| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 473396000 |
Relatively movable sections
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| 473399000 |
Particular biodegradable or frangible material
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Plural diverse materials
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Shank extends below level of projectile addressing surface | 5 |
| 20100173731 | LOW GROUND RESISTANCE GOLF TEE - A low ground resistance golf tee for insertion into a playing surface to support a golf ball above the playing surface to be struck by a golf club launching the golf ball in a flight direction is provided. The golf tee includes a body having an impact side, a release side, an insertion end, and a ball support end. The golf tee has a low exit resistance region that includes a low exit resistance region insertion edge for penetrating and separating the playing surface to create a preferred exit path for the low exit resistance region upon impact by the golf club. The golf tee further includes a stem region located between the low exit resistance region and the ball support end, which is designed to be displayed above the playing surface. Upon impact, the golf tee pivots forward in the flight direction with minimal resistance from the playing surface. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20140128180 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee includes a ball seat portion on which a golf ball is placed; and a rod-shaped support shaft portion formed downward from the ball seat portion. The support shaft portion has a projection that is laterally formed on and projected from the support shaft portion. The ball seat portion and the support shaft portion are formed plane-symmetrically on a single plane including a central axis line of the support shaft portion and a point of the projection. In the single plane, a virtual plane including contact portion that contacts with a golf ball when the golf ball is placed on the ball seat portion and a central axis line of the support shaft portion form an obtuse angle on one side of the axis line and form an acute angle on the other side of the axis line. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150105182 | GOLF TEEING DEVICE - A golf teeing device. The golf teeing device may engage with a surface, such as an artificial golf mat, such that the user may conveniently place a golf ball to be hit. The golf teeing device may comprise a base and a top, wherein the base has extensions or hooks that extend in a substantially downward and sideways manner. These hooks, when rotated, grip into the artificial golf mat and hold the golf teeing device in place on the mat. The top portion of the golf teeing device may be configured to engage with a golf ball and/or golf tee. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150290507 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GOLF TEE - The present device relates to a multifunctional golf tee which can show both functions of a long tee and a short tee. The multifunctional golf tee includes: a first body which has a sharp-pointed lower end to be stuck in the ground and a seating side formed on an upper end to allow a golf ball to be put on the seating side; a second body which has a recess formed on an upper end to allow the lower end of the first body to be inserted; a third body which has a hollow part having an inner diameter of the size that the lower end and a middle end of the first body are inserted into the hollow part of the third body and the upper end of the first body is not inserted into the hollow part but is seated thereon. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160166898 | GOLF TEE | 06-16-2016 |
| 473390000 |
Plural | 5 |
| 20080274836 | Golf Tee - A golf tee includes a tip portion that is adapted to be driven into the ground, a body portion that is adapted to stabilize and erect the golf tee and a ball support portion that is adapted to stably support a golf ball. The ball support portion comprises a hollow sleeve, a projection onto which the hollow sleeve is tightly fitted, and an annular step that abuts with the sleeve and prevents further movement of the sleeve. The projection and the sleeve may be integrated. The sleeve is flexible whereby the sleeve is not broken when the sleeve is hit by a golf club. The sleeve is cut to have desired size. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110092316 | GOLF TEE WITH A CONNECTING WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A golf tee with a connecting wire includes a tee and a connecting wire. The tee has a nail rod and a ball holding portion connected with a top of the nail rod. The ball holding portion has a groove formed in a top thereof and a connecting slot formed in one side thereof. The connecting slot includes an opening portion, a passage portion and a fixing portion. One end of the connecting wire passes through the opening portion and the passage portion of the connecting slot into the fixing portion and forms a blocked portion which is located in the groove, so that the end of the connecting wire is connected with the tee. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing a golf tee with a connecting wire. Accordingly, the connection and assembling between the connecting wire and the tee can be attained easily, firmly, and rapidly. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20130316853 | GOLFING ACCESSORY HOLDER - A holder for golf accessories. The holder has a mounting platform with front and back surfaces, two side edges and top and bottom edges and a platform that is detachably attachable to a golf shoe. The top edge defines an opening for receiving a divot repair tool. A bottom edge defines an attachment region to which a ball marker can be detachably secured. The front face supports multiple tees and a ball marker. The back face is secured to a support surface, such as a shoe, a belt, or a waistband. