EP1208877A1 - Improved ball collecting device for racquets and bats - Google Patents

Improved ball collecting device for racquets and bats Download PDF

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EP1208877A1
EP1208877A1 EP01500253A EP01500253A EP1208877A1 EP 1208877 A1 EP1208877 A1 EP 1208877A1 EP 01500253 A EP01500253 A EP 01500253A EP 01500253 A EP01500253 A EP 01500253A EP 1208877 A1 EP1208877 A1 EP 1208877A1
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racquet
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Francisco Hernandez Altemir
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B47/00—Devices for handling or treating balls, e.g. for holding or carrying balls
    • A63B47/02—Devices for handling or treating balls, e.g. for holding or carrying balls for picking-up or collecting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02—Frames
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis

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  • the invention herein refers to a ball collecting device which has been specially conceived as an accessory for a tennis racquet or any other type of racquet or bat used in various types of games, where such bats and racquets are used to hit a ball.
  • the object of the invention is to make the action of collecting balls from the floor or ground much easier.
  • the same applicant is holder of the Utility Model Application No. 9902258, which refers to a ball collecting device for racquets and bats, consisting of a anchoring base, with a means of being connected to the edge of the bat or racquet, in any suitable place, such as the opposite end to the grip or shaft, the ends of the base being connected by a hinge to a pair of swinging arms which form a type of pincer of suitable dimensions to hold a ball, under slight pressure, allowing it to be lifted with the bat or racquet itself and avoiding the need for the body to be bent over.
  • the swinging nature of the aforementioned arms has the obvious function of allowing them to be folded on the anchoring base, under normal game conditions, so as not to cause an obstacle which would make playing more difficult.
  • the ball collecting device which the invention proposes, based on the functional philosophy of the Utility Model previously mentioned, completely solves the inherent problem of the latter.
  • the main characteristics of the device are that the arms are in a permanently closed position due to their respective springs, preferably fixed on the hinge, the arms being remotely activated, from the grip or shaft of the bat or racquet, by means of a small lever which pulls on at least one wire that transmits the movement of the aforementioned lever to the arms, causing the pincers to open.
  • two wires will be used and activated simultaneously by the same lever and connected to the respective arms of the pincers, which will run along the corresponding edges of the bat or racquet, suitably fitted in their respective casings and properly joined to the outer edges of the bat or racquet.
  • one of the arms of the pincers takes the form of a curved finger, and the other the form of a fork, also curved with suitably distanced arms, which makes it doubly effective, on the one hand a better grip of the ball, sitting between the arms of the fork and held down against the latter by the opposite finger, and on the other hand when folded away, i.e. when the device is not in use, the finger is situated between the arms of the fork, taking up the minimum amount of space.
  • the device which the invention proposes is made up of an anchoring base (1), which in the practical embodiment example of the figures, is fixed to the frame (2) of the racquet on the opposite side to the handgrip (3), but which can equally adopt any other position which is deemed adequate, e.g. by using outer lugs (4) which clasp the aforementioned frame (2) and which are connected to the same by means of pins or screws (5).
  • a transversal hinge (6) that allows a swinging movement is fitted for each corresponding arm (7-8), each of the hinges (6) aided by a helical spring (9) which causes the arms (7) and (8) to swing into a folded position on the anchoring base (1), as shown in Figure 3.
  • One of the aforementioned arms that which is marked (7), consists of a curved finger, while the other arm (8) takes the form of a fork, also curved, which can be seen particularly clearly in Figure 1, to facilitate the grip of the ball between the pincers made up of the aforementioned arms (7) and (8).
  • the two wires (17) can be substituted by a single wire, obviously with a transmission system of any conventional type which allows the simultaneous action of the two arms (7) and (8) of the pincers, instead of the aforementioned rings (19) for fixing the covering or housing of the wires any other means can be used, the composition of the arms (7) and (8) can also vary in accordance with any design criteria, and the manual action of the lever (10) described can be substituted by an electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic impulse without obviously affecting the essence of the invention.

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ES200002887U ES1047705Y (es) 2000-11-24 2000-11-24 Dispositivo recogepelotas perfeccionado para raquetas y palas.
ES200002887 2000-11-24

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Cited By (6)

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WO2007057743A3 (en) * 2005-11-15 2007-06-07 Thabit Hary Wright Ball retrieval device
DE102007052718B4 (de) * 2007-11-06 2010-03-18 Werner Nickel Aufnahmeeinrichtung für Golfbälle
WO2013028860A1 (en) * 2011-08-24 2013-02-28 Ojoee Industries, Inc. Tennis racket having an optimized striking area and a ball collection portion
CN106914005A (zh) * 2017-03-11 2017-07-04 赵博 一种多功能体育简易运动器材装置
CN109078309A (zh) * 2018-09-07 2018-12-25 蔡度 一种可捡球羽毛球拍
GB2611098A (en) * 2021-09-28 2023-03-29 Ellsmore Robert Tennis ball retrieval device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB412707A (en) * 1933-03-11 1934-07-05 Eric Leslie Michell Golf ball retrieving device
FR1457651A (fr) * 1965-09-16 1966-11-04 Ballet & Fils A Dispositif pour ramasser les boules à jouer ou analogues
US3989247A (en) * 1975-06-09 1976-11-02 Eli Zimmerman Racket ball pick-up device
FR2591497A1 (fr) * 1985-10-16 1987-06-19 Gallee Bernard Dispositif de recuperation d'une balle de tennis au sol par fixation de celle-ci, par rapport a une raquette ou a une canne.
US5383661A (en) * 1993-07-26 1995-01-24 Andiff Corporation Apparatus to retrieve tennis balls

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB412707A (en) * 1933-03-11 1934-07-05 Eric Leslie Michell Golf ball retrieving device
FR1457651A (fr) * 1965-09-16 1966-11-04 Ballet & Fils A Dispositif pour ramasser les boules à jouer ou analogues
US3989247A (en) * 1975-06-09 1976-11-02 Eli Zimmerman Racket ball pick-up device
FR2591497A1 (fr) * 1985-10-16 1987-06-19 Gallee Bernard Dispositif de recuperation d'une balle de tennis au sol par fixation de celle-ci, par rapport a une raquette ou a une canne.
US5383661A (en) * 1993-07-26 1995-01-24 Andiff Corporation Apparatus to retrieve tennis balls

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007057743A3 (en) * 2005-11-15 2007-06-07 Thabit Hary Wright Ball retrieval device
DE102007052718B4 (de) * 2007-11-06 2010-03-18 Werner Nickel Aufnahmeeinrichtung für Golfbälle
US7951014B2 (en) 2007-11-06 2011-05-31 Werner Nickel Device for picking up golf balls
WO2013028860A1 (en) * 2011-08-24 2013-02-28 Ojoee Industries, Inc. Tennis racket having an optimized striking area and a ball collection portion
US9119993B2 (en) 2011-08-24 2015-09-01 Ojoee Industries, Inc. Tennis racket having an optimized striking area
CN106914005A (zh) * 2017-03-11 2017-07-04 赵博 一种多功能体育简易运动器材装置
CN109078309A (zh) * 2018-09-07 2018-12-25 蔡度 一种可捡球羽毛球拍
GB2611098A (en) * 2021-09-28 2023-03-29 Ellsmore Robert Tennis ball retrieval device

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