Putting mat with golf ball dispensing means

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR BALLS COMPRISING A BASE, A ROTATABLE PLATE THEREABOVE, ROTATABLY ATTACHED TO SAID BASE ABOUT A POINT OF ROTATION WITH A PLURALITY OF HOLES OF GREATER SIZE THAN SAID BALLS AT THE SAME RADIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID POINT OF ROTATION, BALL RETAINING MEANS ABOUT EACH OF SAID HOLES, A RECESS IN SAID BASE AT SAID RADIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID POINT OF ROTATION, SAID RECESS HAVING AN ENTRANCE THERETO ON THE TOP OF SAID BASE AND AN EXIT THEREFROM AT THE SIDE OF SAID BASE AND A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF SAID BALLS, A SLOPED PASSAGE FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS TO A BALL RETAINING MEANS, A STOP IN SAID SLOPED PASSAGE, SAID STOP TAPERED UPWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SLOPE OF SAID PASSAGE, A DOWNWARD STEP AT THE END OF SAID PASSAGE, AN UPWARD STOP BEYOND SAID DOWNWARD STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID PASSAGE AT A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID BALL, SAID STEP AND SAID LAST MENTIONED STOP CONSTITUTING SAID BALL RETAINING MEANS.