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140162810 | GOLF TEE SET - A golf tee set includes golf tees comprising a long tee including soft synthetic resin, having a tee body provided at an entire outer peripheral surface with a plurality of blades in a longitudinal direction, and provided at a lower end portion thereof with a pointed insertion member, and the short tee including soft synthetic resin. The short tee has a seating part having an upper portion on which a golf ball is placed and a support to support the seating part. The short tee has a concave middle portion. A rubber band has elasticity and links the long and short tees together. The golf tee is prevented from being flown away, easily identified and retrieved, and prevented from being lost by canceling the impact applied to the golf tee when the golf tee is struck through the rubber band to recover the golf tee to the original place thereof. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20100160088 | Swivel Golf Tee - A swivel golf tee includes an anchoring device for fastening to the ground, and a bracket pivoted to the anchoring device and having two arms disposed at two opposite lateral sides and terminating in a respective ball cup for holding a golf ball. The bracket is turned about the anchoring device when the user drives the golf ball away from one ball cup, avoiding reaction force production against the golf club. | 06-24-2010 |
| 473392000 |
Projectile supporting surface horizontally offset from vertical insertable shank | 5 |
| 20130267350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE GOLF TEE - An apparatus including a first tee, a second tee, and a device to which the first tee and the second tee are attached, and so that the first tee is spaced apart from the second tee. The first and the second tee may be permanently attached to the device. The first and the second tee may, alternatively, be attached or detached from the device. The device have a plurality of openings, wherein each of the first and the second tee can be inserted through each of the plurality of openings to attach each of the first tee and the second tee to the device. Each of the plurality of openings may have one or more flaps which bend to allow the first or the second tee to be inserted into each of the plurality of openings to attach the first or the second tee to the device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140057740 | GOLF TEE - Disclosed herein is an improved golf tee, which has a body and a retaining member. The body is composed of a ball-supporting cup, a shank and a dentated trench. The dentated trench is disposed on the outer surface of the shank, and is composed of a longitudinal groove, and a plurality of rectangular slots. The retaining member includes an interior cavity, and a tab extended from the inner surface of the interior cavity. The retaining member is capable of moving along the longitudinal groove on the shank by engaging the tab with any of the plurality of rectangular slots, thereby allows the user to adjust the retaining member to any desirable position on the body of the golf tee. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20150314178 | TETHERED GOLF TEE - A tethered golf tee includes a golf tee connected to a clamp via a flexible cord or string. During use, the tee is inserted into the ground for supporting a golf ball, and the clamp is positioned on the ground adjacent the tee. When the ball is struck, the clamp, tethered to the tee, prevents the tee from travelling too far, and facilitates the location and retrieval thereof. During storage, curved jaws of the clamp are closed around and frictionally engage the shaft of a golf club, providing easy access for future use. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20120088609 | Multilegged Tee - A tee for use with a golf ball. It includes a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, joined at a hub, each leg having an end that is coplanar to form a terrain plane with the ends of corresponding legs. It also has a first ball support; a second ball support; and a third ball support, extending from the hub, wherein each ball support has an end that is coplanar to the ends of the corresponding ball supports in a ball support plane The ball support plane may be within a few degrees of parallel to the terrain plane. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20160175671 | TEE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | 06-23-2016 |
| 473388000 |
Folded flat stock material | 3 |
| 20110065532 | RECONFIGURABLE GOLF BALL STRUCTURAL TEE SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT A STATIONARY GOLF BALL - A golf tee system comprising a card stock having a thickness, a width, a length with bend lines and break lines formed on the card stock, a tee element formed within the card stock, wherein the card stock is approximately flat and configured to allow at least one tee element to be removed from the card stock and assembled into a structural tee device for holding a golf ball, a top portion, a bottom portion, a body portion connected to and extending upward from the bottom portion, having a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the first side wall and a second side wall when folded toward each other at least partially bound and define an inner cavity within the body portion, wherein a folded upper crown of the top portion defines a ball receipt surface configured to receive and hold the golf ball off of a ground surface and wherein the reconfigurable golf tee is detached from scored card stock. