Patent ID: 6053386
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable device for containing a number of tennis balls and selectively and sequentially dispensing said tennis balls, said device comprising:a unitary serpentine hollow tubular member disposed substantially vertically between an opening end and a dispenser end, said opening end having an internal diameter sufficiently large to accommodate easy entrance of said tennis balls, said tubular member having an internal diameter larger than an external diameter of said tennis balls contained therein and adapted to feed said tennis balls to said dispenser end by gravitational force, wherein said dispenser end further comprises;a restrictor adapted to restrict said balls from passing therethrough, said restrictor adapted to allow passage of said balls by application of a second force; andat least one opening adapted to allow said user to apply said second force to urge one of said tennis balls to pass through said restrictor and dispense from said device; said device adapted to be worn by a user, wherein said restrictor is defined by a progressive increase in thickness of said dispenser end so as to progressively reduce said internal diameter to less than said diameter of said tennis balls, whereby said tennis balls are deformed upon application of said second force to squeeze through said restrictor ard emerge from said dispenser.