Patent ID: 7186193

Claim:
A portable tennis ball holding apparatus for assisting a tennis player to practice and improve their tennis swing in a confined area, said portable tennis ball holding apparatus comprising: a central tubular shaft having an axial bore formed therein and extending along an entire longitudinal length of said central shaft, said shaft having a plurality of equidistantly spaced apertures formed along a linear path traveling parallel to the longitudinal length; a base having a plurality of coextensively shaped legs equidistantly spaced apart and radially extending outward from a bottom end of said central shaft, said base being monolithically formed with said central shaft such that said central shaft and said base can be readily transported as a single unit; an elongated and non-linear boom spaced above said central shaft, said non-linear boom having an eyelet directly mated to a proximal end of said non-linear boom; a support bracket having a linear bottom arm telescopically engaged directly with said central shaft such that linear bottom arm is slidably positional along a vertical path registered parallel to the longitudinal length of said central shaft, said support bracket further including a hollow tubular top sleeve adjustably connected directly to said linear bottom arm; means for automatically returning said non-linear boom to an equilibrium height after said non-linear boom is biased to a non-equilibrium height; and a cord tethered to said eyelet of said non-linear boom, said cord including a fastener attached to a bottom end thereof for temporarily holding a tennis ball at a predetermined height above a ground surface.