Patent ID: 8075030

Claim:
A ball retrieving apparatus comprising: a) an elongated shaft having top and bottom ends; b) a pair of arm members hingedly mounted at one end thereof to said shaft bottom end; c) a collapsible brace extending between said pair of arm members and connected thereto whereby said arm members are adapted to be fixed into a generally V-shaped configuration defining a first region; and d) a platform extending between said arm members and said collapsible brace and connected to at least said arm members to provide a second region whereby balls scattered on a surface may be gathered within said apparatus first region and deposited within said second region; e) a lifting handle, said lifting handle disposed between said pair of arm members and at said second region; and f) a post member having first and second ends, said post member extends through said elongated shaft bottom end and is axially rotatable therein, one of said post member ends extending through one of said pair of arm members and the other of said post member ends extending through the other of said pair of arm members and axially rotatable therein so that pair of arm members are adapted to pivot between a plane substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shaft and a plane within the longitudinal axis of said shaft wherein each of said pair of arm members having a grommet through which said post member extends and is retained for axial rotation therein.