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120264543 | GOLF TEE SOUVENIR - The present invention provides a golf tee souvenir, comprised of: a flat support form, supporting unassembled golf tee components. The unassembled tee components are planar and lie parallel to the surface of the flat support. The golf tee components are removable from the flat support form and may be assembled to form a golf tee adapted to support a golf ball thereupon. The flat support form may resemble one of: a postcard, a business card, a keychain ornament, a membership card, a tournament card, and a memento. Printing may be displayed on any part of the invention. Additional golf aids may be included, such as a planar ball marker, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool. The invention additionally provides planar golf aid tools without an underlying support, such as a planar golf tee, a planar ball marker, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20090325735 | POCKET-FRIENDLY GOLF ACCESSORY CARD - A pocket-friendly golf accessory card formed of a prepared, uniquely constructed sheet of joint-able material is provided from which one or more golf accessories are manually formable. | 12-31-2009 |
| 473400000 |
Elevation guide for insertable shank | 2 |
| 20130040761 | GOLF TEE WITH LEVEL AND DEPTH INDICATORS - A golf tee includes a stem defining a first end and a second end. The golf tee includes a ball receiving portion positioned on the second end of the stem. A level gauge is disposed in the ball receiving portion. The stem includes indicia representative of a depth of insertion of the first end into a surface. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20140031146 | Exact Tee - The present invention is a golf tee and proprietary golf tee training system, and method for its use, in which modern era golf clubs are scientifically tested contacting a golf ball to determine the optimum point of contact on the face of each club in relationship to the height of a teed golf ball. Visible indicia or depth insertion indicator rings and corresponding visible indicia or club select indicators, as integral parts of a unique and proprietary golf tee training system, are used to indicate to the golfer on the shank of the tee as to the ideal depth of insertion of the golf tee to allow a teed golf ball to be at the optimum height in relationship to the optimum point on the club face for each and every golf club in a golfers bag. By using this proprietary scientific pre-set system, any golfer can choose a club, identify it by name on the Exact Tee and tee the golf ball perfectly each time with no training or experience. | 01-30-2014 |
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| 20090093323 | GOLF TEE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A golf tee is provided for supporting a golf ball. The golf tee is adapted to sit on top of the ground and comprises a support rim or at least three support points for supporting a golf ball and an open body having a lower end suitable for placement on the ground and an upper end suitable for connection to the support rim. An optional neck may be used connecting the upper end of the open body to the support rim. The open body comprises a plurality of support columns and optionally one or more support rings connecting the support columns. The support columns are separated by holes thereby increasing the surface area of the golf tee. The open body and holes are adapted to receive grass and can allow for substantial level placement of the tee relative to the ground even when the grass is dense or longer. The support columns and holes result in a golf tee having a high drag and relatively low weight thereby providing a golf tee which travels a relatively short distance when struck by a swinging golf club. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090111615 | Golf accessory - The present invention is a golf ball support and height adjustment device. Embodiments can include a divot repair tool, a golf ball cleaner, a ball marker, a bottle opener/tab can pry and can include a tapered end that can be used as a golf club groove cleaner. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090118041 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee for supporting a golf ball above a surface is provided having a lower end portion engageable with the surface and an upper end portion having an upper surface with a first surface area. A plurality of protrusions extend from the upper surface. The protrusions have a portion that engages the golf ball when the golf ball is on the tee to space the golf ball from the upper surface. The portion has a second surface area engaging the golf ball smaller than the first surface area. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090233734 | Set of Golf Tees - A set of golf tees that includes at least a low spin golf tee and a high spin golf tee. The low spin golf tee is constructed in a manner to provide decreased resistance to the deformation of a golf ball that is impacted by a golf club while resting on the low spin golf tee. The high spin golf tee is constructed in a manner to provide increased resistance to the deformation of a golf ball that is impacted by a golf club while resting on the high spin golf tee. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090264224 | Golf Tee - According to various embodiments, the present teachings comprise a golf tee. The golf tee can comprise a point section, a shaft section, and a head section. The shaft section can comprise four opposing arms configured to allow for improved ground penetration. The head section can comprise a circular dish having a rim with a number of raised points disposed on the rim. The head section can comprise opposing arms, each having a raised point. