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A tennis ball retrieving and storing device that comprises a container for storing tennis balls, the container including side walls defining a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end includes at least a pair of parallel rods laterally spaced a distance slightly less than the diameter of a tennis ba

A tennis ball retrieving and storing device that comprises a container for storing tennis balls, the container including side walls defining a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end includes at least a pair of parallel rods laterally spaced a distance slightly less than the diameter of a tennis ball to define a space through which a tennis ball is squeezed into the container. The device further includes a pair of pivotable handles connected to the opposite side walls for pivotal movement between a handle position and a container supporting position. The pair of handles have opposing angular portions converging toward each other when in the handle position so that the handles extend upwardly from the top end in a close and substantially juxtaposed manner.

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A tennis ball retrieving and storing device, comprising: a container for storing tennis balls, said container including side walls defining a top end and a bottom end, said bottom end including at least a pair of parallel rods spaced from each other a distance slightly less than the diameter of a te

A tennis ball retrieving and storing device, comprising: a container for storing tennis balls, said container including side walls defining a top end and a bottom end, said bottom end including at least a pair of parallel rods spaced from each other a distance slightly less than the diameter of a tennis ball so as to define a ball entry space through which a tennis ball is squeezingly received into said container; a pair of handles each pivotally connected and extending between opposite side walls of said container for pivotal movement between a handle position extending above said top end and a container supporting position extending below said bottom end, said pair of handles having opposing angular portions converging toward each other below said top end of said container when in said handle position so that said pair of handles extend upwardly from said top end of said container in a closely juxtaposed manner; and upper locking means for locking said pair of handles in said handle position and lower locking means for locking said pair of handles in said container supporting position, said upper locking means comprising a projected portion extending outwardly from said side wall defining a pair of laterally spaced locking cavities for receiving and releasably resiliently locking said pair of handles in said close and substantially juxtaposed manner, said projected portion comprising a center upright and a pair of side blocks disposed on opposite sides of said center block, said center block and side blocks being integrally and resiliently formed with said side wall and laterally spaced to each other to define said pair of locking cavities.