Patent ID: 8025147

Claim:
A golf ball stacking device comprising: an elongated body having sidewalls and an open top and open bottom, the body sidewalls comprising three panels formed of a resilient and flexible sheet material and connected together so as to form a hollow body having a generally triangular cross section, each panel having relatively wide upper and lower ends and inwardly tapered sides leading to a relatively narrow neck portion positioned between the ends, the panels being connected together only at the upper and lower ends in a triangular configuration, the neck portions of the panels extending arcuately inwardly so as to form a relatively narrow throat between relatively wide upper and lower portions of the body, the throat being of a size sufficient to permit a golf ball to pass therethrough, with side edges of the panels adjacent the neck portions of the panels not being rigidly connected together and having slots therebetween, such that the panels surrounding the throat can flex outwardly to provide a flexibly enlargeable throat opening for preventing ball clogging in the throat, the body upper and lower portions comprising upper and lower chambers having open upper and lower ends, the upper chamber comprising an inlet for receiving golf balls, golf balls thereafter falling through the throat into the lower chamber, the lower chamber comprising a stacking chamber for forming the golf balls into a triangular pyramid; and a removable tray that fits under the lower end of the body, the tray having a ball engaging surface and raised ball supporting ridges formed in a triangular configuration around the ball supporting surface, the ridges being formed and positioned to urge a bottom layer of golf balls to form a triangular configuration on the tray so as to support a triangular pyramidal stack of balls on the tray.