Patent ID: 8534726

Claim:
A table tennis ball collector comprising: a frame having an opening configured to accept a plurality of table tennis balls therein; a plurality of substantially parallel cross members extending across the opening of the frame, wherein a distance between at least two of the plurality of substantially parallel cross members is set according to a diameter of a table tennis ball; a handle extending outward from the frame, the handle having a first end connected to the frame and a second end distal from the frame, and the handle between the first end and a middle of the handle being curved; and a tubular elastic sleeve having a first open end stretched around the opening of the frame, and a second open end in its unstretched state sized to contain one or more table tennis balls and in its stretched state sized to allow the one or more table tennis balls to pass therethrough, the second open end configured to contain the one or more table tennis balls until the second open end is stretched to dispense the one or more table tennis balls such that the one or more table tennis balls completely exit the table tennis ball collector.