JP3692360B2 - Golf ball support - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a golf ball support that is detachably attached to a leg.

  Patent Document 1 describes a golf tee in which a large number of upper protrusions are arranged in a circle, and a ball support portion that supports the golf ball on the tip portions arranged in a circle. This type of golf tee is made of a synthetic resin and is integrally formed as a whole. Moreover, the manufacturing cost is high compared with the conventional golf tee of the shape which the upper end part of the rod-shaped leg part expanded in diameter according to the form, and was formed in the dish-shaped ball support part. Therefore, when it breaks, it is necessary to exchange the whole, and comparatively expensive.

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 describes a golf tee in which an upper end of a shaft-like leg portion can be inserted into and removed from a lower portion of a rubber ball support portion. Patent Document 3 describes a golf tee in which an upper end of a shaft-like leg portion can be inserted into and removed from a lower portion of a plastic ball support portion. These golf tees can be used by exchanging the ball support portion. However, when a golf ball is supported and hit, the ball support portion is likely to be detached from the leg portion and lost. .
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-86370 Utility Model Application Notice No. 402 JP 2000-189549 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems existing in the prior art, and the object of the present invention is to be easily detachable from a leg such as an existing tee, and a golf ball. It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf ball support body that prevents the ball support portion from being detached from the leg when the ball is hit with support.

(1) The golf ball support of the present invention that achieves the above object is
A golf ball support that is detachably attached to a leg having a horizontal expansion part above a leg that is inserted into the ground and is self-supporting,
The upper part has a ball support part whose inside is opened up and down, and a large dimension inside is provided below the ball support part,
The ball support part is composed of three or more support protrusions protruding substantially upward or upward and outward, and the support protrusion is positioned above the outer periphery of the large dimension so as to surround the upper part of the large dimension. And supporting the golf ball on the supporting protrusions,
In the upper part inside the large dimension, it has an insertion opening that opens upward through the inside of the ball support part, and has inward projections for separation prevention at two or more places spaced apart in the circumferential direction ,
Below the large dimension interior, there is a leg protruding opening whose horizontal dimension is smaller than the large dimension interior,
At least the lower part of the leg part of the leg protrudes from the leg projecting opening, the horizontal enlarged part is accommodated in the large dimension, and the inward projecting part is located above the horizontal enlarged part. The horizontal enlarged portion is attached to the leg body in a state in which upward separation of the horizontal direction enlarged portion is prevented.

  When the leg part of an existing leg such as a tee is inserted from the upper part of the ball support part whose interior is opened up and down, the leg part has an insertion opening at the upper part inside the large dimension, the large dimension interior, and the large dimension interior. It projects from the leg projecting opening below. At the same time, the horizontally enlarged portion positioned above the leg portion of the leg is inserted into the large size through the insertion opening from the ball support portion. In this state, the horizontally enlarged portion of the leg is accommodated and held inside the large dimension, and the inward projection for preventing separation located at the upper part inside the large dimension is positioned above the horizontal magnified section so that the horizontally expanded section is located. The golf ball support body is attached to the upper part of the leg body in a state in which the upper part of the golf ball is prevented from being separated from the upper side of the golf ball, and the golf ball can be supported on the ball support part. On the other hand, if the prevention of detachment by the inward protrusion is released, the golf ball support can be removed from the leg, contrary to the above.

The golf ball support of the present invention is
A golf ball support that is detachably attached to a leg having a horizontal expansion part above a leg that is inserted into the ground and is self-supporting,
The upper end of the ball support part is open at the top and bottom, the inside of the large dimension is below the ball support part, and the internal dimension in the horizontal direction is lower than the large dimension inside. Small small dimensions communicate with each other,
The ball support part is composed of three or more support protrusions protruding substantially upward or upward and outward, and the support protrusion is positioned above the outer periphery of the large dimension so as to surround the upper part of the large dimension. And supporting the golf ball on the supporting protrusions,
In the upper part inside the large dimension, it has an insertion opening that opens upward through the inside of the ball support part, and has inward projections for separation prevention at two or more places spaced apart in the circumferential direction ,
A leg projecting opening is provided below the small dimension inside,
At least the lower part of the leg part of the leg protrudes from the leg part projecting opening, the upper part of the leg part is accommodated in the small dimension inside, and the horizontal expansion part is accommodated in the large dimension inside to project the inward projection. The portion may be attached to the leg in a state where the horizontal enlargement portion is prevented from being separated upward by being positioned above the horizontal enlargement portion .

