EP1072291A2 - Golf-Tee - Google Patents

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EP1072291A2
EP1072291A2 EP00830489A EP00830489A EP1072291A2 EP 1072291 A2 EP1072291 A2 EP 1072291A2 EP 00830489 A EP00830489 A EP 00830489A EP 00830489 A EP00830489 A EP 00830489A EP 1072291 A2 EP1072291 A2 EP 1072291A2
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elastic
key
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Marco Natoli
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B57/00—Golfing accessories
    • A63B57/0037—Devices for inserting or extracting tees
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B57/00—Golfing accessories
    • A63B57/10—Golf tees

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  • the present invention relates to the play of golf and more particularly a tee for golf balls to be driven in the ground and used during training.
  • a fist object of the present invention is to provide a tee of new design, especially for training, which is capable of being driven in the ground easily and fixedly so that more shots are allowed and also capable of being taken out of the ground easily and quickly.
  • a second object of the invention is to provide a tee which is fixedly driven in the ground so that the ball can be easily laid thereon by the player without the need for the latter to bend but just use the club and do his best by a foot.
  • the device according to the present invention shown in Figure 1 consists essentially of an elongated body comprising a lower rigid portion 1 to be driven in the ground, and an elastic upper portion 2 which can be deformed and is able to project from the surface of the ground to provide an effective support 3 for golf ball 4.
  • the elastic upper portion 2 consists of a preferably transparent tubular member coaxially connected to the rigid lower portion which has a slightly pointed shape to facilitate the penetration into the ground.
  • such first embodiment has a fastening tool or key 5 to be coaxially screwed onto the rigid lower portion 1 by inserting the same through the elastic tubular portion 2.
  • Such fastening tool 5 which is provided with a hand-grip 6 and serves to drive in/take out the tee from the ground can be easily assembled to/disassembled from the tee according to the invention because of its lower end screw thread 5A capable of engaging to a corresponding screw thread 5B in the upper portion of rigid member 1 inside the elastic portion 2.
  • fastening key 5 is used as a punch after having temporarily screwed a removable point 7 that bores the ground to its lower end.
  • a second embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 can be more easily used because it does not require any preliminary hole in the ground.
  • the outside surface of rigid lower portion 1 to be buried is provided with a screw thread 8 that allows the tee to be screwed into the ground by turning it by means of fastening tool 5.
  • the cylindrical lower end of fastening tool 5 provided with a radial projection 9 is inserted into a corresponding upper axial hole formed in rigid portion 1, such radial projection being able to engage into an inverted T-shaped groove formed in such upper axial hole to transmit the rotation movement of screwing or unscrewing.
  • the tee can be fastened in a particular easy fashion: fastening tool 5 in inserted into its housing so that the tee is screwed into or unscrewed from the ground after an initial partial idling rotation.
  • Figures 8 and 9 show, by way of example, two possible alternatives of the coupling between fastening tool or key 5 and tee which are particularly suitable for the second "screwing" embodiment.
  • the coupling provides a flat or cross screwdriver
  • Figure 9 shows a coupling providing a socket head screw which can be square, as shown, or hexagonal, triangular, etc.
  • Figure 10 shows as Figure 9 an example of the fastening of elastic upper portion 2 to rigid lower portion 1 forming the tee according to the present invention.
  • the fastening is carried out by a small radial screw V blocking the lower end of tubular member 2 to the upper end of rigid member 1 to be driven into the ground.
  • fastening may be used according to the invention and can be of the fixed or removable type so that elastic tubular portion 2 subject to deterioration because of the hits struck out by the club at each shot can be replaced.
  • rigid lower portion 1 of the tee is conical to facilitate the penetration of ground.
  • a possible variation could relate to the elastic upper portion 2 that could be made of a rigid material instead of an elastic material and bound resiliently to lower portion 1 by elastic means of the known type such as an helical spring or other similar elastic member.
  • a further variation could consists of providing an elastic division or partition which can be deformed within elastic upper portion 2 in order to prevent foreign bodies from entering accidentally such as soil, sand, pebbles, etc. which could prevent tool or key 5 from being inserted into its housing.
  • such division or partition could be shaped like a thin disc arranged crosswise to elastic tubular upper portion 2 and provided with two central notches arranged like a cross which open upon inserting tool or key 5 and close immediately after such key is drawn from the tee.

