Football tee with onside kick ball support
AssigneePremium Products, Inc.
InventorH. Jay Spiegel
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Abstract
A football tee includes one or two cut-outs in the peripheral surface, each of which is shaped to resemble the outer surface of a football adjacent its tip. Each cut-out is designed to support the football on a ground surface next to the tee to allow a kicker to perform onside kicks. The cut-outs may be formed in a tee having another diverse ball supporting structure or may be the only ball supporting structure of the tee. The tee is preferably molded of rubber or soft plastic.
Claims8
A football tee, comprising:
- a) a body supportable on a ground surface;
- b) said body having a top outer peripheral edge spaced from said ground surface;
- c) said top outer peripheral edge having a recess depending therefrom shaped generally in conformance with a portion of a tip of a football, wherein a football is supported by said tee enabling said tip of said football to engage a ground surface in a substantially upright configuration with said recess engaged by said football.
In a football tee including a means for supporting said tee on a ground surface, a surface spaced from said supporting means and means associated with said surface for supporting a football with a tip thereof spaced above a ground surface, the improvement comprising:
- a) said surface having an outer peripheral edge;
- b) a concave edge portion in said outer peripheral edge shaped generally in conformance with a portion of an outer surface of a football, and a recess depending from said concave edge portion, said recess shaped in general conformance with a portion of a tip of said football, wherein a football is supported by said tee enabling a tip of said football to engage a ground surface in an upright configuration with said concave edge portion and recess engaged by a portion of said tip of said football.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.