A63B 69/0075
Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking
Official title: {Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking or the like (golf tees A63B57/10)}
A63B69/0075 (Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking) appears on 326 US grants and 271 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 326
- Published applications
- 271
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Ball support batting tee55US 5,897,444 A1999
- Combined batting tee and strike indicator53US 4,819,937 A1989
- Exercise device having position verification feedback49US 7,513,852 B2Scott & Wilkins Enterprises, LLC · 2009
- Adjustable batting tee48US 5,004,234 A1991
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