  When the leg part of an existing leg such as a tee is inserted from the upper part of the ball support part whose interior is opened up and down, the leg part has an insertion opening at the upper part inside the large dimension, the large dimension interior, and the large dimension interior. The lower part of the leg part protrudes from the leg part projecting opening below the inner part of the small dimension. At the same time, the horizontally enlarged portion positioned above the leg portion of the leg is inserted into the large size through the insertion opening from the ball support portion. In this state, the upper portion of the leg portion and the horizontally enlarged portion of the leg body are accommodated and held in the small size inside and the large size inside of the golf ball support, respectively, and an inward protrusion for preventing separation that the upper portion of the large size inside has. The golf ball support is attached to the upper part of the leg, and the golf ball is supported on the ball support with the part positioned above the horizontal enlargement and preventing the horizontal enlargement from being detached upward. It will be in a state to get. On the other hand, if the prevention of detachment by the inward protrusion is released, the golf ball support can be removed from the leg, contrary to the above.

  The description of the vertical positional relationship in this specification is a state where the golf ball support is used for hitting the golf ball, that is, the golf ball support is attached to the leg and the leg of the leg is on the ground. The vertical position relationship in the state in which the golf ball is supported by the ball support portion is used as a reference.

  (2) In the above golf ball support body, the ball support portion has three or more support protrusions protruding substantially upward or outward, and supports the golf ball on the support protrusions. The support protrusion may be positioned above the outer peripheral portion inside the large dimension so as to surround the upper portion inside the large dimension.

  In this case, the golf ball can be supported on three or more support protrusions positioned so as to surround the upper portion inside the large dimension in the golf ball support attached to the upper portion of the leg body such as a tee.

  (3) The golf ball support has at least an outer peripheral portion inside a small dimension made of an elastic material, and has one or a plurality of slit portions reaching the leg protruding opening at the lower end in the outer peripheral portion inside the small dimension. The horizontal gap of the slit portion can be expanded by elastic deformation of the outer peripheral portion, and the horizontal dimension inside the small size can be expanded.

  In this case, the horizontal gap of the slit portion provided at the outer peripheral portion inside the small size and having the lower end reaching the leg protruding opening is expanded by the elastic deformation of the outer peripheral portion inside the small size, and the horizontal direction inside the small size The dimensions of can be enlarged. Therefore, even when the horizontal dimension of the leg of a leg such as a tee is larger than the horizontal dimension inside the small dimension when not deformed, the leg dimension is expanded inside the small dimension. The upper part can be held and can correspond to the size of the leg part of a leg such as a tee.

  In the golf ball support, at least the outer periphery in the small dimension and the large dimension are made of an elastic material, and one or more upper ends of the slit part reach the outer periphery in the large dimension. The horizontal gap of the slit portion can be expanded by elastic deformation of one or both of the outer peripheral portions, so that the horizontal dimension inside the small dimension and / or the large dimension can be expanded.

  In this case, the horizontal gap of the slit portion provided on the outer periphery of the small dimension and having the lower end reaching the leg protruding opening and the upper end reaching the outer periphery of the large dimension is the outer periphery of the small dimension and the large dimension. The horizontal dimension inside the small dimension and / or inside the large dimension may be expanded by elastic deformation of one or both of the parts. Therefore, even if the horizontal dimension of the leg and / or horizontal expansion part of the leg such as a tee is larger than the horizontal dimension inside the small dimension and / or the large dimension when not deformed, The upper part of the leg and / or the horizontal enlargement can be retained within the small dimension and / or the large dimension with the enlarged horizontal dimension, and the dimension of the leg of the leg and / or the horizontal enlargement of the tee, etc. Can accommodate large and small.

