WO2006109142A1 - Tee de golf - Google Patents

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WO2006109142A1
WO2006109142A1 PCT/IB2006/000850 IB2006000850W WO2006109142A1 WO 2006109142 A1 WO2006109142 A1 WO 2006109142A1 IB 2006000850 W IB2006000850 W IB 2006000850W WO 2006109142 A1 WO2006109142 A1 WO 2006109142A1
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anchoring portion
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golf tee
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Naiem Ismail Rangila
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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
    • A63B57/15—Golf tees height-adjustable

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to a golf tee, a ball-supporting portion for a golf tee and an anchoring portion for a golf tee.
  • a golf tee which includes : an elongated, resiliency flexible supporting portion having a free end for supporting a golf ball; and an anchoring portion for anchoring the golf tee in the ground with the supporting portion more or less upright and its free end uppermost, the supporting portion being attached to the anchoring portion in spigot/socket fashion, the opposite end of the supporting portion, opposite its free end, forming a spigot received by a socket defined by the anchoring portion.
  • the supporting portion is of a material which is sufficiently flexible so as to allow the supporting portion to bend when struck by a golf club.
  • the material of the supporting portion may be an elastomeric plastics material.
  • the anchoring portion and the supporting portion may have complementary engaging formations, whereby they engage each other, for secure attachment of the supporting portion to the anchoring portion, respectively in the socket of the anchoring portion and on the end of the supporting portion received by the socket.
  • the supporting portion and the anchoring portion may each be circular in cross-section, the engaging formation on the supporting portion comprising a projection in the form of circumferential rib, the engaging formation of the anchoring portion comprising a circumferential groove defined in the wall of the socket.
  • the ribs preferably have a shape which facilitates insertion of the supporting portion into the socket of the anchoring portion and resists disengagement of the supporting portion from the anchoring portion.
  • each rib may taper in a radially outward direction from a root of the rib to a peripheral edge of the rib, the rib having a side perpendicular to the axis of the ball-supporting portion and facing out of the socket, and a side sloping radially outwardly at an angle to said axis, axially towards the free end of the supporting portion.
  • the anchoring portion may be elongated, the anchoring portion defining a socket having a mouth at an end of the anchoring portion, and each groove may have a side which is perpendicular to the axial direction of the anchoring portion and another side sloping radially outwardly at an angle to said axis, axially towards the end of the anchoring portion where the mouth is defined.
  • the rib and the groove may each be provided by one or more screw threads.
  • the manner of attachment of the supporting portion to the engaging portion is such that, although the disengagement of the supporting portion from the anchoring portion is inhibited during normal use of the tee on a golf course, the supporting portion can be disengaged from the anchoring portion from time to time as required, either manually or with the aid of one or more simple tools, thereby to allow the supporting portion or the anchoring portion to be replaced when broken or worn.
  • the golf tee may include a releasably fastenable clamp, the spigot of the supporting portion being secured in the socket of the anchoring portion by means of the clamp.
  • the clamp may extend, in the fashion of a hose clamp, circumferentially around the anchoring portion in the region where the supporting portion is received. Such clamp may be tightened around the anchoring portion in the usual fashion by means of, for example, a screw.
  • the clamp may be provided by the anchoring portion, being in the form of a flap forming part of the anchoring portion defining the socket in which the spigot of the supporting portion is received, the flap being pivotable about a hinge between a closed condition and an open condition, the flap including a fastener or clip for fastening the flap in its closed condition.
  • the anchoring portion may also have engaging formations, or such engaging formations may be omitted.
  • the supporting portion may be of an elastomeric plastics material such as rubber.
  • the free end of the supporting portion may comprise a head, which may be cup-shaped, for example part-spherical, the supporting portion comprising also an elongated shaft, which may be right-circular cylindrical, the shaft extending from the head to the opposite end of the supporting portion, and the material of the head being stiffer than that of the shaft.
  • the head may have an upper ball-supporting surface which includes engaging formations, for example dimples, for engaging a golf ball.
  • the anchoring portion is preferably rigid, so as to allow or facilitate insertion thereof into the ground without unacceptable bending of the anchoring portion.
  • the anchoring portion is preferably of a polymeric plastics material but may also be of any other rigid material such as, for example, wood.
