Barbara M Bell

US Patent:

20060063621, Mar 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/231388

Inventors:

Larry Bell - Brigham City UT, US
Barbara Bell - Brigham City UT, US

International Classification:

A63B 43/00
B65D 85/20
B65D 85/00

US Classification:

473569000, 206315100, 206315900

Abstract:

A game ball storage retainer mountable to a vertical planar surface is an equatorially-split spherical container having a generally hemispherical upper lid portion that is hinged to a generally hemispherical base base portion. The base portion has an annular ring that fits within the upper portion to prevent water from flowing into the container. Each portion has a locking tab that aligns with the locking tab of the other portion. A padlock may be used to lock the lid and base portions together. The base portion also has a rectangular extension that fits flush against a vertical planar surface and by means of which the container may be bolted thereto. Lag bolts may be installed from inside the container to prevent their removal when the container is closed and locked. Preferably, the container is either blow molded or rotationally molded from a tough polymeric resin or copolymer.