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Tennis ball retriever

US5947850A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 22, 1998
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B49/00
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tennis ball retriever for detachably mounting on the frame of a tennis racket which reduces the stooping and bending usually required to retrieve a tennis ball from the surface of a tennis court. The retriever comprises a pair of tines which are distorted when the racket is forced over the tines of the tennis ball.

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