KR101389328B1 - Golf tee - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a board-type golf tee which can be packaged in mass and transported easily, has excellent portability to keep the golf tee in a pocket, consumes a small amount of resources, and has a structure capable of showing off advertisement words. For the purpose, the board-type golf tee according to the present invention comprises: a supporting member having a lower end fixed to the ground; and a mounting member for mounting a golf ball on the supporting member. The supporting member and the mounting member have bodies composed of plastic boards having rectangular cross sections and having thicknesses thinner compared with widths. The mounting member comprises: a two-point mounting member, which is a supporting point for mounting and supporting a golf ball, extending upward from the supporting member and having a width increasing gradually compared with the supporting member to be formed at facing positions; and an elastic mounting member extending vertically from the supporting member to the central position of the two-point mounting member, supporting the golf ball by being opened while being bent toward one side perpendicularly to the two-point mounting member, forming at least triangular supporting points together with the two-point mounting member when mounting the golf ball, and being restored to a vertical erection state by an elastic restoring force when the mounting state of the golf ball is released.

Description

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The present invention relates to a golf tee supporting a golf ball when driving for a tee off in a golf game, and more particularly, to a plate-shaped golf tee that is easy to carry and store.

A golf game is a game in which a hole is formed in a lawn far away and a golf ball is blown away or forward by using a golf club so that a player who hits a golf ball in the hole as the shortest number of hits is concealed, Will start at the tee ground. Normally, a rod-shaped golf tee having a length of about 5 to 9 cm is put on the tee ground and then the golf ball is placed on the golf tee.

The golf tee used here is usually made of wood or plastic. The upper end of the golf tee is extended to the shape of a hollow tubular trunk so that the golf ball can be placed thereon. The lower end of the golf tee is sharpened so as to easily fit on the ground.

Figure 1 (a ~ e) shows a variety of golf tees that are widely used in the market, (a) is a golf tee (10) injected into the wood or synthetic resin commonly used because of the low price, (b) Is a golf tee (12) of Callaway Co., Ltd., one of the golfing equipment companies, and has a flat contour shape of a four-legged golf tee (12) protruding upward from the four legs. Is a golf tee 14 formed as a bracket to support and rest the golf ball in order to reduce friction when swinging, and (d) and (e) are three-way golf formed as a support to settle and support the golf ball. Tees 16 and 18.

However, in the golf tees 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 of the various shapes described above, common parts 10a, 12a, 14a, 16a, and 18a for supporting the golf ball are supported by the support parts 10b and 12b. In relation to having a diameter larger than 14b, 16b, and 18b, i.e., the head of the upper end (settles 10a, 12a, 14a, 16a, 18a) is the body of the lower support 10b, 12b, 14b, 16b, 18b. It is much larger and consists mostly of circular structure, which makes it inconvenient to package the product, it takes a lot of packing case and is unstable when stacking a plurality of products, especially for the golfer who is the end consumer. It takes a lot of volume, and because of its irregular shape up and down, it has been pointed out that it is not organized in the pocket, entangled and occupies a lot of space, and the inconvenience of carrying has always been pointed out.

In addition, since the body has a circular cross-section, there is a problem that a large amount of material is consumed and the visibility of the advertisement and the print display of the advertisement text are poor.

Korean Patent No. 10-0754118 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0003984 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0047483

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for packaging a product, which can be easily packed and transported, can be stored in a wallet, And a visibility of the golf club is improved.

According to one embodiment of the plate-shaped golf tee of the present invention for achieving the above object, the lower end of the golf club comprising a support member is fixed to the ground, and a settling member provided to settle the golf ball on the support member In the tee, the support member and the settling member is formed of a plastic plate of a rectangular cross-sectional shape having a relatively thin thickness compared to the width, the settling member is an upper side from the support member as a support point for placing and supporting the golf ball A two-point settling member extending in the width direction and gradually extending in width than the supporting member so as to face each other; Extends vertically upward from the support member to an intermediate position of the two-point settling member, and when the golf ball is settled, the two-point settling member is bent toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the two-point settling member and at least with the two-point settling member; It forms a triangular support point to support the golf ball, the elastic settling member to return to the vertical standing state by the elastic restoring force when the settling state of the golf ball is released.

According to the present invention, the elastic settling member is characterized in that the elastic plate member which is integrally injection-molded with the support member or connected by insert injection or connected by heat fusion.

