Devices for collecting tennis balls

Abstract

Picking up tennis balls is and always has been irritating. Although inventions such as the ball tube and ball basket have been invented, the ball player still has to search the court for the balls. The present invention will dramatically reduce the extra work by trapping the ball, and requiring the player to turn to only one place to find the balls.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A tennis ball collecting device comprises: 
 a) a soft material to stop tennis balls,    b) a tennis ball holder to collect the tennis balls stopped by said soft material in (a).    
     
     
         2 . The soft material to stop tennis balls in  claim 1  is a net.  
     
     
         3 . The tennis ball holder in  claim 1  is a “J” shaped trap placed at the lower portion of a net.  
     
     
         4 . The “J” shaped tennis ball holder in  claim 3  is slanted to one or more predefined positions in order to induce the collected tennis balls to roll to the predefined locations by gravity.  
     
     
         5 . The “J” shaped tennis ball holder in  claim 3  is flexible so that a tennis player can push down said ball holder at selected positions in order to induce the collected tennis balls to roll to the selected locations by gravity.  
     
     
         6 . The tennis ball holder in  claim 1  is Velcro  
     
     
         7 . The Velcro in  claim 6  is located at the lower portion of the soft material.  
     
     
         8 . The Velcro in  claim 6  is beneath the soft material.  
     
     
         9 . The soft material in  claim 1  is the existing tennis net.  
     
     
         10 . The tennis ball holder in  claim 9  is a soft material that is flexible so that a tennis player can push down said ball holder at selected position in order to induce the collected tennis balls to roll to the selected location by gravity.  
     
     
         11 . The tennis ball holder in  claim 9  is slanted to a predefined position in order to induce the collected tennis balls to roll to the predefined location by gravity.