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US 2014/0274474 A1Published application
Golf Tee Setting Apparatus
AssigneePhil Schlamp
InventorPhil Schlamp
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises an elongated body comprising a top end, a bottom end, a chamber extending away from the bottom end, a hole extending through the bottom end into the chamber, and a door to expose the chamber and an interior of the hole. The chamber retains a golf tee with the door in a closed position. The hole enables only a bottom portion of the golf tee to extend beyond the bottom end. An adjustment mechanism adjusts a depth of the chamber to position the golf tee to protrude a desired length out of the hole during placement of the golf tee into a tee ground. A retention mechanism urges the door into the closed position and enables the door to open with an upward movement of the apparatus after the golf tee has been placed into the tee ground.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body comprising a top end, a bottom end, a chamber extending upward away from said bottom end, a hole extending through said bottom end into said chamber, and a door being formed along a portion of a side of said elongated body to expose said chamber and an interior of said hole, said chamber being configured to be operable to retain a golf tee with said door in a closed position, said hole being configured to be operable to enable only a bottom portion of the golf tee to extend beyond said bottom end;
- an adjustment mechanism being configured to be operable to adjust a depth of said chamber to position the golf tee to protrude a desired length out of said hole during placement of the golf tee into a tee ground;
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- an resilient retention mechanism being configured to be operable to urge said door into said closed position and to enable said door to hinge open with an upward movement of the apparatus after the golf tee has been placed into the tee ground to release the golf tee.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body comprising a top end, a bottom end, means being configured to be operable for retaining a golf tee within said elongated body, a hole extending through said bottom end into said retaining means, and means being configured to be operable for exposing said retaining means and an interior of said hole, said hole being configured to be operable to enable only a bottom portion of the golf tee to extend beyond said bottom end, which said retaining means and said hole combine to straighten a damaged golf tee placed in the apparatus;
- means being configured to be operable for adjusting a position the golf tee to protrude a desired length out of said hole during placement of the golf tee into a tee ground;
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- means being configured to be operable for urging said exposing means into said closed position and for enabling said exposing means to open with an upward movement of the apparatus after the golf tee has been placed into the tee ground to release the golf tee from the apparatus.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body being dimensioned to fit in a pocket of a garment, said elongated body comprising a cylindrical shape having a textured surface, a top end, a bottom end, a chamber extending upward away from said bottom end, a hole extending through said bottom end into said chamber, and a door being formed along a portion of a side of said elongated body to expose said chamber and an interior of said hole, said door bisecting said hole, said chamber being configured to be operable to retain a golf tee with said door in a closed position, said hole being configured to be operable to enable only a bottom portion of the golf tee to extend beyond said bottom end, in which a diameter of said chamber and a diameter of said hole combine to straighten a damaged golf tee placed in the apparatus, said bottom end further comprising a plurality of notches about said hole to accommodate prongs of a zero friction golf tee;
- an adjustment mechanism at least comprising a screw being configured to be operable to rotatably adjust a depth of said chamber to position the golf tee to protrude a desired length out of said hole during placement of the golf tee into a tee ground;
- a clip being joined to said elongated body and being configured to be operable to removably join the apparatus to an object;
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- an resilient retention mechanism comprising at least an elastic band and being configured to be operable to urge said door into said closed position and to enable said door to hinge open with an upward movement of the apparatus after the golf tee has been placed into the tee ground to release the golf tee from the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.