Portable golf ball holder

Abstract

A portable golf ball holder includes a ball holder and a clip. The ball holder includes a flexible frame. The frame includes at least one ball-holding unit. The ball-holding unit has an entrance, a circular hole, a pair of expandable frame arms, and a curved recess. The clip is disposed on the rear end of the frame and has a clip body. The clip body has a bent portion connected to the frame to form a clip groove. When a golf ball is placed into the pair of frame arms from the entrance, the golf ball will be accommodated in the curved recess. The overall structure enhances the convenience for golfers to carry golf balls with them for use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable golf ball holder, comprising:
 a ball holder, including a flexible frame, the frame having a front end, an opposing rear end, and two sides; the frame including at least one ball-holding unit; the ball-holding unit having an entrance at the front end of the frame, the entrance having a width less than a diameter of a golf ball; the frame having a circular hole at an inner an edge of the entrance, the circular hole running through the two sides of the frame; the circular hole having a diameter less than the diameter of the golf ball, the frame further having a pair of expandable frame arms tangent to the entrance, a wall of the circular hole at inner edges of the pair of frame arms matching a curved surface of the golf ball to form a curved recess for accommodating the golf ball;   a clip, disposed on the rear end of the frame of the ball holder, the clip having a clip body, an upper end of the clip body having a bent portion connected to the frame to form a clip groove with an opening facing downward.   
     
     
         2 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bent portion at the upper end of the clip body of the clip is integrally connected to a base formed on the rear end of the frame of the ball holder, and a lower end of the clip body is close to the base so that the opening is gradually reduced toward the clip groove. 
     
     
         3 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a connecting portion is provided on the rear end of the frame of the ball holder; the bent portion of the clip is connected to a base plate, one side of the base plate has at least one coupling portion corresponding to the connecting portion; the connecting portion of the frame and the coupling portion on the base plate of the clip have a male buckle and a female buckle groove to match with each other; the male buckle and the female buckle groove are engaged with each other, so that the clip is connected to the rear end of the frame of the ball holder. 
     
     
         4 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the at least one coupling portion includes a plurality of coupling portions that are disposed on the side of the base plate of the clip and each configured for connection of the ball holder. 
     
     
         5 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at the inner edges of the pair of frame arms, a recessed depth of the curved recess is greater than the diameter of the circular hole by 2 to 4 mm. 
     
     
         6 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the entrance has a width less than the diameter of the circular hole by 2 to 4 mm. 
     
     
         7 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pair of frame arms have chamfers corresponding in position to the entrance. 
     
     
         8 . The portable golf ball holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein two trays are formed on the pair of frame arms at two sides of the entrance so as to enlarge the frame, and inner edges of the two trays follow the curved recess and have concave surfaces corresponding to spherical surfaces of two symmetrical vertices of the golf ball.