Croquet mallet-carrying basket

Abstract

A croquet mallet-carrying basket includes a basket body of an elongate rectangular hollow shape. The basket body has a front side hinged with a lower side to function as a cover and hooks on the upper side swinging open or shut for taking out balls placed therein. The two opposite sides of the basket body have plural handle holes vertically located not to be aligned to one another for the shanks of croquet mallets to be inserted through into the basket body so that the head of a croquet mallet needs not to be separated from the shank before the croquet mallet is placed in the basket body for carrying along. Croquet balls may be also placed into the basket body through the shank holes into the basket body for storing therein.

1 . A croquet mallet-carrying basket comprising a basket body of an elongate rectangular hollow shape, said basket body having a front side with its lower end connected pivotally with said basket body by means of hinges and plural hooks fixed on an upper side of said body so said front side functions as a cover possible to be swung down and up for opening and closing; said basket body having two opposite sides provided with plural shank holes for the shanks of croquet mallets and croquet balls to be inserted through into the interior hollow of said basket body for storing, said shank holes having a size smaller than the length of the head of a croquet mallet to block the head by the outer wall of each shank hole so as to rest on the outer wall.  
   
   
       2 . The croquet mallet-carrying basket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said shank holes in one of said two opposite sides of said basket body are located vertically at the right side, and said handle holes of the other of said two opposite sides are located vertically at the left side.  
   
   
       3 . The croquet mallet-carrying basket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a soft protecting ring is further fitted around each said shank hole in said two opposite sides of said basket body so as to prevent the shank of each croquet mallet or a croquet ball from hurt when it is inserted through said shank hole.  
   
   
       4 . The croquet mallet-carrying basket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein plural horizontal support arms or plural vertical support member are additionally provided on an inner wall of said basket body for supporting stably the shanks of croquet mallets.  
   
   
       5 . The croquet mallet-carrying basket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a grip is provided on an upper side of said basket body for carrying said basket.