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  • Physical Education & Sports Medicine (AREA)
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  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
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EP00830489A 1999-07-30 2000-07-11 Golf-Tee Withdrawn EP1072291A3 (de)

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ITRM990168U 1999-07-30
IT1999RM000168U IT247624Y1 (it) 1999-07-30 1999-07-30 Dispositivo di supporto a terra perfezionato per palline da golf.

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EP1072291A3 EP1072291A3 (de) 2001-07-25

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WO2008091596A1 (en) * 2007-01-23 2008-07-31 Greenkeepers Of Delaware Llc Golf tee with rigid stake and flexible crown
US9216337B2 (en) 2014-01-31 2015-12-22 Green Keepers, Inc. Overmolded golf tee and method of making it
USD774606S1 (en) 2013-03-13 2016-12-20 Green Keepers, Inc. Golf tee
USD782587S1 (en) 2015-12-04 2017-03-28 Green Keepers, Inc. Golf tee
US9849360B2 (en) 2015-12-04 2017-12-26 Greenkeepers, Inc. Golf tee with ball support
FR3069782A1 (fr) * 2017-08-01 2019-02-08 Jean-Marc Pfender Appareil pour tee de golf
US20220339508A1 (en) * 2021-03-31 2022-10-27 Andrew R. Spriegel Rigid Golf Ball Tee
US20220362641A1 (en) * 2021-05-13 2022-11-17 Anthony Joseph Baratta Golf tee for a swing practice training mat

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US4905999A (en) * 1987-11-17 1990-03-06 Voinovich Steven M Practice golf tee
US5085431A (en) * 1989-10-12 1992-02-04 Mcguire Robert M Golf tee and placement tool
JPH08215359A (ja) * 1995-02-13 1996-08-27 Kokichi Osawa ゴルフ用ティーおよびゴルフ用ティーセット
US5669646A (en) * 1996-11-12 1997-09-23 Emmanuel R. Fiocca Device for positioning and retrieving golf balls and tees
US5728013A (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-03-17 Luther, Sr.; Walter C. Golf practice tee
US5895325A (en) * 1997-08-21 1999-04-20 Tomey; Stephen Apparatus for teeing golf balls

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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008091596A1 (en) * 2007-01-23 2008-07-31 Greenkeepers Of Delaware Llc Golf tee with rigid stake and flexible crown
US9381413B2 (en) 2007-01-23 2016-07-05 Greenkeepers Of Delaware, Llc Golf tee with rigid stake and flexible crown
USD774606S1 (en) 2013-03-13 2016-12-20 Green Keepers, Inc. Golf tee
US9216337B2 (en) 2014-01-31 2015-12-22 Green Keepers, Inc. Overmolded golf tee and method of making it
USD782587S1 (en) 2015-12-04 2017-03-28 Green Keepers, Inc. Golf tee
US9849360B2 (en) 2015-12-04 2017-12-26 Greenkeepers, Inc. Golf tee with ball support
FR3069782A1 (fr) * 2017-08-01 2019-02-08 Jean-Marc Pfender Appareil pour tee de golf
US20220339508A1 (en) * 2021-03-31 2022-10-27 Andrew R. Spriegel Rigid Golf Ball Tee
US20220362641A1 (en) * 2021-05-13 2022-11-17 Anthony Joseph Baratta Golf tee for a swing practice training mat

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JP2001062017A (ja) 2001-03-13
ITRM990168U1 (it) 2001-01-30
ITRM990168V0 (it) 1999-07-30
EP1072291A3 (de) 2001-07-25
IT247624Y1 (it) 2002-09-09

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