  (4) The golf ball support body has at least an outer periphery of a large dimension made of an elastic material, and has one or more notches opened upward at the outer periphery of the large dimension. The horizontal gap of the part can be expanded by elastic deformation of the outer peripheral part, and the horizontal dimension inside the large dimension can be expanded.

  In this case, the outer periphery of the large dimension has one or more notches opened upward, and the horizontal gap of the notches expands due to elastic deformation of the outer periphery. The horizontal dimension of can be increased. For this reason, when the horizontal enlarged portion is inserted into the insertion opening, the large internal portion is enlarged even though the upper portion inside the large size has an inward protrusion that can hinder the insertion of the horizontal enlarged portion into the insertion opening. Open to facilitate insertion and removal.

  (5) The golf ball support body as a whole may be made of an elastic material.

  In this case, the golf ball support can be easily attached to and detached from a leg such as a tee.

  The golf ball support of the present invention inserts the leg part of the leg from the upper part of the ball support part so as to project from the leg projecting opening, and accommodates the horizontally expanded part inside the large dimension so that the inward projecting part When the upper part is prevented from being detached, it can be attached to the upper part of the leg so that the golf ball can be supported on the ball support part. And can be easily attached to and detached from legs such as existing tees.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The drawings all relate to examples of embodiments of the golf ball support of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a right side view, FIG. 1 is a VV end view in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a VI-VI end view in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a VII-VII end view in FIG.

  This golf ball support S is entirely made of an elastomer (made of an elastic material) and is manufactured by integral molding, and is attached to and detached from an existing golf tee T (leg) as shown by a two-dot chain line. Although it can be attached as possible, the material and the object to be attached are not limited thereto.

  The golf tee T has a horizontal enlarged portion T2 whose outer peripheral portion is enlarged in a substantially funnel shape upward at an upper end portion of a round bar-shaped leg portion T1 having a lower end formed in a conical point shape. It is a wooden tee in which the upper surface of the horizontally expanded portion T2 is formed in a dish-shaped ball support recess. Although not limited to wooden, wooden is preferable in terms of environmental protection when it is lost due to a hit ball.

  The golf ball support S has a ball support portion 10 at the upper end, a large-sized interior 12 below the ball-supported portion 10, and a horizontal internal dimension below the large-sized interior 12. A small-sized interior 14 smaller than the large-sized interior 12 communicates with each other and is substantially rotationally symmetric with respect to the vertical axis. The large sized interior 12 corresponds substantially upward from the lower part of the horizontal expanded portion T2 of the golf tee T, and the small sized interior 14 extends from the upper portion of the leg T1 to the lower portion of the horizontal expanded portion T2 of the golf tee T. Almost corresponds to the span. The large-size inner portion 12 is formed by the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22, and the small-dimension inner portion 14 is formed by the small-diameter outer peripheral portion 24. The large dimension interior 12 and the small dimension interior 14 form a substantially funnel-shaped interior, and the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22 and the small-diameter outer peripheral portion 24 form a substantially funnel-shaped outer shell. The boundary between the large dimension interior 12 and the small dimension interior 14 and the boundary between the large diameter outer peripheral portion 22 and the small diameter outer peripheral portion 24 do not necessarily need to be clear.

  The ball support portion 10 has support protrusions 10a that protrude substantially upward from the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22 at eight locations at 45 ° central angles with the vertical axis as the center, on the support protrusions 10a. A golf ball is supported. Accordingly, the support protrusion 10a is located above the outer peripheral portion of the large-sized interior 12 so as to surround the upper portion of the large-sized interior 12, and the inside is open vertically. The central angle between the adjacent support protrusions 10a can be 170 degrees or less, and preferably 90 degrees or less. More preferably, it is 60 degrees or less.

