U.S. patent application number 10/863260 was filed with the patent office on 2005-12-15 for croquet mallet-carrying basket.
This patent application is currently assigned to Pai Li Business Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Chen, Ying-Tse.
Application Number | 20050274637 10/863260 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35459371 |
Filed Date | 2005-12-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050274637 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen, Ying-Tse |
December 15, 2005 |
Croquet mallet-carrying basket
Abstract
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.
Inventors: |
Chen, Ying-Tse; (Tainan
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE
FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
|
Assignee: |
Pai Li Business Co., Ltd.
Tainan Hsien
TW
|
Family ID: |
35459371 |
Appl. No.: |
10/863260 |
Filed: |
June 9, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/315.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 2102/36 20151001;
A63B 59/60 20151001; A63B 71/0045 20130101; A63B 60/60
20151001 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/315.1 |
International
Class: |
B65D 085/20 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
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.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] 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.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a croquet mallet
consisting of a head 10 and a shank 20 combined firmly as a T shape
with one end of the shank fitted in a center point of the head, so
when a plurality of croquet mallets are to be placed in a
conventional carrying basket, the heads of the mallets generally
have to be separated from the shanks of the croquet mallets owing
to the length of the head for convenience of placing in the basket.
Therefore, the head and the shank of each mallet have to be
combined together in playing or storing away in the basket, making
use of the croquet mallet rather troublesome by repeating assembly
and disassembly of the mallet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] 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.
[0006] 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
[0007] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a croquet mallet;
[0008] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a croquet mallet-carrying
basket in the present invention;
[0009] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the croquet mallet-carrying
basket with its cover swung down in the present invention; and,
[0010] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the croquet mallet-carrying
basket with the shanks of croquet mallets placed in the basket in
the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0011] A preferred embodiment of a croquet mallet-carrying basket
in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, includes a
basket body 30 of an elongate rectangular hollow shape, a grip 31
fixed on an upper side surface of the basket body 30 for carrying
the basket body 30, a front side 32 of the basket body 30 having
its lower end pivotally connected with the basket body 30 by means
of hinges 320 and its upper end hooked with the upper side of the
basket body 30 by means of plural hooks 321 as shown in FIG. 3.
Thus the front side 32 functions as a cover possible to be swung
down and up for opening and closing, Further, a plurality of shank
holes 33 spaced apart vertically and properly in two opposite sides
of the basket body 30 with a soft protective ring 34 respectively
fitted around each shank hole 32 so as not to harm the outer
surface of the shank 20 of each croquet mallet when inserted
through the shank hole 32 for placed in the interior hollow of the
basket body 30 for carrying. The shank holes 33 in one of the two
opposite sides are positioned vertically at the right side, and
those 33 in the other of the two opposite sides are positioned
vertically at the left side, preventing the croquet mallets from
colliding with one another when they are placed in the basket body
30. In addition, horizontal support arms 34 or vertical support
members 35 may be fixed on the inner wall of the basket body 30 as
shown in FIG. 2, for supporting stably the shanks 20 of the croquet
mallets placed in the basket body.
[0012] In using, referring to FIG. 4, insert the shank 20 of each
croquet mallet in the shank holes 33 of one of the two opposite
sides of the basket body 30 and push them into the interior of the
basket body 30, letting the shanks 20 respectively supported on the
support arms 34 or the support members 35, with the heads 10
vertical to the handles 20 of the croquet mallets obstructed by the
outer walls of the shank holes 33 and resting on the outer walls
stably owing to their bigger size than the shank holes 33.
[0013] 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.
[0014] 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.
[0015] 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.
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