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090275426 | Golf Tee With Support Prongs - A golf tee includes: an elongate shaft having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end configured to be inserted into an underlying surface; and a support cup that is configured to support a golf ball from beneath and that merges with the shaft. The support cup has a base portion and further includes at least three arcuate support prongs projecting upwardly from the base portion. The support prongs define a discontinuous annulus about the periphery of the support cup. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100173729 | Golf Tee - To provide a golf tee exhibiting excellent support stability and capable of preventing it from being driven together with a golf ball as much as possible. A truncated conical golf tee ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100179003 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee having a stem constructed of a rigid plastic material having a first end terminating in a tip adapted to penetrate the earth and a second end which supports a golf ball supporting member having a plurality of upwardly directed extensions arranged to support a golf ball. The golf ball support member may be constructed of a flexible plastic material which is over molded on the stem at the end thereof opposite the earth penetrating tip. The golf ball supporting member may be constructed of a plurality of upwardly extending fingers or a plurality of tooth shaped outwardly flared members. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100184533 | TEE WITH WORD GAME - A golf tee having indicia thereon with alphanumeric characters which spell out a word or name in one order, but which are printed on the tee in a scrambled order. The mental exercise of determining the actual word or name relaxes a golfer who is about to strike a ball which has been placed on the tee. Optionally, additional indicia may spell out a name such as for advertising purposes. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100216576 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee comprising parallel golf ball supporting fins extending from an elongated blade-like main body. The fins bend and flex with the rapid momentary expansion and compression of the golf ball due the impact from a golf club, thereby offering a clear and unimpeded exit channel for the golf ball. The elongated main body tapers to a point for easy insertion into the teeing ground and has large side surface areas for the clear display of logos and general indicia. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110244990 | Golf Training Tee - A device for training a golfer to properly position his/her head during a golf swing by coupling a golf tee having a flared end for receiving a golf ball and a conical end for insertion into the ground to a flat member that is connected at or near the flared end of the tee and is hidden from view by a ball on the tee as a golfer is preparing to hit the ball. In use a golfer will not see any part of the flat member up to and including the striking of the golf ball when the golfer's head is positioned correctly throughout the swing. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110256963 | Golf Tee with Explosive Component - Golf tees are used by golfers to tee up the ball for their first shot on a golf hole. Our golf tee design incorporates the functionality of a golf tee while encompassing a novelty explosion at the end of the golfers swing. The tees are designed to explode upon impact with a golf club. This novelty item is used for entertainment purposes while on the golf course. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256964 | Full contact golf tee - A golf tee designed to provide full contact between golf ball and club. The golf tee comprises a stem having tapered shape for inserting into ground, and a support having at least a pair of arms extending horizontally from the top portion of the said stem, wherein said arms supporting the golf ball by its lower perimeter and leaving the underside of the golf ball open. The supporting arms have circular shape or U shape, extending horizontally with an angle of 0 to 75 degree to ground. The supporting arms have positioning bump to retain the golf ball. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110319198 | Correcting golf tee - A trajectory correcting golf tee constructed with a stem for inserting into the ground and for supporting a golf ball in a fixed position above the ground. The stem is tapered so as to easily insert into the ground in a generally vertical position. The golf tee further includes a top surface with a depression to accept and retain a golf ball. The improvement including an elevated portion along one or two opposing edges of the top surface so as to control and correct a golf ball trajectory. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120028734 | GOLF TEE WITH LOW ENERGY ABSORPTION - A golf tee may be constructed with a body formed from a polymer tolerant of exposure to a temperature at least as high as 480° F. without incurring diminishment of its structural integrity. A low-friction coating may be applied to a ball support of the tee. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120065000 | Golf Tee with Support Prongs - A golf tee includes: an elongate shaft having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end configured to be inserted into an underlying surface; and a support cup that is configured to support a golf ball from beneath and that merges with the shaft. The support cup has a base portion and further includes at least three arcuate support prongs projecting upwardly from the base portion. The support prongs define a discontinuous annulus about the periphery of the support cup. