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US 2014/0349784 A1Published application
Football kicking tee
AssigneePro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
InventorAllen Holland
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Abstract
A tee for holding an American style football during place kicking has a base with a receptacle. A block is removably inserted into the base, with the block having a front cup and a rear cup. A plurality of radial tabs in the front cup can independently bend and deflect to securely hold footballs having a range of different sizes and shapes. The tabs may be provided on fingers, with each finger having an upright arm joined to a ring base, and with a tab attached to and extending radially inwardly from each upright arm.
Claims18
A tee comprising:
- a block having a floor;
- a plurality of tabs on a ring on the block, with the tabs above the floor and oriented at an acute angle to the floor, and the tabs extending radially inwardly on the block;
- the tabs circumferentially spaced apart on an arc section of the ring;
- the ring having an open section on one side of the arc section;
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- a recess in the block facing the open section of the ring.
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A football tee, comprising:
- a base having a receptacle;
- a block removably inserted into the base, with the block having a front cup and a rear cup;
- and
- a plurality of radial tabs in the front cup, with the tabs flexibly attached to the block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.