WO1991017801A1 - Tee de golf - Google Patents

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WO1991017801A1
WO1991017801A1 PCT/SE1991/000354 SE9100354W WO9117801A1 WO 1991017801 A1 WO1991017801 A1 WO 1991017801A1 SE 9100354 W SE9100354 W SE 9100354W WO 9117801 A1 WO9117801 A1 WO 9117801A1
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tee
folding zone
tee according
anchoring
middle portion
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Lars Eriksson
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Lars Eriksson
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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
    • A63B57/10—Golf 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
    • A63B57/13—Golf tees foldable or separable
    • 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
    • A63B57/16—Brush-type tees

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  • the present invention relates to a golf tee comprising an anchoring portion, a middle portion and a bowled formed portion for supporting a golf ball.
  • the tees usually used today on golf-links around the world are manufactured by wood or plastic having a point formed portion intended to be pressed down into the ground and a rigid middle portion which ends in a bowl formation for supporting a golf ball.
  • Thi ⁇ type of tee has many drawbacks consisting in that the tee loosen easily from the smashing out place during smash ⁇ ing out and is spread around so that it litters, it destroys lawn-movers and you have to search for it. Further the tee breaks sometimes during smashing out and has to be replaced by a new one, small pieces are spread without being visible and are then lying in the way for lawn-movers and said small pieces are difficult to find and to remove when you cannot see them. Owing to that the tee is rigid it flys easy its way, breaks easily and does not yield but can sqeeze be ⁇ tween the club and the ball and thus jeopardize the smash so that the ball path is deteriorated.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a tee of the type described in the beginning, by which the drawbacks mentioned above are eliminated.
  • the features which are significative for the invention are stated in the following claims.- Thanks to the invention a new type of tee is provided having a fold- and deformation area, by which the tee can be fold aside and/or be deformated by a club hit during a smash out and then, during the folding and/or deformation decrease the stress on the tee and thus get it to more often remain at the smashing out place and further minimize the risk that the tee will be hit off. Having a fold- and deformation area the time is extended to attack the tee by the clubhit.
  • the tee can be made so that it easily can be anchored at the smashing out place, since its anchor ⁇ ing portion in cross section can be starfor ed, which pre ⁇ vents that the ground around the same expands during the pressing down.
  • anchor ⁇ ing portion in cross section can be starfor ed, which pre ⁇ vents that the ground around the same expands during the pressing down.
  • it can also be formed normally, that is conical or the like.
  • Fig. l shows a side view of a tee according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross section along the line A-A through the tee in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 shows a cross section along the line B-B thorugh the tee in Fig. l and 4,
  • Fig. 4 shows a side view of a tee according a second embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 shows a side view of a tee according a third embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 6 shows a side view of a tee according a fourth embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 7 shows a plan view from the line A-A in the tee in Fig. 6, .
  • Fig. 8 shows a side view of a tee according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 9 shows a perspective view of the tee in Fig. 8,
  • Fig. 10 shows a side view of a tee according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 11 shows a side view of a tee according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 12 shows a side view of a tee according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 13 shows a side view of a tee according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention, by which the folding zone is sunk in a collarformed portion
  • Fig. 14 shows a side view of a tee according to a tenth embod-lment of the present invention
  • Fig. 15 shows a schematic side view of the tee in Fig. 14 during the hit of a club blade
  • Fig. 16 shows a side view of a tee according to an eleventh embodiment according to the present invention.
