Kenneth Joseph Urwin

US Patent:

49937120, Feb 19, 1991

Filed:

Oct 26, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/426856

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Urwin - Santa Barbara CA

International Classification:

A63B 4900

US Classification:

273 73R

Abstract:

An apparatus which is attached to a tennis racket at one or more locations and which is configured to securely grasp and pick up a tennis ball, thereby permitting the user to use the tennis racket to pick up the tennis ball and eliminate the requirement for the user to bend down on numerous occasions. The apparatus has two key elements. The first is a removable ball gripping member which is configured in an arcuate shape conformed to the shape of the ball which is being retrieved such as a tennis ball and which further includes gripping means to grasp the surface of the ball. Second, the removable ball gripping member includes removable fastening means by which the removable ball gripping member can be attached to any desired location on the retrieving object such as a tennis racket and the tennis racket includes mating gripping apparatus at selected locations to hold the removable ball gripping apparatus.