  In the upper part of the large dimension inside 12, there are insertion openings 12a opened upward through the inside of the ball support part 10, and there are inward projections 26 for preventing separation at three places for every equicentral angle. In addition, it is preferable that the inner protrusions 26 for preventing detachment are provided at two or more places separated from each other in the circumferential direction with the vertical axis as a center, and at least the upper part of the inner protrusion 26 or the large-diameter outer peripheral part 22 is an elastic material. It is preferable to consist of.

  In addition, at three positions shifted from the inward protrusion 26 in the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22, there are vertically cut portions 28 opened upward.

  Below the small dimension inside 14, there is a leg protruding opening 14 a, and in the small diameter outer peripheral part 24, which is the outer peripheral part of the small dimension inside 14, the vertical slit part 30 (the lower end reaches the leg protruding opening 14 a ( The slit portion 30 reaches the lower portion of the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22 that is the outer peripheral portion of the large-sized interior 12.

  In addition, the through-hole 32 provided in the lower part of the large diameter outer peripheral part 22 is required for manufacture by integral molding using a metal mold | die.

  When the leg part T1 of the golf tee T is inserted from the upper part of the ball support part 10, the leg part T1 is below the insertion opening 12a, the large dimension interior 12, and the large dimension interior 12 that the large dimension interior 12 has. The small-sized interior 14 that is in communication is inserted, and the lower portion of the leg portion T1 projects from the leg projecting opening 14a below the small-sized interior 14. At the same time, the horizontally expanded portion T <b> 2 of the golf tee T is inserted from the ball support portion 10 through the insertion opening 12 a and is accommodated in the large dimension inside 12. In this state, the upper portion of the leg portion T1 and the horizontal expansion portion T2 of the golf tee T are accommodated and held in the small-sized interior 14 and the large-sized interior 12 of the golf ball support S, respectively, and have the upper portion of the large-sized interior 12. The inward projection 26 for preventing the separation is positioned above the upper surface of the horizontal expansion portion T2, and the horizontal expansion portion T2 is prevented from being separated upward.

  In this way, the golf ball support S is attached to the upper portion of the leg, and the golf ball can be supported on the support protrusion 10a positioned so as to surround the upper portion of the large-sized interior 12 in the ball support portion 10. Become. On the other hand, if release prevention by the inward protrusion 26 is canceled, the golf ball support S can be removed from the leg, contrary to the above.

  The large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22 has cut portions 28 opened upward, and the horizontal gap of the cut portions 28 expands due to the elastic deformation of the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22 so that the large internal portion 12 Since the horizontal dimension of the horizontal direction can be enlarged, the horizontal direction enlarged part is provided in the upper part of the large dimension inside 12 despite the inward protrusion 26 that can prevent the horizontal enlarged part T2 from being inserted into the insertion opening 12a. When T2 is inserted into the insertion opening 12a, the large-sized interior 12 is expanded to facilitate insertion and detachment. The inward projecting part can be switched between an inward projecting state and a non-projecting state. It can be prevented.

  Further, the horizontal gap of the slit portion 30 is expanded by elastic deformation of one or both of the small-diameter outer peripheral portion 24 and the large-diameter outer peripheral portion 22, and the inner diameter of the small-sized inner portion 14 and / or the large-sized inner portion 12 is increased. obtain. Therefore, even when the outer diameter of the leg portion T1 and / or the horizontally expanded portion T2 of the golf tee T is larger than the inner diameter of the small-size inside 14 and / or the large-size inside 12 when not deformed, the inner diameter is accordingly changed. The upper part of the leg part T1 and / or the horizontal enlargement part T2 can be held in the small dimension interior 14 and / or the large dimension interior 12 expanded.