According to the present invention, the elastic settling member includes two elastic plate members facing each other, so that the two elastic plates are separated from each other when the golf ball is settled to support four points in a + shape with a two-point settling member. It is characterized by.

According to a plate-shaped golf tee according to another embodiment of the present invention, a golf tee comprising a support member having a lower end driven into the ground and a settling member provided for placing a golf ball on the support member. And the enclosing member is formed of a plastic plate having a rectangular cross-sectional shape having a relatively thin thickness compared to the width, wherein the enclosing member extends upward from the support member as a support point for supporting the golf ball by placing it therein. A two-point settled member formed in a position facing each other with a width gradually wider than that of the member; Point cross member positioned at a right angle so as to form a + shape with respect to the two-point seating member when the golf ball is used for laying a golf ball, the two-point cross member being formed of a plate member of the same thickness separated from the two- And an engaging groove for engaging the two-point rest member and the two-point cross member in a separable shape of a + shape.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the two-point cross member may include at least one protrusion protruding from the bottom surface of the two-point seat member for storing the two-point cross member in the same plane as the two- And a pair of fasteners formed of holes formed at corresponding positions of the two-point seat member.

In addition, according to the present invention, the two-point crossing seat member is injection-molded so that the body of the two-point crossing seat member is connected to each other by the two-point seat member and the connecting rod member.

In addition, according to the present invention, the two-point crossing restraint member is connected to the two-point restraint member by a separate elastic rubber string to prevent loss.

According to the present invention, a plurality of golf tees are injection-molded at the same time, and their bodies are formed in a line-by-line manner by thin connecting lines at the time of injection, and are separated one by one at the connecting line portions in use .

Since the golf tee is formed of a thin plate-like member, the present invention can improve the convenience of storing a plurality of pockets together and can be stored in a wallet, and can be easily stored in a pocket for easy use. It is advantageous in that the cost of production, transportation and storage can be reduced, and the advertising effect on a wide flat flat surface is high.

1 (a) to 1 (f) illustrate golf tees used in the prior art.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention,
3 is a front view of a plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention,
Figure 4 is a view showing that the elastic plate of the plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention is bent to one side when the golf ball settled,
5 is a view showing a plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention to support the three points by placing the golf ball.
6 is a perspective view showing a modified embodiment of the plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention,
7 is a view showing that the elastic plate of the plate-shaped golf tee according to Figure 6 is bent to both sides when the golf ball settled,
FIG. 8 is a view showing the plate-shaped golf tee shown in FIG. 6 supporting four points by placing a golf ball.
9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the plate-type golf tee according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the two-point intersecting member is separated in the plate type golf tee according to FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a view showing a state in which a two-point cross settling member is coupled to a two-point settling member in a + shape in order to settle a golf ball in the sheet-shaped golf tee shown in FIG. 9.
12 is a view showing another modified embodiment of the plate-shaped golf tee according to FIG.
13 is a view showing a state in which a plurality of plate-shaped golf tees of the present invention are laminated.

In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced.

These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily mutually exclusive, even if different. By way of example, certain aspects, structures, or features described herein in connection with one embodiment may be practiced by other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of individual elements within each disclosed embodiment may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims, properly interpreted, and equivalents within a sufficient range to which the claims relate. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions in the various figures.

2 to 5 is a view showing an example of a plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention, the plate-shaped golf tee 30 of the present invention shown in the entirety 30 is fixed to the pointed lower end 32 by driving the ground The support member 34 and the support member 38 is provided for placing the golf ball 36 on the support member 34, the support forming the entire body of the plate-shaped golf tee 30 The member 34 and the settling member 38 form a body with a plastic plate having a rectangular cross-sectional shape having a thickness t relatively thinner than the width B, but the settling member 38 is a golf ball 36. It extends upward from the support member 34 as a support point for supporting the settled, the width is gradually expanded than the support member 34 (see the expanded width B1 of Figure 3) is formed at positions facing each other 2-point settling members 40a, 40b: 4) and vertically upward from the support member 34 to an intermediate position of the two-point settling member 40, and shown in FIG. 4 by the weight of the golf ball 36 when the golf ball 36 is settled. As shown in FIG. 5, at least a triangular support point is formed together with the two-point settling member 40 while being opened toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the two-point settling member 40. When the settled state of the golf ball 36 is released, the elastic settling member returns to the standing state vertically by the elastic restoring force (that is, in the deformed state of FIG. 4, returning to the initial state of FIG. 2). (42) is provided.

