JPS6330451Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a ball collection/storage device, which is mainly used in tennis practice ranges, batting centers, golf practice ranges, etc. to collect the balls scattered around the practice range after practice. The present invention also relates to a ball collection/storage device suitable for storing balls after collection.

Traditionally, at so-called automatic tennis practice ranges, baseball batting centers, etc., when collecting balls scattered around the practice range, the people collecting them had to be half-hearted and have to pick up the balls one by one and walk. Must be,
Not only is it inefficient, but it is also a very difficult task for those who have passed middle age. Golf driving ranges and other driving ranges that operate on large grounds in the suburbs use dedicated collection vehicles, but those that operate on a small scale in the city or on the rooftops of buildings, etc. The situation is the same in . Furthermore, when practicing tennis serves or baseball pitching by yourself at a practice range, you have to bend down to pick up the balls from a basket placed on the floor, which is cumbersome and tedious. Ta.

The present invention solves the problems of conventional tennis practice ranges, etc., and enables players to efficiently collect balls by simply walking around in the same comfortable posture as in normal walking. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ball collection/storage device that allows you to easily pick up balls one after another while standing up, even during serve practice, etc. The gist of this device is to use a roughly rectangular cage. and a pair of elastic rods for hanging and supporting in a substantially U-shape, and the cage has an opening at the bottom.
An elastic cylindrical body is rotatably mounted in the opening in parallel with an interval slightly narrower than the diameter of the collection ball,
and a pair of horizontal pipes for attaching rods are provided on each outer surface of the opposing sides of the cage, and a rod is formed in an annular shape at the upper end of the cage, and the rods on both sides of the rod are engaged inside. Upper locking pieces for holding the body are provided oppositely, and both lower ends of the rod are rotatable and removable into horizontal pipes, and the cage is attached near the base end of the rod. The ball collection/storage device is characterized by comprising a lower locking piece that can be locked to the bottom surface.

To explain one embodiment of the present invention with reference to figures, the first embodiment is as follows.
Figures 3 to 3 show a front view, a side view, and a bottom end view of the ball collection/storage device according to the present invention, respectively, and show a cage body 1 mainly made of metal rods and a pair of rods. It consists of 2,2. The cage body 1 has an upper frame 3 and a lower frame 4, which are formed by bending a relatively thick rod into a substantially rectangular shape and meeting both ends, with an interval narrower than the diameter of the balls to be stored. A fence rod 5 formed by bending and forming a relatively thin rod shape is stretched to form a body, and a metal skirt plate 6 is welded and attached to the lower end of one opposing side of the body.
A bottom forming member is attached to the skirt plate 6. A fence rod 7 is attached to the bottom surface near the side perpendicular to the side on which the hem plate 6 is attached, and a pair of elastic cylindrical bodies 8, 8 are rotatably attached inside the fence rod 7. The elastic cylindrical body 8 is a closed cylindrical body whose body surface is covered with flexible plastic, rubber, etc., and has a small hole in the center of both left and right end faces. A shaft rod 9 protruding toward the inside of the body 1
It is rotatably attached by fitting into the small hole. A horizontal pipe 10 for attaching the rod 2 is provided on the outer surface of the side of the cage 1 just above the skirt plate 6, and the upper frame 3 above the horizontal pipe 10 is provided with a horizontal pipe 10 for attaching the rod 2 on both sides of the rod. Upper locking pieces 11 for holding the rod are provided in opposing positions, with the rod 2a being engaged and held therebetween. The upper locking piece 11 is formed into an annular shape and is attached to the upper frame 3 by welding, as shown in the plan view in FIG. The rod body 2 is formed in a substantially U-shape and has spring properties, and can be freely rotated into the horizontal pipe 10 by bending both base ends 12 of the both side rods 2a inward. And it is removably fitted. The rod 2 is used for both suspension and support, and is provided with an upper locking piece 13 near the base end 12 so that it can lock freely with the lower frame 4.