  • the anchoring portion may be tapering, for example conical, in shape, the apex or tip of the anchoring portion being at the end of the anchoring portion which is remote from the supporting portion, the end of the anchoring portion opposite its apex being provided with a gripping formation, to facilitate gripping of the anchoring portion when the anchoring portion is being inserted in or withdrawn from the ground.
  • the gripping formation may be in the form of a rib or flange which extends peripherally around and projects radially from said end of the anchoring portion, the outer peripheral edge of the rib or flange having a circumferential groove defined therein. It will be appreciated that the grooved gripping formation of the anchoring portion can facilitate insertion of the tee in the ground and withdrawal of the tee from the ground.
  • the anchoring portion and the supporting portion may be sized such that, when the anchoring portion is fully inserted into the ground, with the gripping formation rib abutting the surface of the ground, the ball will be supported at an appropriate, predetermined height above the ground. It will be appreciated that the tee may be manufactured in different sizes, thereby to allow a ball to be supported at different heights above the ground, as desired.
  • the invention extends also to an elongated ball-supporting portion for a golf tee as described above, the ball-supporting portion being of a resiliently flexible material and having a free end for supporting a golf ball, the opposite end of the ball- supporting portion having at least one engaging formation for engaging a complementary engaging formation in the socket of the associated anchoring portion of the tee.
  • the construction of the ball-supporting portion may otherwise be as described above with reference to the tee of the present invention.
  • the invention extends to an anchoring portion for a golf tee as described above, the anchoring portion being elongated and defining a socket having a mouth at an end of the anchoring portion, the socket of the anchoring portion having an engaging formation for engaging with a complementary engaging formation on the associated supporting portion of the tee.
  • the construction of the anchoring portion may otherwise be as described above with reference to the tee of the present invention.
  • a golf tee is provided which can be manufactured relatively simply and inexpensively, and which is easy to use.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of a golf tee in accordance with the invention comprising a supporting portion and an anchoring portion;
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional side elevation of a portion of the golf tee of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation of part of another embodiment of a golf tee in accordance with the invention comprising a supporting portion and an anchoring
  • Figure 4 shows the side elevation of the golf tee of Figure 3, the anchoring
  • Figure 5 is a side elevation of part of a further embodiment of a golf tee in
  • Figure 6 is a side elevation of a still further embodiment of a golf tee in
  • Figure 7 is an exploded side elevation of the golf tee of Figure 6 in which part
  • Figure 8 is an exploded side elevation of yet a further embodiment of a golf
  • tee in accordance with the invention comprising a supporting portion, an anchoring
  • golf tee 10 includes an elongated, resiliency flexible ball-supporting portion 12 and a
  • the supporting portion 12 has a free end
  • the supporting portion 12 is shown attached to the anchoring portion 14 in spigot/socket fashion, the end 20 of the supporting portion 12 opposite the free end 16 forming a spigot received by a socket 22 defined in the broad end 24 of the anchoring portion 14.
  • the supporting portion 12 and the anchoring portion 14 are each circular in cross-section.
  • the supporting portion 12 has radial projections in the form of circumferential ribs 26 which engage with complementary circumferential grooves 28 defined in the wall of the socket 22 of the anchoring portion 14.
  • Each rib 26 tapers in a radially outward direction from a root 29 to a peripheral edge 30, the rib 26 having a side 32 perpendicular to the axis of the portion 14 and facing out of the socket 22, and a side 34 sloping radially outwardly at an angle to the axis, axially away from the narrow end of the anchoring portion 14.
  • the supporting portion 12 is of an elastomeric plastics material, which in this example is rubber.
  • the free end 16 comprises a head 36, which is cup- shaped and part-spherical, and an elongated shaft 38, which is right-circular cylindrical, and extends from the head 36 to the end 20 of the supporting portion 12.
  • the head 36 is of rubber which is stiffer than that of the shaft 38.
  • the anchoring portion 14 is of a more or less rigid polymeric plastics material, which facilitates insertion thereof into the ground without unacceptable bending of the anchoring portion 14.
  • the anchoring portion 14 is generally conical in shape, the apex 40 of the cone being at the narrow end of the anchoring portion 14 which is remote from the supporting portion 12.
  • the broad end 24 of the anchoring portion 14 opposite the apex 40 has a gripping portion in the form of a circumferentially extending, radially outwardly projecting rib or flange 42 having a circumferential groove 44 defined in its outer periphery or edge, to facilitate gripping thereof when the anchoring portion 14 is being inserted in or withdrawn from the ground.
