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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1988
Harry M Ferrari, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John M Shallenberger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ball Hopper Products, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A collapsible ball retriever and storage unit is in the form of a receptacle composed of a plurality of side grills pivotally hinged one to the next, and a top gate and a bottom grate being pivotally hinged to respective ones of the side grills. The side grills are pivotable relative to one another to convert them between erected and collapsed positions, whereas the top gate and bottom grate are pivotable relative to the side grills to convert the top gate and bottom grate between closed and retracted opened positions. The gate and grate are latchable to others of the side grills disposed opposite to the ones thereof to which the gate and grate are respectively hinged. The bottom grate is adapted to rigidly retain the side grills in their erected position when the bottom grate is disposed in the closed position. Further, the bottom grate has members defining ball passages therethrough which adapts the receptacle for retrieving and storing balls when the side grills are in the erected position and the bottom grate is in the closed position.