Patent ID: 6102263
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for holding golf balls, comprising:a) a vertically oriented cylindrical container having within a plurality of golf balls vertically arranged;b) said container being open on its lower end;c) said container having a clip mounted on the outside of said container for attachment to a belt, said clip comprising a vertically extending clip member attached at a top thereof by a spring loaded hinge;d) said container having a first and a second interior spring-loaded means for applying pressure to said balls whereby the balls are securely held; and,e) said container having a lateral opening adapted to permit the use of a finger to reach into the interior of said container above a lowermost golf ball to permit removal of the golf ball;f) said first spring-loaded means comprising a coiled spring located on the interior surface of the top of said container to exert downward pressure on said balls;g) said second spring-loaded means comprising at least three vertically extended members spaced in an annular arrangement along the interior of said container and spaced away from the interior wall of said container with multiple spaced coiled springs for each said extended members, said springs mounted on said interior wall acting perpendicular to said interior wall urging each of said extended members inwardly against said balls within said container; andh) a roller bearing mounted on a lower end of each of said vertically extending members and protecting radially inwardly to prevent the lowermost ball from falling out of said container.