  • a first embodiment of a tee 1 according to the present invention is illustrated, said tee l comprises an anchoring portion 2, a middle portion 3 and a bowl formed portion 4 supporting a golfball.
  • the middle portion 3 con- sist of an integrally formed material piece yieldable late ⁇ rally, said portion forms a folding zone 5 for performing a lateral movement of that portion of the tee l situated above anchoring portion 2 when being hit by a golf club during a smashing out. Owing to this a tee break and/or a smashing away of the tee 1 from its anchoring place in the ground by the club during a mishit is eliminated.
  • the folding zone 5 is in the embodiment illustrated in Fig.
  • Fig. 2 and 3 illustrate cross sections along the lines A-A and B-B in Fig. 1 and from which can be seen that the golf ball supporting portion 4 is bowl formed and that the anchoring portion 2 is provided with ribs 6 for easy pressing down into the ground.
  • the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4 has an elongated fold- ing zone 5.
  • the folding zone can be thread- or strip formed in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 4, 6 and 13 or consists of a combi ⁇ nation of said forms.
  • the embodiment according to Fig. 5 comprises a folding zone 5 along the middle portion 3, which is tube formed and said tube formation extends upwards in the tee 1 and terminates collarformed in the golf ball supporting portion 4.
  • the ribs 6 on the anchoring portion are barb formed for better anchoring into the ground.
  • FIG. 6 and 7 can be seen an embodiment of a tee 1, which har a ⁇ tarformed cross section of the anchoring por ⁇ tion 2 and a thinner bowl formation of the golf ball sup ⁇ porting portion 4 to be able to be easier defo ⁇ nated by smashes without too easy be broken.
  • the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8 and 9 has a folding zone 5 provided with slits 7 above each other and extending in the cross-direction of the tee 1, and the thinwall tube formation of said tee 1 having upwards diverging walls.
  • the tube formation can be conically formed.
  • the folding zone 5 can extend all the way up to the top to easier be able to be deformed without being easy broken. In this case the tee will become very flexible and is bend and stretched out when being hit as a concertina or network 12 in the same way as illustrated in Fig. 15.
  • the folding zone 5 now functions best during smashing, but is yet rather rigid during the pressing down movement of the tee into the ground.
  • Fig. 10 illustrates a tee 1 having elongated slits 8, extending in their longitudinal direction, said slits are intended to avoid gathering of ma ⁇ terial in the folding zone 5 when bending the same during hit of a club blade.
  • the slits 8 can ex ⁇ tend all the way up to top of the tee. It can in this case take up deformations without being broken easy.
  • Fig. 11 illustrates an embodiment reminding about that illu ⁇ strated in Fig. 8, but here the transverse slits 7 are dif- ferently placed in the folding zone 5.
  • the embodiment illusatrated in Fig. 12 has a folding zone 5 consisting of a bellow-formed, thin-walled tube formation 9. When smashing the bellow can be folded and/or stretched like a concertina.
  • FIG. 13 an embodiment of the tee 1 is illustrated, by which the folding zone 5 is submerged into a collar formed part 10 in the anchoring portion 2 and said part also is a stopp flange for the pressing down movement of the tee l into the ground along a predetermined distance.
  • tees having tubular folding- and deformation zones give better possibilities for a person to press them down into the ground where the smashing out shall take place.
  • the breaking point in this case is situated outside the point of balance during substantially upright position i.e. a verti ⁇ cal location of the tee.
  • the trend that the tee tilts when a ball is lying on its upper portion is reduced also by these types of tees. They have also easier to take up deformations without break.
  • the folding zone 5 of the tee can extend right up to the ball according to Fig. 14 and 15.
  • the fold ⁇ ing zone 5 itself can accordingly be thread-, strip-, tube-, oval-, edged- or ribformed in oblique, straight, bent or similar extensions above the tip or anchoring portion 2 of the tee.
  • Fig. 16 an embodiment is illustrated which reminds about that in Fig. 14. It also is similar to that princip accord- ing the tee in Fig. 4.
  • the folding zone 5 comprises spring formed wire connections 13, whereby a yielding of the parts 3 and 4 by smashings can be provided.
  • the tee can be ended by a bowl formation for the ball or the spring structure alone can act as a bowl.
  • the round- ing of the spring-formed wire connections 13 look like a washing plate, i.e. the spring turns extend into each other.

