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US 12,409,369 B2Granted
Golf ball teeing device and stand therefor
AssigneeTee Tender LLC
InventorsStanley Geller, Robert Pascale
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Abstract
A golf ball teeing device allows a tee with a golf ball balanced thereon, to be securely pierced into the ground, without having to bend over.
Claims15
A golf ball teeing device, comprising
- a seat for a golf ball,
- a pair of jaws arranged on either side of the golf ball seat and forming an opening for a tee for the golf ball at mating ends thereof,
- means for biasing the jaws together,
- a rod arranged to open the jaws against the biasing means and release the golf ball and tee from therebetween,
- a tubular shaft on which the jaws are pivotally mounted, and through which the rod movably extends along the shaft, the rod being configured, when pushed, to contact the jaws and pivotally open them against said biasing means,
- a meshing gear situated at an end of the rod, and
- a pair of meshing gears each pivotally arranged on a respective jaw and interlocking with the meshing gear at the end of the rod, such that pushing the rod against the action of the biasing means pivots the jaws outwardly from one another,
- wherein one of the jaws has an additional L-shaped protrusion to help guide and seat a golf ball during loading and teeing, and extending from said one jaw along one side of said golf ball seat towards the other of the jaws between said shaft and said golf ball tee opening defined by said jaws.
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Mechanism for locking a golf ball teeing device against opening and comprising
- a locking button arranged to laterally reciprocate in a groove on an actuating button arranged to open jaws coupled thereto and release a golf ball and tee held between the jaws when depressed, and
- a spring arranged to bias said locking button away from said groove,
- such that when said locking button is depressed and held against action of said spring, said actuating button is locked against movement, and
- when said locking button is released, said actuating button is unlocked and free to move,
- wherein the locking button is entirely arranged on one side of said actuating button,
- the locking button is positioned to be inserted into the groove of the actuating button by being depressed, and
- said groove is located between a top end of said actuating button and a compression spring biasing said actuating button in a direction away from said locking button.
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A golf ball teeing device, comprising
- a seat for a golf ball,
- a pair of jaws arranged on either side of the golf ball seat and forming an opening for a tee for the golf ball at mating ends thereof,
- means for biasing the jaws together,
- a rod arranged to open the jaws against the biasing means and release the golf ball and tee from therebetween,
- a tubular shaft on which the jaws are pivotally mounted, and through which the rod movably extends along the shaft, the rod being configured, when pushed, to contact the jaws and pivotally open them against said biasing means,
- a meshing gear situated at an end of the rod,
- a pair of meshing gears each pivotally arranged on a respective jaw and interlocking with the meshing gear at the end of the rod, such that pushing the rod against the action of the biasing means pivots the jaws outwardly from one another,
- a locking button arranged to laterally reciprocate in a groove on an actuating button arranged to open the jaws coupled thereto and release a golf ball and tee held between the jaws when depressed, and
- a spring arranged to bias said locking button away from said groove,
- such that when said locking button is depressed and held against action of said spring, said actuating button is locked against movement, and
- when said locking button is released, said actuating button is unlocked and free to move.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.