Golf ball retriever and storage means

Claim 1

A GOLF BALL RETRIEVER AND COOPERATING GOLF BALL RECEIVING STORAGE TUBE, COMPRISING: A LOWER RING HAVING AN INNER DIAMETER TO RECEIVE A GOLF BALL LOOSELY THERETHROUGH; AN UPPER RING SPACED ABOVE SAID LOWER RING AND HAVING AN INNER DIAMETER TO RECEIVE A GOLF BALL LOOSELY THERETHROUGH, SAID UPPER RING BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID LOWER RING; SUPPORT MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAID UPPER AND LOWER RINGS; HANDLE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS; POST MEANS EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID RINGS TOWARD THE OTHER OF SAID RINGS; A FIRST GATE RING HAVING AN INNER DIAMETER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SUCH GOLF BALL TO RECEIVE SUCH GOLF BALL THERETHROUGH; FIRST MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID FIRST GATE RING TO SAID POST MEANS, SAID FIRST GATE RING BEING OPERATIVELY DISPOSABLE TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOWER RING, AND SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH, SAID GATE RING BEING OSCILLATABLE FROM SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL POSITION TO A DECLINED POSITION OF REST ON SAID LOWER RING; TUBULAR MEANS ON SAID UPPER RING EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY UPWARDLY THEREOF, SAID TUBULAR MEANS HAVING AN INNER DIAMETER TO RECEIVE A GOLF BALL LOOSELY THERETHROUGH; A SECOND GATE RING DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS, SAID SECOND GATE RING HAVING AN INNER DIAMETER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SUCH GOLF BALL TO RECEIVE SUCH GOLF BALL THERETHROUGH; SECOND MEANS ON THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID SECOND GATE RING TO SAID TUBULAR MEANS, SAID SECOND GATE RING BEING OPERATIVELY DISPOSABLE TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOWER RING, AND SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH, SAID SECOND GATE RING BEING OSCILLATABLE FROM ITS SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL POSITION TO A DECLINED POSITION; AND FIRST STOP MEANS FOR LIMITING THE DOWNWARD SWING OF SAID SECOND GATE RING TO SAID DECLINED POSITION; WHEREBY WHEN SAID