Combination golf ball carrier and dispenser

Claim 1

A COMBINATION GOLF BALL CARRIER AND DISPENSER, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW CYLINDER HAVING ONE LONGITUDINAL END OPENING DEFINING A GOLF BALL DISPENSING OPENING, THE CYLINDER AND DISPENSING OPENING HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETER SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A GOLF BALL TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF A GOLB BALL LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, AND RESILIENTLY RETRACTABLE ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE CYLINDER ADJACENT THE DISPENSING OPENING NORMALLY PROJECTING INTO THE CYLINDER AND RESTRICTING THE INTERNAL DIAMETER THEREOF TO LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF A GOLF BALL FOR RETAINING THE LATTER IN THE CYLINDER, THE CYLINDER HAVING A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SLOTS THEREIN EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE DISPENSING OPENING TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CYLINDER AND BEYOND THE ABUTMENT MEANS A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT ONLY TO EXPOSE A MAJOR PORTION OF THE DIAMETER OF A GOLF BALL POSITIONED AGAINST THE ABUTMENT MEANS, WHEREBY THE GOLF BALL MAY BE GRIPPED BETWEEN THE FINGERS AND EXTRACTED FROM THE CYLINDER THROUGH THE DISPENSING OPENING BY OUTWARD DEFLECTION OF THE ABUTMENT MEANS.