It is a front view. It is a top view. It is a right view. It is a bottom view. It is a VV end view in FIG. FIG. 6 is an end view of VI-VI in FIG. 2. FIG. 7 is an end view of VII-VII in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Ball support part 10a Support protrusion 12 Large dimension inside 12a Insertion opening 14 Small dimension inside 14a Leg part protrusion opening 22 Large diameter outer peripheral part 24 Small diameter outer peripheral part 26 Inner protrusion 28 Notch part 30 Slit part 32 Through-hole S Golf ball Support T Golf Tee T1 Leg T2 Horizontal Expansion Part

Claims (7)

A golf ball support that is detachably attached to a leg having a horizontal expansion part above a leg that is inserted into the ground and is self-supporting,
The upper part has a ball support part whose inside is opened up and down, and a large dimension inside is provided below the ball support part,
The ball support part is composed of three or more support protrusions protruding substantially upward or upward and outward, and the support protrusion is positioned above the outer periphery of the large dimension so as to surround the upper part of the large dimension. And supporting the golf ball on the supporting protrusions,
In the upper part inside the large dimension, it has an insertion opening that opens upward through the inside of the ball support part, and has inward projections for separation prevention at two or more places spaced apart in the circumferential direction ,
Below the large dimension interior, there is a leg protruding opening whose horizontal dimension is smaller than the large dimension interior,
At least the lower part of the leg part of the leg protrudes from the leg projecting opening, the horizontal enlarged part is accommodated in the large dimension, and the inward projecting part is located above the horizontal enlarged part. A golf ball support body, wherein the golf ball support body is attached to a leg body in a state in which upward disengagement of the horizontal expansion portion is prevented. A golf ball support that is detachably attached to a leg having a horizontal expansion part above a leg that is inserted into the ground and is self-supporting,
The upper end of the ball support part is open at the top and bottom, the inside of the large dimension is below the ball support part, and the internal dimension in the horizontal direction is lower than the large dimension inside. Small small dimensions communicate with each other,
The ball support part is composed of three or more support protrusions protruding substantially upward or upward and outward, and the support protrusion is positioned above the outer periphery of the large dimension so as to surround the upper part of the large dimension. And supporting the golf ball on the supporting protrusions,
In the upper part inside the large dimension, it has an insertion opening that opens upward through the inside of the ball support part, and has inward projections for separation prevention at two or more places spaced apart in the circumferential direction ,
A leg projecting opening is provided below the small dimension inside,
At least the lower part of the leg part of the leg protrudes from the leg part projecting opening, the upper part of the leg part is accommodated in the small dimension inside, and the horizontal expansion part is accommodated in the large dimension inside to project the inward projection. A golf ball support body, wherein the golf ball support is attached to a leg in a state in which an upper part of the horizontal expansion portion is prevented from being disengaged upward due to the portion being positioned above the horizontal expansion portion . At least the outer peripheral part in the small dimension is made of an elastic material, and the outer peripheral part in the small dimension has one or more slit parts whose lower ends reach the leg protruding openings, and the horizontal gap of the slit part is the outer peripheral part. The golf ball support according to claim 2 , wherein the golf ball support can be expanded by an elastic deformation of the golf ball to expand the horizontal dimension inside the small dimension. At least the outer periphery of the inside of the small dimension and the inner part of the large dimension are made of an elastic material, and one or more upper ends of the slit part reach the outer periphery of the inside of the large dimension, and the horizontal gap of the slit part is 4. The golf ball support according to claim 3 , wherein the horizontal dimension can be expanded by elastic deformation of one or both of the outer peripheral portions to expand the horizontal dimension inside the small dimension and / or the large dimension. The golf ball support according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least an outer peripheral portion in a large dimension is made of an elastic material. There is one or more notches open upward in the outer periphery of the large dimension, and the horizontal gap in the notch expands due to elastic deformation of the outer periphery, and the horizontal direction in the large dimension The golf ball support according to claim 5 , wherein the size of the golf ball can be enlarged. The golf ball support according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the golf ball support is entirely made of an elastic material.

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