In use, after fitting the base end portions 12 of the left and right rods 2, 2 into the horizontal tube 10, the left and right rods 2, 2 are inserted as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Both are rotated upward to align the left and right upper edges 14, 14 above the cage body 1. At this time, the portion corresponding to the upper frame 3 of each rod 2 automatically locks the left and right upper locking pieces 11, 1 because the rods 2a on both sides have spring properties.
1 and is firmly held by the upper locking pieces 11, 11. The user carries the thus assembled ball collection/storage device according to the present invention to the point where the balls are rolling by grasping the upper edges 14, 14, and then lifts the cage 1. When the ball is lifted and positioned so that the elastic cylindrical bodies 8, 8 are in contact with the vicinity of the shoulders of the ball, and then pressed downward, the elasticity of the ball and the elastic cylindrical bodies 8 are ，
Together with the elasticity of the ball 8, the ball is pushed up into the cage 1, and the ball is stored in the cage 1. After walking around to the position where the balls are by holding the upper edges 14, 14 and collecting the required balls, flip the rods 2, 2 to the lower side of the cage 1 as shown in FIG. When the lower locking piece 13 of each rod 2 is
13 automatically engages with the lower frame 4, and the proximal end 1
2 and the lower locking piece 13 are brought into close contact with the side surface of the cage body 1, and the upper edges 14, 14 land on the floor, making the rods 2, 2 support legs. It becomes a ball storage container. When storing the ball, the proximal ends 12, 12 are removed from the horizontal pipe 10, a string is attached to the annularly formed upper locking piece 11, and the hook is attached to a wall, ceiling, etc. You may also store it by hanging it from a metal fitting.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but three or more resilient cylindrical bodies 8 may be provided on the bottom surface to increase the portion of the bottom surface from which balls are collected.

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, when collecting balls, the ball collection/storage device of the present invention is used to collect balls by holding the upper edges 14, 14 of the long rods 2, 2. The ball can be collected one after another simply by carrying it to a position where it is located, standing on it, placing the cage 1 on top of the balls, and pressing downward. Hold the basket and move to the position where the ball is, bend down one by one and pick the ball up.
There is no need to do the hard work of picking up the balls and putting them into the basket, and the balls can be collected efficiently. It can be used as a ball storage device with legs, and since the rods 2, 2 are firmly fixed to the sides of the cage 1 by the lower locking pieces 13, the balls can be stored completely in the cage 1. Even when a cage is inserted, the rods 2, 2 will not expand outward due to their weight and the cage 1 will not fall.

Therefore, there is no need to pick up the balls one by one from the basket on the floor and practice serving, as in the past, and you can easily practice serving by picking up balls one after another while standing. In addition, since the rods 2, 2 are removable,
When storing in a storage room or the like, the rods 2, 2 can be removed from the cage 1 and stored, so that it can be stored efficiently in a narrow storage room or the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures represent one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 is a side view, Fig. 3 is a bottom end view, and Fig. 4 is a front view.
The figure is an enlarged plan view of the locking piece 11, and a front view showing the state when the rod 2 of FIG. 5 is reversed and used as a ball storage device. Explanation of the symbols representing the main parts of the figure: 1...Cage body, 2...Bar body, 2a...Side bar, 5, 7...Fence bar, 8...
Elastic cylindrical body, 9... Axial rod, 10... Horizontal tube, 11...
Upper locking piece, 12...base end part, 13...lower locking piece,
14...Top edge.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It consists of a roughly rectangular cage body and a pair of resilient, roughly U-shaped rods for suspension and support. elastic cylindrical bodies are rotatably mounted in parallel at intervals slightly narrower than the diameter of the cage, and horizontal pipes for attaching a pair of rods are provided on each outer surface of the opposing sides of the cage body,
In addition, upper locking pieces for holding the rod are provided oppositely at the upper end of the cage and are formed in an annular shape and engage the rods on both sides of the rod inside, and the rod has both lower ends connected to horizontal pipes. The ball recovery ball is rotatable and removable, and has a lower locking piece near the base end of the rod that can be locked to the bottom of the cage. storage container.