The elastic settling member 42 is injection molded integrally with the support member 34 as shown, or the elastic settling member 42 is injection molded into a body having elasticity separately from the main bodies 34 and 40 and then When inserting the lower end of the main body (34,40) by injection molding insert or connecting the lower end of the elastic seat member 42 by heat fusion, in the case of forming a single body of the golf tee 30 The body is formed of an elastic plastic, and in the case of forming a separate body to connect to the body, the body can be applied to an inelastic material, but the elastic member 42 is made of a material having elasticity It is formed of one elastic plate.

The one elastic plate 42 described above may be caused to bend in the direction as shown in FIG. 5 when the golf ball 36 is supported, but may be bent in the opposite direction, and in the opposite direction. Although not shown in the figure to be bent in the vertical direction in parallel with the elastic plate member 42 so as to have a height that can support the middle of the elastic plate member 42 to be opened to be bent to the support position of the golf ball 36 The support piece can be projected to be settled.

6 to 8 is a plate-shaped golf tee (30a) according to a modified embodiment of the present invention, the support member 34 for driving the fixed lower end 32 to the ground and the support member 34, The point that the settling member 38 and the settling member 38 provided to settle the golf ball 36 includes two-point settling members 40a and 40b (hereinafter, the reference numerals are denoted by 40). The embodiment is the same as the invention, but in the elastic settling member, while the embodiment of FIG. 1 is composed of one elastic plate member 42, the elastic settling member 44 faces each other and stands up to face each other. It differs only in that it is formed of two elastic plate members 44a and 44b (denoted using 44 as a representative reference numeral), and the main body 34 is provided with an elastic settling member 44 composed of two elastic plate members 44a and 44b. , 40) is the same as the invention of FIG.

Accordingly, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, one elastic plate member 42 is provided so that the golf ball 36 has a three-point support structure. However, the embodiment of FIG. 6 provides two elastic plate members 44a. , 44b) so that the two elastic plate members 44a and 44b are separated from each other when the golf ball is settled to support four points in a + -shape together with the two-point settling members 40a and 40b.

Here, the elastic settle member 40, 44 protrudes upwards slightly longer than the upper end of the two-point settled member (40a, 40b) in the vertical standing state, which is the elastic settle member (40, 44) golf Each support point is designed to be in the same plane when the three-point support or the four-point support is opened by the ball 36, so that the two-point settling members 40a and 40b naturally exist in the state where the elastic settling members 40 and 44 stand up. This is because it has a length that protrudes upward rather than the top of.

9 to 12 is a plate-shaped golf tee according to another embodiment of the present invention, according to the embodiment, the plate-shaped golf tee (30b) is a support member for driving the fixed pointed lower end 32 to the ground ( 34 and a support member (34) provided to settle the golf ball (36) on the support member (34), the support member (34) forming the entire body of the plate-shaped golf tee (30b). ) And the settling member 38 form a body of a plastic plate having a rectangular cross-sectional shape having a thickness (t) relatively to the width (B), wherein the settling member 38 encloses the golf ball 36. The two-point settlement members 40a and 40b which extend from the supporting member 34 to the upper side as a supporting point for supporting and are formed at positions facing each other gradually wider than the supporting member 34 are represented by 40) and a separate body from the two-point settling member 40 The two-point settling member (46: 46a, 46b) is separated and molded is coupled to the two-point settlement member 40 in a + shape to support four points of the golf ball 36, the two-point settling member Coupling grooves 48a and 48b for fitting the 46 into a + -shape are provided on both side members, and these coupling grooves 48a and 48b are sized to tightly fit the thickness t of the golf tee. Have.

The two-point seating member 40 and the two-point cross-seating element 46 are injection-molded as separate bodies to prevent loss of the two-point cross-seating element 46 and to increase the ease of packaging, , One or more protrusions (50) protruding from the bottom surface of the two-point seat member (40), and a hole (52) formed at a corresponding position of the two-point seat member Point projections 50 of the two-point cross member 46 are fitted into the holes 52 of the two-point placement member 40 so that the projections 50 of the two- It is possible to store the two-point cross member 46 on the same plane as the two-point seating member 40. This makes it possible to stack and pack a large number of golf tees so that the packaging is minimized, The convenience is enhanced.

