Golf tee and methods of making the same
OwnerTimothy P. Moodyinventor
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Abstract
A hollow, rubber unitary golf tee is adapted to be placed upon a playing surface, the golf tee comprising a frustoconical portion, a playing surface engaging base, an upper surface and a centrally located ball support associated with the upper surface wherein the playing surface engaging base is greater in diameter than the upper surface.
Claims15
In a unitary, hollow golf tee adapted to be placed upon a playing surface, said golf tee comprising a frustoconical portion, a first playing surface engaging base, a first upper surface and a first centrally located ball support associated with said first upper surface wherein said first playing surface engaging base is greater in diameter than said first upper surface, said first upper surface spaced from said first playing surface engaging base a first distance, the improvement wherein said ball support is depressed downwardly into said hollow tee, said tee thereby becoming inverted to provide a second playing surface engaging base, a second upper surface and a second centrally located ball support associated with said second upper surface wherein said second playing surface engaging base is greater in diameter than said second upper surface, said first upper surface and second upper surface spaced from said second playing surface engaging base.
In a set of golf tees for use upon a playing surface in combination with a ball to be supported by one of said golf tees, each said golf tee comprising a frustoconical portion, a first playing surface engaging base, a first upper surface and a first centrally located ball support associated with said first upper surface, said frustoconical portion having a base plane, an upper surface plane and tapering sides, said first playing surface engaging base being greater in diameter than said first upper surface, each said golf tee of said set of golf tees having said first upper surface spaced from said first playing surface engaging base by a different distance, the improvement wherein when each said golf tee is inverted by depressing said first ball support downwardly into said hollow tee, each said tee thereby becoming inverted to provide a second playing surface engaging base, a second upper surface and a second centrally located ball support associated with said second upper surface wherein said second playing surface engaging base is greater in diameter than said second upper surface, said first upper surface and second upper surface spaced from said second playing surface engaging base.
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