Automatic bottom-loading bowling bag

Claim 1

A BOTTOM LOADING BOWLING BAG COMPRISING A RIGID PERIPHERAL WALL OF POLYGONAL CONFIGURATION AND HAVING AN OPENING DEFINED IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF CAPABLE OF RECEIVING A BOWLING BALL, A PLURALITY OF BALL ENGAGING FINGERS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID WALL IN THE CORNERS THEREOF FOR MOVEMENT TO A DISCHARGE POSITION WHEN THE BALL IS DISCHARGED FROM THE BAG, AND TO A BALL RETAINING POSITION WHEN THE BALL IS INSERTED IN THE BAG BY LOWERING THE BAG DOWNWARDLY OVER THE BALL, LATCH MEANS RETAINING THE FINGERS IN BALL RETAINING POSITION, AND RELEASE MEANS ATTACHED TO THE LATCH MEANS AND BEING OPERABLE FROM THE UPPER END OF THE BAG THEREBY ENABLING THE FINGERS TO BE RELEASED FOR MOVEMENT FROM THE BALL RETAINING POSITION TO THE BALL DISCHARGING POSITION, SAID FINGERS BEING ARCUATE IN CONFIGURATION WITH THE UPPER END THEREOF BEING WEIGHTED AND HAVING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THEIR WEIGHT INWARDLY OF THE PIVOT POINTS THEREOF THEREBY EMPLOYING THE FORCE OF GRAVITY TO RETAIN THE FINGERS NORMALLY IN THEIR BALL DISCHARGING POSITION WHEN THE LATCH MEANS IS RELEASED, EACH OF SAID FINGERS INCLUDING A NOTCH IN THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID LATCH MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOTAL LATCH MEMBER HAVING A PROJECTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE NOTCH, SPRING MEANS URGING THE LATCH MEMBER TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NOTCH WHEREBY THE LATCH MEMBER WILL ENGAGE THE NOTCH ON THE FINGER WHEN THE BOWLING BALL IS FORCED INTO THE BAG AND THE FINGERS PIVOTED