpendicular to each other, the central region including a plurality of rails and a plurality of resting surfaces, the tray having a top side and a bottom side; wherein: the rails and resting surfaces are arranged relative to each other such that neighboring ones of the rails are separated from each other by adjacent ones of the resting surfaces and neighboring ones of the resting surfaces are separated from each other by adjacent ones of the rails; each of the rails is configured to have a convex curvature as viewed from the top side of the tray; each of the rails has an associated apex, the apexes of the plurality of the rails being in a common tangential plane with each other; each of the resting surfaces is arranged and configured to lie outside the common tangential plane, so as to appear recessed with respect to the rails when the tray is viewed from the top side, each of the plurality of resting surfaces being flat; the two pairs of opposing and elongated sides of the peripheral region have a concave curvature when the tray is viewed from the top side; the plurality of rails and the plurality of resting surfaces are arranged in parallel with one pair of the two pairs of opposing and elongated sides of the peripheral region; and the opposing and elongated sides of the one pair are adjacent to neighboring ones of the plurality of resting surfaces.