Golf tee with compression insert
OwnerRichard J. Lima, John Remen +1inventors
InventorsRichard J. Lima, John Remen, Robert N. Wilms
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Abstract
A golf tee including a rigid tee body having a downwardly tapered stem for insertion into soil or the like. A ball seat is disposed above the rigid tee body. The ball seat has at least one ball-supporting structure with a downwardly inclined surface having a contour substantially similar to the contour of the peripheral surface of a golf ball. The ball seat further has at least one depressed region spacing apart said downwardly inclined surfaces of the ball-supporting structures. A graphite insert is disposed along the axial bore of the rigid tee body. The graphite insert extends partially through the rigid tee body and has a portion extending from the axial bore for contact with a golf ball supported atop said ball seat.
Claims18
A golf tee for insertion into soil comprising,
- a tee body having a stem and a longitudinal axis,
- a ball-supporting means atop said tee body for supporting a golf ball, and
- a frangible, resiliently compressible insert extending partially through said tee body along said longitudinal axis, said insert having an upper exposed surface disposed for contact with a golf ball supported by said ball-supporting means, said insert having a length relative to said longitudinal axis of the tee body within the range of 0.3 inches to 0.6 inches.
A golf tee comprising,
- a rigid tee member having a stem for insertion into soil, said rigid tee member having a ball-supporting area and a graphite core, said ball-supporting area having at least one depressed region defined by opposed, substantially isomorphic ball-supporting structures, each ball-supporting structure having a surface downwardly inclined towards said stem to define an inclined region having a base and each having a sectorial upper rim having an arc within the range of 125.degree. to 145.degree., said graphite core extending upwardly from said stem into said ball-supporting area above said base.
A golf tee for insertion into soil comprising,
- a tee body having a stem and a longitudinal axis,
- a ball seat having opposed, substantially symmetrical concave regions spaced apart by opposed depressed regions, each concave region having a curvature corresponding substantially to the curvature of a peripheral surface of a conventional golf ball, each concave region having a curved upper rim and a base edge, said curved upper rims of the concave regions each having an arc in the range of 125.degree. to 145.degree., and
- a frangible, resilient graphite insert extending partially through said tee body along said longitudinal axis, said graphite insert having an upper exposed surface disposed for contact with a golf ball supported by said ball seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.