  • the anchoring portion 14 and the supporting portion 12 are sized such that, if the anchoring portion 14 is more or less fully inserted into the ground 46, with the gripping portion rib 42 abutting the ground 46, the ball 18 will be supported at an appropriate, predetermined height above the ground 46.
  • the flap 160 is pivotable about a hinge 162
  • the anchoring portion is provided with a clip 164 for fastening the flap
  • portion 12 is securely held captive within the socket 22 defined in the broad end 24
  • supporting portion 12 is removable from the anchoring portion 14.
  • a portion of a further embodiment of a golf tee in accordance with the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 200.
  • the opposite end or spigot 220 of the supporting portion 12 has projections in the form of screw threads 226 which engage with grooves provided by complementary screw threads 228 defined in the wall of a socket 222 of the anchoring portion 14, in which the end 220 is received.
  • the end 220 of the supporting portion 12 is generally conical in shape and tapers axially towards a narrow end or point. It will be appreciated that in another version of this embodiment of the invention (not shown), the end 220 could instead be right- circular cylindrical.
  • the golf tee 300 includes an anchoring portion 314 which comprises a gripping portion in the form of a generally disc-shaped broad end or head 370 and an axially extending spike 372 projecting from the head 370, a tip 340 of the spike 372 being at the end of a tapered part of the anchoring portion 314 remote from the supporting portion 12 ( Figure 6).
  • the supporting portion 12 and the anchoring portion 314 are each circular in cross- section.
  • the tee 300 may form part or a range or kit in which the supporting portion 12 is provided in different lengths ranging between 2 cm and 6 cm.
  • the anchoring portion in turn may be provided in different lengths ranging between 3 cm and 5 cm.
  • the head 36 is provided with dimples (not shown) on its upper surface to assist in positioning a golf ball (not shown) on the head 36.
  • the head 370 has a radially outwardly projecting circumferential rib or flange 374 at its upper extremity and the head 370 defines a circumferentially extending groove 344 adjacent and axially inwardly of the rib 374, to facilitate gripping thereof when the anchoring portion 314 is being inserted in the ground or withdrawn therefrom.
  • the supporting portion 12 has projections in the form of screw threads 326 which engage with grooves provided by complementary screw threads 328 defined in the wall of the socket 322 of the anchoring portion 314, the socket 322 being defined in the head 370.
  • the end 320 of this embodiment is right- circular-cylindrical in shape and does not taper. It will be appreciated that in another version of this embodiment of the invention (not shown), the end 320 may instead be generally conical in shape, tapering axially towards a narrow end or point.
  • a yet further embodiment of a golf tee in accordance with the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 400.
  • Like features to those of the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 are also designated by like reference numerals.
  • the golf tee 400 When the golf tee 400 is in its assembled form, its side elevation will be identical in appearance to that shown in Figure 6.
  • the supporting portion 12 is attached to an anchoring portion 414 in spigot/socket fashion, the opposite end 420, which is right-circular cylindrical, of the supporting portion 12 forming a smooth-sided spigot received by a smooth-sided socket 422 (shown in broken lines) defined in a generally disc-shaped broad end or head 470 of the anchoring portion 414.
  • the supporting portion 12 and the anchoring portion 414 are each circular in cross- section.
  • the anchoring portion 414 includes a spike 472 which projects from the end 470, a narrow end or tip 440 of the spike 472 being at the end of a tapered part of the anchoring portion 414 which is remote from the supporting portion 12 when the golf tee 400 is in its assembled form.
  • the anchoring portion 414 in this embodiment is of a two part construction in that it includes a more or less discshaped, annular, screw-on collar 480, the collar 480 being screwed on the end 470 of the portion 414 when the golf tee 400 is in its assembled form.
  • the collar 480 has a central, axially extending passage 482, screw threads 428 being defined in the wall of the passage 482.
  • the end 470 of the portion 414 has complementary screw threads 426 which engage with screw threads 428 of the collar 480.
  • the diameter of the end 420 of the supporting portion 12 is larger than that of the shaft 38 of the supporting portion 12 such that the lower end 420 defines an axially inwardly directed shoulder 484.
  • the socket 422 is, as indicated above, not screw-threaded, the wall defining the socket 422 being smooth.
