Patent ID: 6199926
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A dispenser and retriever for golf balls with diameters and for resting on the ground, comprising:a) a leg being hollow for holding the golf balls and being generally inclined relative to the ground so as to allow the golf balls to be biased downwardly therein; said leg having:i) ball-viewing side walls being substantially open for viewing the golf balls held therein;ii) a ball-feeding uppermost terminal end being opened for feeding the golf balls into said leg;iii) a lowermost terminal end from which a foot extends;iv) a front wall; andv) a rear wall with a length having a stand-storing recess therein extending longitudinally along substantially said length of said rear wall of said leg;b) said foot being hollow and communicating with said leg for dispensing the golf balls held in said leg and being inclined relative to said leg for lying substantially flat on the ground so as to allow the golf balls to exit therefrom, onto the ground;c) ball-dispensing apparatus operatively connected to said foot for selectively dispensing the golf balls, one at a time, from said foot, by use of a golf club, and without use of a foot of a user and without the user having to bend down; andd) ball-retrieving apparatus operatively connected to said leg for selectively picking up the golf balls already on the ground.