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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Ronald H. Carr, Plum Boro, PA (US);
Ronald H. Carr, Plum Boro, PA (US);
Ferrari Importing Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A sports ball retrieval and dispensing device includes a ball retrieving and dispensing receptacle and a handle constructed of respective pluralities of separate parts having respective assembled conditions in which the receptacle parts are mounted to one another and the handle parts are mounted to one another and coupled to the assembled receptacle so as to enable use of the device in ball retrieving and dispensing modes of operation. The receptacle and/or handle also are convertible to respective disassembled conditions in which at least some receptacle parts are taken apart from one another and/or at least some handle parts are taken apart from one another such that the device occupies a reduced volume of space so as to enable packaging and shipping of the device.