TENNIS BALL BACKPACK
A backpack has a body with an interior chamber that holds a plurality of balls. A dispenser near the bottom of the backpack on the left side, the right side or both allows the wearer to easily access a ball within the interior chamber. An opening on the top of the backpack provides access to the interior chamber, allowing it to be filled with a plurality of balls. The backpack may also include a mesh pouch for holding a tennis racket and pockets for storing other items.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/518,010 filed on Apr. 29, 2011.
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FIELDThe present invention relates to systems and methods for tennis equipment backpacks and more particularly to a tennis backpack providing quick and ready access to a nimiety of tennis balls.
BACKGROUNDWhen practicing tennis, on one's own or with an instructor, several balls are used in quick succession. Generally, a ball hopper, a tennis ball basket, or a box full of balls on a chair is placed on the court next to the instructor or person practicing. However, this creates an obstruction on the tennis court, restricting lateral mobility. This restricts the interplay of volleying between instructor and student. Students love to rally with an instructor and this allows play to be unhindered by obstructions on the court.
It is also desirable to provide a device or method for granting an instructor access to several readily available tennis balls without obstructing the tennis court.
SUMMARYAccordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a tennis ball backpack made from similar materials as conventional tennis bags for rackets, personal items, balls, etc. but having additional features including holding tennis balls. The backpack of the invention may feed tennis balls quickly and easily to a student or instructor while allowing him or her to step sideways and sustain rallies without a ball hopper getting in the way. More time is thus spent teaching and less time picking up balls.
In one embodiment, a backpack has a body having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, a back and an internal chamber, an opening on the top of the body, at least one dispenser on at least one of the right side and the left side, and at least one strap for holding the body against an operator. The dispenser may have a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball. The ball may be a tennis ball. The ball may optionally be a golf ball. The dispenser may be sealed with one or more drawstrings. The dispenser may be sealed with one or more zippers. The dispenser may be sealed with a magnet. The backpack may have a mesh pouch on the back of the backpack, a belt, one or more pockets, one or more handles on the back of the backpack, one or more handles on one or more of the sides of the backpack. The opening may be sealed with one or more zippers. The opening may have a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball.
In another embodiment, a backpack may have a body having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, a back and an internal chamber, an opening on the top of the body, at least one dispenser on at least one of the right side and the left side and having a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball, one or more pockets, at least one strap for holding the body against an operator. The ball may be a tennis ball. The backpack may include a mesh pouch on the back of the backpack and one or more handles on the back of the backpack. The opening may be sealed with one or more zippers. The opening may have a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a backpack that gives the wearer easy and fast access to a nimiety of tennis balls within the pack while being worn.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a reading of the attached specification and appended claims. There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
The backpack of the present invention may be used for tennis balls or other types of athletic balls, such as, for example, golf balls. The body of the backpack may be parallelepiped in shape or may have any of a variety of shapes.
Whereas, the present invention has been described in relation to the drawings attached hereto, it should be understood that other and further modifications, apart from those shown or suggested herein, may be made within the spirit and scope of this invention. Descriptions of the embodiments shown in the drawings should not be construed as limiting or defining the ordinary and plain meanings of the terms of the claims unless such is explicitly indicated.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A backpack comprising:
- a body having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, a back and an internal chamber;
- an opening on the top of the body;
- at least one dispenser on at least one of the right side and the left side; and
- at least one strap for holding the body against an operator.
2. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the dispenser has a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball.
3. The backpack of claim 2 wherein the ball is a tennis ball.
4. The backpack of claim 2 wherein the ball is a golf ball.
5. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the dispenser is sealed with one or more drawstrings.
6. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the dispenser is sealed with one or more zippers.
7. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the dispenser is sealed with a magnet.
8. The backpack of claim 1 further comprising a mesh pouch on the back of the backpack.
9. The backpack of claim 1 further comprising a belt.
10. The backpack of claim 1 one or more pockets.
11. The backpack of claim 1 one or more handles on the back of the backpack.
12. The backpack of claim 1 one or more handles on one or more of the sides of the backpack.
13. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the opening may be sealed with one or more zippers.
14. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the opening has a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball.
15. A backpack comprising:
- a body having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, a back and an internal chamber;
- an opening on the top of the body;
- at least one dispenser on at least one of the right side and the left side and having a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball;
- one or more pockets;
- at least one strap for holding the body against an operator.
16. The backpack of claim 15 wherein the ball is a tennis ball.
17. The backpack of claim 15 further comprising a mesh pouch on the back of the backpack.
18. The backpack of claim 15 one or more handles on the back of the backpack.
19. The backpack of claim 15 wherein the opening may be sealed with one or more zippers.
20. The backpack of claim 15 wherein the opening has a height less than the diameter of a ball and a width greater than the diameter of a ball and a perimeter greater than the circumference of a ball.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 28, 2012
Publication Date: Nov 1, 2012
Inventor: Lloyd Preston (West Palm Beach, FL)
Application Number: 13/459,081
International Classification: A63B 61/00 (20060101); A63B 57/00 (20060101); A45F 3/04 (20060101);