Croquet mallet-carrying basket
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.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a croquet mallet-carrying basket, particularly to one possible to receive the shanks of croquet mallets therein and carry them along without taking the head off the shank of each croquet mallet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
This invention has been devised to offer a croquet mallet-carrying basket for placing and carrying plural croquet mallets without separating the heads from the handles.
The feature of the invention is the basket body of a elongate rectangular hollow shape, an upper side of the body provided with a grip for carrying the basket, hooks provided on an upper side surface of the body for securing the front side functioning as a cover, shank holes formed in two opposite sides and located to be not aligned to one another. Then each mallet can be placed in the hollow of the body by inserting the shank of each mallet through each shank hole of one side into the interior of the body, with the head of each mallet remained blocked and contacting the outer wall of each shank hole. Thus the head of each mallet needs not to be separated from the handle for placing each mallet and carried along therein. In addition, croquet balls can also be placed in the body through the shank holes.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
A preferred embodiment of a croquet mallet-carrying basket in the present invention, as shown in
In using, referring to
As to the croquet balls, they can be placed through the shank holes 33 in the interior of the basket body 30, and taken out by opening the front side 32 (the cover) by unhooking the hooks 321 and swinging it down.
By the way, the support arms 34 or the support members 35 are not indispensable components, possible to be saves. In their absence, the handles 20 can still be positioned straight stably after inserted in the interior of the basket body 30 by the heads 10 kept vertical to the handles 20 at the outer walls of the handle holes 33. As to the protective rings 330, they are respectively fitted around the handle holes 33, possible to protect the shanks 20 of the croquet mallets or balls from getting hurt in inserting action into the basket body 30.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
Claims
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.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 9, 2004
Publication Date: Dec 15, 2005
Applicant: Pai Li Business Co., Ltd. (Tainan Hsien)
Inventor: Ying-Tse Chen (Tainan Hsien)
Application Number: 10/863,260