US 11,986,704 B2
Sports ball easy loading and unloading apparatus
David Cales, Washington, IL (US)
Filed by David Cales, Washington, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,456, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,654, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323831 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 47/00 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sports ball easy loading and unloading apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a first container defining a floor wall and a sidewall, the sidewall of the first container being fixedly connected to a perimeter of the floor wall of the first container and extending peripherally around and upwardly from said floor wall, the sidewall of the first container terminating at a rim defining an opening, the first container having a first diameter, the first container being sized and dimensioned to enable containment of one or more balls;
a second container defining a floor wall and a sidewall, the sidewall of the second container terminating at a rim defining an opening, the second container having a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, the second container configured to contain the first container such that the floor walls are in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship;
a vertically extendable and retractable elevator disposed within the second container below the floor wall of the first container and above the floor wall of the second container, the elevator comprising an upper turntable and a lower turntable, the upper turntable being movably connected to the lower turntable to permit the upper turntable to be movable upwardly to a raised elevation relative to the lower turntable to extend the elevator and, when at the raised elevation, to be rotatable relative to the lower turntable to a retraction locking position, the upper turntable in the retraction locking position being restrained from moving downwardly relative to the lower turntable, the upper turntable being fixedly attached to the first container and the lower turntable being fixedly attached to the second container.