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US 11,504,590 B2Granted
Adjustable golf tee
AssigneeYatta Golf LLC
InventorsAbraham Bedard, Kelby Gatrell, Benjamin Bedard
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Abstract
An adjustable golf tee comprises a body extending from a head, a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body and spaced apart along a length of the body, and a flexible stop adjustably secured to the body between an adjacent pair of the plurality of bulbous portions. The flexible stop comprises a disc defining a central hole through which the body is configured to pass to releasably connect the flexible stop to the body.
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An adjustable golf tee, comprising:
- a body extending from a head;
- a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body, including a first bulbous portion and a second bulbous portion, each of the bulbous portions being spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the body by space portions such that a respective one of said space portions is provided between each adjacent pair of said bulbous portions;
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- a flexible stop having an aperture with a contact surface, the flexible stop being configured to be adjustably and alternatively secured to the body at each of said space portions between each adjacent pair of said bulbous portions such that the contact surface of the flexible stop contacts the body to form a flexible connection between the flexible stop and the body,
- wherein the flexible stop includes central protrusions surrounding the aperture, the central protrusions including a first central protrusion surrounding the aperture on a first side of the flexible stop and a second central protrusion surrounding the aperture on a second side of the flexible stop, the first side of the flexible stop being opposite from the second side of the flexible stop,
- wherein flexion is provided in an angle between a plane of the flexible stop and the longitudinal axis of the body by the flexible stop having a thickness at the contact surface of the aperture in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, and the thickness of the flexible stop at the contact surface of the aperture being less than a distance in the longitudinal axis of the body between the first bulbous portion at a maximum diameter of the first bulbous portion and the second bulbous portion at a maximum diameter of the second bulbous portion,
- wherein the first central protrusion extends in a first direction beyond a transition angle from an outer surface of the body and an outer surface of the first bulbous portion, the first direction being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, and
- wherein the second central protrusion extends in a second direction beyond a transition angle from the outer surface of the body and an outer surface of the second bulbous portion, the second direction being parallel to the longitudinal axis and opposite to the first direction.
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An adjustable golf tee, comprising:
- a body extending from a head, the body comprising a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body, including a first bulbous portion and a second bulbous portion, each of the bulbous portions being spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the body by space portions such that a respective one of said space portions is provided between each adjacent pair of said bulbous portions;
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- a flexible stop configured to be adjustably and alternatively secured to the body at each of said space portions between each adjacent pair of said bulbous portions, the flexible stop comprising:
- a disc;
- an aperture extending through the disc, the aperture having a contact surface configured that the contact surface of the flexible stop contacts the body to form a flexible connection between the flexible stop and the body;
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- central protrusions surrounding the aperture, the central protrusions including a first central protrusion surrounding the aperture on a first side of the flexible stop and a second central protrusion surrounding the aperture on a second side of the flexible stop, the first side of the flexible stop being opposite from the second side of the flexible stop;
- wherein flexion is provided in an angle between a plane of the flexible stop and the longitudinal axis of the body by the flexible stop having a thickness at the contact surface of the aperture in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, and the thickness of the flexible stop at the contact surface of the aperture being less than a distance in the longitudinal axis of the body between the first bulbous portion at a maximum diameter of the first bulbous portion and the second bulbous portion at a maximum diameter of the second bulbous portion,
- wherein the first central protrusion extends in a first direction beyond a transition angle from an outer surface of the body and an outer surface of the first bulbous portion, the first direction being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, and
- wherein the second central protrusion extends in a second direction beyond a transition angle from the outer surface of the body and an outer surface of the second bulbous portion, the second direction being parallel to the longitudinal axis and opposite to the first direction.
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