  • the end of the passage 482 of the collar 480 remote from the tip 440 of the spike 472 is constricted by a radially inwardly projecting lip 486, which abuts against the shoulder 484 of the supporting portion 12 when the golf tee 400 is in its assembled form.
  • the lip 486 defines a right circular cylindrical neck of the passage 482, the neck being slightly larger in inside diameter than the head 36 of the shaft 38 of the supporting portion 12.
  • the collar 480 has a radially outwardly projecting circumferential rim 492 opposite the lip 486 and the collar 480 defines a circumferentially extending groove 444 adjacent the rim 492, to facilitate gripping thereof when the anchoring portion 414 is being inserted in the ground and when it is withdrawn therefrom.
  • the tee 10 in use, the tee 10 is inserted in the ground with the tee more or less upright, as shown in Figure 1 , the apex 40 of the anchoring portion 14 being lowermost and the head 36 of supporting portion 12 being uppermost.
  • the golf ball 18 is positioned on the head 36, and if the rib 42 abuts the ground 46, as shown, the ball 18 will automatically be at an acceptable or predetermined height above the ground.
  • the golf tees 100 (Figures 3 and 4), 200 (Figure 5), 300 ( Figures 6 and 7) and 400 ( Figure 8) are used in a similar fashion, the collar 480 being screwed on the upper end 470 of the anchoring portion 414 when the tee 400 is inserted into the ground.
  • the invention also provides for a golf tee which can be easy to use as well as relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the gripping formation on the anchoring portion can allow for easy insertion of the tee into the ground and removal of the tee from the ground. Insertion and removal can also be facilitated by the anchoring portion's being of a more rigid material than the resiliently flexible ball- supporting portion, as described above.
  • the anchoring portion and the ball-supporting portion can be sized such that, when the anchoring portion is more or less fully inserted into the ground, a ball will be supported at an appropriate, predetermined height above the ground.
  • the ball-supporting portion or the anchoring portion, or both can be manufactured in different sizes, thereby to allow a ball to be supported at different heights above the ground, as desired by a user, for example to accommodate different ground conditions or different types of golf clubs being used.
  • the invention can also provide for easy replacement of different ball-supporting portions and/or anchoring portions, which may be of different sizes as may be selected by a user, for assembly into a golf tee.

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La présente invention concerne un tee de golf (10) qui inclut une partie de support (12) comportant une extrémité libre (16) destinée à recevoir la balle de golf et une partie d’ancrage (14) destinée à ancrer le tee dans le sol. La partie de support (12) est fixée à la partie d’ancrage (14) par emboîtement, une extrémité (20) de la partie de support formant un bout mâle s’emboîtant dans un bout femelle (22) défini par la partie d’ancrage (14), des nervures (26) formées sur le bout mâle (20) venant en prise dans des rainures (28) du bout femelle (22). La partie de support (12) est en caoutchouc ou en matière plastique similairement souple tandis que la partie d’ancrage (14) est constituée d’une matière plastique rigide. L’invention concerne également une partie de support de balle pour tee de golf et une partie d’ancrage pour tee de golf.
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WO2022191818A1 (fr) * 2021-03-08 2022-09-15 Practice Perfect Golf Solutions, Llc Système de tee de golf réglable en hauteur

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DE20014825U1 (de) * 2000-08-28 2000-11-23 Opdemom Heinz Golf-Tee
WO2001002063A1 (fr) * 1999-07-01 2001-01-11 Xavier Seguineau Tee a positions multiples
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US3559998A (en) * 1968-09-16 1971-02-02 Norman A Kelly Golf tee
US3645537A (en) * 1970-10-05 1972-02-29 Raymond Lee Organization Inc Tilttop golf tee
JPH05212142A (ja) * 1992-02-05 1993-08-24 Wani Mokko:Kk ゴルフティー
WO2001002063A1 (fr) * 1999-07-01 2001-01-11 Xavier Seguineau Tee a positions multiples
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US20030181262A1 (en) * 2002-03-20 2003-09-25 Lee Hyung Choon Golf tee
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US20220040544A1 (en) * 2020-08-05 2022-02-10 Nicholas Christopher Margin Golf tee support
WO2022191818A1 (fr) * 2021-03-08 2022-09-15 Practice Perfect Golf Solutions, Llc Système de tee de golf réglable en hauteur

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