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Abstract

Tee de golf (1) comportant une zone (5) flexible, pliable et déformable qui lui permet de ne pas se casser aussi facilement qu'un tee courant. Il ne sort pas aussi facilement de sa position d'implantation lors d'un coup de golf. Une des caractéristiques de la présente invention est donc la zone flexible et pliable (5). La partie d'enfoncement (2) du tee (1) et la partie de support (4) de la balle de golf peuvent avoir des configurations différentes . La zone pliable (5) peut commencer à un niveau proche de la pointe du tee et se terminer à proximité de la partie supérieure dans toutes les variantes. En raison de son potentiel de déformation et de sa résistance accrue au poids le tee risque moins de se casser. La sécheresse du coup à l'impact avec la tête d'un club est amortie dans le mouvement en raison de la flexibilité du tee.
PCT/SE1991/000354 1990-05-21 1991-05-17 Tee de golf WO1991017801A1 (fr)

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EP91910137A EP0484499B1 (fr) 1990-05-21 1991-05-17 Tee de golf
DE69116642T DE69116642T2 (de) 1990-05-21 1991-05-17 Golftee

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SE9001833A SE468075B (sv) 1990-05-21 1990-05-21 Golfpeg
SE9001833-4 1990-05-21

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GB2258161B (en) * 1991-08-01 1995-11-22 John Michael John St Golf Tee
WO2001078846A1 (fr) * 2000-04-13 2001-10-25 Ingenieurbüro Für Kunststofftechnik Tee de golf
WO2001089637A1 (fr) * 2000-05-26 2001-11-29 Dieter Dominick Tee a disque partiellement flexible, en plusieurs pieces, comprenant une cheville
FR2859387A1 (fr) * 2003-09-05 2005-03-11 Claude Pommereau Support de balle de golf ou tee
WO2005058430A1 (fr) 2003-12-17 2005-06-30 Trawoeger Werner Tee de golf
WO2005068025A1 (fr) * 2004-01-02 2005-07-28 Evolve Golf, Inc. Tee de golf comportant des branches de support
GB2456896A (en) * 2008-01-29 2009-08-05 Hirofusa Otsubo Golf tee
JP6895594B1 (ja) * 2021-03-10 2021-06-30 次康 坂本 ゴルフティー
USD936164S1 (en) * 2019-12-06 2021-11-16 P&P Imports LLC Golf tee

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JP6483783B1 (ja) * 2017-10-27 2019-03-13 株式会社第一クリエイト ゴルフティー
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GB238599A (en) * 1924-05-19 1925-08-19 Charles Washington Read Improvements in or relating to golf tees
US1942672A (en) * 1931-06-23 1934-01-09 Thompson Howard Russell Golf tee
US2011203A (en) * 1933-07-28 1935-08-13 Nippon Trading Company Golf tee
US2440473A (en) * 1944-10-11 1948-04-27 Hughes Joseph William Tee for golf balls
US2839304A (en) * 1955-07-15 1958-06-17 Lerick Lester Flexible golf tee
US4645208A (en) * 1985-09-25 1987-02-24 Morabeto James W Golf tee

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GB238599A (en) * 1924-05-19 1925-08-19 Charles Washington Read Improvements in or relating to golf tees
US1942672A (en) * 1931-06-23 1934-01-09 Thompson Howard Russell Golf tee
US2011203A (en) * 1933-07-28 1935-08-13 Nippon Trading Company Golf tee
US2440473A (en) * 1944-10-11 1948-04-27 Hughes Joseph William Tee for golf balls
US2839304A (en) * 1955-07-15 1958-06-17 Lerick Lester Flexible golf tee
US4645208A (en) * 1985-09-25 1987-02-24 Morabeto James W Golf tee

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2258161B (en) * 1991-08-01 1995-11-22 John Michael John St Golf Tee
WO2001078846A1 (fr) * 2000-04-13 2001-10-25 Ingenieurbüro Für Kunststofftechnik Tee de golf
WO2001089637A1 (fr) * 2000-05-26 2001-11-29 Dieter Dominick Tee a disque partiellement flexible, en plusieurs pieces, comprenant une cheville
FR2859387A1 (fr) * 2003-09-05 2005-03-11 Claude Pommereau Support de balle de golf ou tee
WO2005028040A2 (fr) * 2003-09-05 2005-03-31 Claude Pommereau Support de balle de golf ou tee
WO2005028040A3 (fr) * 2003-09-05 2005-06-09 Claude Pommereau Support de balle de golf ou tee
US7704165B2 (en) 2003-09-05 2010-04-27 Claude Pommereau Golf ball support or tee
WO2005058430A1 (fr) 2003-12-17 2005-06-30 Trawoeger Werner Tee de golf
WO2005068025A1 (fr) * 2004-01-02 2005-07-28 Evolve Golf, Inc. Tee de golf comportant des branches de support
GB2456896A (en) * 2008-01-29 2009-08-05 Hirofusa Otsubo Golf tee
USD936164S1 (en) * 2019-12-06 2021-11-16 P&P Imports LLC Golf tee
JP6895594B1 (ja) * 2021-03-10 2021-06-30 次康 坂本 ゴルフティー

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SE9001833L (sv) 1991-11-22
SE9001833D0 (sv) 1990-05-21
EP0484499B1 (fr) 1996-01-24
SE468075B (sv) 1992-11-02
ES2085994T3 (es) 1996-06-16
AU7905091A (en) 1991-12-10
DE69116642D1 (de) 1996-03-07
DE69116642T2 (de) 1996-08-29
EP0484499A1 (fr) 1992-05-13

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