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120231900 | DEVICE FOR TEEING A GOLF BALL - A device for teeing a golf ball includes a ball support member that has at least two opposed feet and that defines at least one ball locating formation for supporting a golf ball interposed between the feet. The, or each, ball locating formation is in a plane that is spaced from a plane in which the feet are positioned. The ball support member is of a resiliently flexible material to permit the, or each, ball locating formation to deflect, against a bias of the ball support member, towards the plane of the feet when either or both of the ball support member and the ball are struck with a golf club head. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130203525 | GOLF AID TOOL KIT - The present invention provides a golf tee souvenir, comprised of: a flat support form, supporting unassembled golf tee components. The unassembled tee components are planar and lie parallel to the surface of the flat support. The golf tee components are removable from the flat support form and may be assembled to form a golf tee adapted to support a golf ball thereupon. The flat support form may resemble one of: a postcard, a business card, a keychain ornament, a membership card, a tournament card, and a memento. Printing may be displayed on any part of the invention. Additional golf aids may be included, such as a planar ball marker, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool. The invention additionally provides planar golf aid tools without an underlying support, such as a planar golf tee, a planar ball marker, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130337943 | GOLF TEE AND CLUB FACE GROOVE SHARPENING DEVICE - A golf tee/club face groove sharpening device is provided and includes a golf tee article, wherein the golf tee article includes a tee stem having a tee stem top and a tee stem bottom. The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device further includes a sharpener article connected to the tee stem proximate the tee stem bottom, wherein the sharpener article includes at least one sharpening surface and is sized and shaped to fit into a golf club face groove such that the at least one sharpening surface contacts at least one side of the club face groove. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140171223 | Golf tee with spark induction coating and method for improving golf performance - A golf tee having a contact alert coating provides a novel training aid that is economical, compact, and encourages proper golfing form. The golf tee has a golf tee body with a top plate, top wall and side walls. The top plate is fixedly attached to a shaft which terminates into a point that is inserted into a ground surface when a ball is placed on the top plate. A contact alert coating is coated on at least an upper portion of the golf tee body. The contact alert coating is composed of a material that will generate an alert when a golf club head strikes the ball and strikes the contact alert coating of the golf tee at the coating/golf tee interface. Preferably, the material is a spark inducing composition and/or a sound generating composition. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140309057 | GOLF TEE APPARATUS - A golf tee apparatus for altering a golf ball's launch angle from an initial launch angle to a final launch angle, and for simultaneously imparting a spin for increasing the ball's roll distance. The apparatus includes a penetrating element for inserting the tee into a surface. A stem extends from the penetrating element, and a platform element extends from the stem. The platform element includes a ball setting surface and an impact surface, the impact surface extending from the ball setting surface at an angle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150290508 | Base-less, Low-Resistance Golf Mat Tee - The subject invention discloses a base-less, low-resistance golf mat tee for supporting a golf ball when used in combination with a typical driving range golf mat. The base-less, low-resistance golf mat tee is comprised of a solid tubular shaft member with a distal end extending upwardly and terminating at its proximal end at the under-side surface of a flat, circular disc-shaped tee member of larger diameter that includes a multiplicity of bristles, foam fingers, or other low-resistance support means extending upwardly and attached or affixed to its top surface to provide angular support for the golf ball. The solid, tubular shaft member is received into the top side hole opening of a typical driving range golf mat and has a circumference that is fractionally smaller than that of the opening to allow for retention of the shaft member in the opening. The golf ball support structures extend upwardly above the top surface of the driving range mat and provide little to no resistance to the golf club when the golf ball is struck. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150321057 | GOLF TEE - Disclosed is a golf tee. The golf tee comprises a tee body having a head portion and a base portion longitudinally extending from the head portion and a ball-supporting section, provided on an upper surface of the head portion, including at least three supporting bumps located on a periphery of the upper surface of the head portion, wherein a spacing distance is formed between the adjacent two supporting bumps on a peripheral line of the periphery of the upper surface of the head portion so that a plurality of spacing distances are formed, and there is only one of the spacing distance being greater than the other spacing distances which are substantially equivalent with each other, thereby the flight distance of the golf ball will not be reduced and the accuracy of impacting the golf ball are increased. | 11-12-2015 |