Accordingly, it is stored in the state as shown in FIG. 9, and in use, the two-point intersecting member 46 is pulled out from the two-point interposing member 40 to separate it (see FIG. 10). When the mounting member 46 is rotated by 90 ° on a plane and the two coupling grooves 48a and 48b are aligned with each other and fitted together, a + -shaped settling member 38 as shown in FIG. 11 is formed. When the golf ball 36 is placed on the settling member 38 and the golf tee 30b is pressed into the ground by pressing the golf tee 30b, the pointed lower end 32 becomes lodged on the ground. 36) is stably supported by four points by the settling member 38 spread in a + shape.

12 is a modified embodiment of the plate-shaped golf tee according to the present invention, the golf tee (30c) is a fastener for coupling and storing the two-point cross-position member 46 to the two-point settlement member 40 ( 54) Instead, the injection molding of the golf tee is injection molded so that the two-point cross settle member 46 is connected to the connecting strap member 56 having a predetermined length so that the two-point settle member 46 does not run off and is always suspended on the two-point settled member 40. It was. As a result, the loss of the two-point cross settle member 46 is prevented, and when the fastener 54 of FIG. 10 is provided together, the convenience of carrying and storing the two-point cross settle member 46 is further improved.

Meanwhile, instead of forming the connecting string member 56 by injection, holes 58 and 60 are formed in both members, respectively, as shown in FIG. 12, and an elastic rubber band is formed between these holes 58 and 60. By connecting to the two-point cross settle member 46 may be configured to prevent the loss.

The golf tees (30, 30a, 30b, 30c) of the present invention are a plurality of injection molding at the same time through one mold, when the injection is made in the form of being connected in series to each other by a thin connection line, the bundle of bundles The golf tee will be removed and used one by one at the connecting line.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a state in which a plurality of plate-type golf tees 30 are stacked in front and rear directions 30d according to the present invention, showing that packaging, storage, and carrying are easy due to the characteristics of the thin plate.

Preferred embodiments of the invention have been described herein, which is the best mode known to the inventor in carrying out the invention. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications of these preferred embodiments are possible from the foregoing description. For example, although the golf tee of the present invention is manufactured using a plate material, it is possible to deform the body of the support member into a circular cross-section instead of directly applying the embodiments of the present invention, The skilled artisan will appreciate that such variations will be employed. Accordingly, the invention includes all modifications that are equivalent to the subject matter recited in the claims appended hereto as permitted by applicable law. Furthermore, all possible combinations of the above-mentioned elements will be included in the present invention unless specifically mentioned or excluded in the present specification.

30, 30a, 30b, 30c: plate type golf tee 30d: plate type golf tee laminate
32: lower end portion 34: support member
36: golf ball 38 (40, 44, 46): anchor member
40 (40a, 40b): two point rest member 42: resilient rest member (resilient plate member)
44 (44a, 44b): Elastic seat member (elastic plate member)
46 (46a, 46b): Two-point crossing member 48 (48a, 48b): Coupling groove
50: projection 52: hole
54 (50, 52): fastener 56:
58,60: Hole (for binding rubber band)

Claims (8)

A golf tee comprising: a support member having a lower end fixedly mounted on a ground; and an anchor member provided to support a golf ball on the support member, wherein the support member and the anchor member have a rectangular cross section Wherein the holding member is a supporting point for holding and supporting a golf ball and extending upward from the supporting member and being formed at a position where the width of the supporting member is gradually wider than the supporting member and faces each other Two point rest member; Extends vertically upward from the support member to an intermediate position of the two-point settling member, and when the golf ball is settled, the two-point settling member is bent toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the two-point settling member and at least with the two-point settling member; Forming a triangular support point to support the golf ball, when the release state of the golf ball, an elastic seat member to return to the vertical standing state by the elastic restoring force; plate-type golf tee comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the elastic member comprises two elastic plate facing each other, the two elastic plate member is separated from each other when the golf ball is settled to support the four points in the + shape with the two-point settle member. Plate-type golf tee, characterized in that configured to be. The plate-shaped golf tee according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the elastic settling member is an elastic plate member which is integrally formed with the supporting member by injection molding, connected by insert injection, or connected by heat welding. delete delete delete delete delete

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