Patent ID: 8141919

Claim:
A nestable ball retrieval and storage device for collecting balls from the ground, comprising: a receptacle, comprising a bottom grate comprising a plurality of elongated members joined by crossing members such that the elongated members are spaced apart from one another by a distance slightly less than a diameter of a ball to define at least one bottom opening through which a compressed ball on the ground can be forced through, said bottom grate further having a central area that is void of said elongated members and crossing members to form a bottom void opening; and a receptacle wall structure surrounding and connected to the bottom grate, the receptacle wall structure having an open top and converging inwardly from the open top to the bottom grate to establish a tapering cavity shaped to permit nesting therein of another device that is substantially identical to the ball retrieval and storage device; and a handle connected to the receptacle and extended above said open top of the receptacle wall structure, the handle constructed and arranged to extend through a bottom void opening defined by elongated members of a bottom grate of said another device when said another device is nesting in the tapering cavity of the ball retrieval and storage device.