US 7,011,586 B2Granted

Golf tee

AssigneeDaiya Corporation

InventorsIssei Toyosawa, Shoji Hiroshima

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Abstract

The present invention provides a durable golf tee capable of conserving as much as possible the impact energy transmitted to the golf tee and preventing possible flight thereof from the ground. The golf tee comprises a stick pin, the lower end of which is formed in a tapered shape, to stick into the ground, a ball-holding member placed on the top of the stick pin and provided with a small hole at the bottom of a hollow part, and a flexible connecting member, the lower end of which is fixed on the stick pin. The connecting member is provided with a flange on the upper end for binding slidably the ball-holding member to the stick pin and inserted into a hollow part H through a small hole perforated at the bottom of the ball-holding member. Notches 4b1 are formed between the flange of the connecting member and the ball-holding member to let air escape upward.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A golf tee comprising:

a stick pin having a tapered lower end for insertion into the ground;
a ball-holding member for holding a ball placed on top of the stick pin and having a tubular form with a hollow part inside, a small hole provided at the bottom of the hollow part and a round loop base provided at an upper portion thereof;
and
a flexible connecting member having a lower end fixed with the stick pin and an upper end having a flange provided thereon, the flexible connecting member slidably binding the ball-holding member to the stick pin,
wherein the connecting member is inserted into the hollow part through the small hole, the flange of the connecting member has notches for allowing air to pass upward between the flange and the ball-holding member and a plurality of ribs extend in the axial direction of the ball-holding member around the periphery thereof at a regular interval therebetween and protrude from the round loop base.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.