GOLF TEE

TEE POUR BALLE DU GOLF

English Abstract

This invention is a new golf tee device to produce a straight trajectory for the driving of a golf ball from the tee area by means of an elevated, angled tube.

French Abstract

Cette invention est un nouveau dispositif de tee pour balle du golf destiné à produire une trajectoire rectiligne pour l'entraînement d'une balle de golf de la région de té au moyen d'un tube coudé élevé.

Claims

CLAIMS
I claim:
1. A golf tee which is comprised of:
(a) a hollow tube 75mm long, having one open end and a second spherically
closed
end with an inside diameter wide enough to allow insertion of a standard golf
ball
with 1mm clearance around its circumference;
(b) a cylindrical tapered post which is 55mm in length, having a point on one
end and
a diameter of 12mm at the second end, the second end attached to said tube at
an
angle so that when said post is inserted pointed end in ground vertically, the
open
end of the tube is higher above the ground than the closed end, allowing the
tube
to rest at an angle of 22° from the horizontal,
whereby the face of a golf club, striking the spherically closed end of the
tube, will cause a
golf ball inside said tube to be propelled out of the open end upward and
forward in a
straight trajectory.
2. The tee from claim 1, having a disk attached to the post 24mm from the
point of the post
to keep the closed end of the tube from making contact with the ground.
3. The tee from claims 1 and 2, whereby the second end of the post is attached
to the tube at
a point 55mm from the open end of the tube and centre line of post.
4. The tee from claims 1 to 3, whereby the tube wall thickness is 1mm.
5. The tee from claims 1 to 4, whereby the tube is made from high impact-
resistant plastic.
6. The tee from claims 1 to 5, whereby the disk has a diameter of 40mm and a
thickness of
2mm to distribute the load of the tube with a golf ball inside it.
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Description

CA 02160932 1999-10-19
SPECIFICATION
This invention relates to the game of golf. The specific area is the start of
a hole where a
wooden or metal-wood club is used for the driving of a golf ball resting on an
elevated tee
device.
2. There are approximately 28 million golfers in North America and about 80%
of them
(myself included) have trouble properly hitting a golf ball resting on a
standard tee. The
main problem is that the club face puts unwanted side spin on said ball
causing said ball to
land in undesirable areas on either side of the safe fairway. This leads to
higher scores
which mean disappointment and/or frustration.
My golf tee solves the problem of unwanted side spin thusly:
(a) A golf ball is placed into the upper, open end of the tube and falls by
gravity to the
lower, closed end of the tube.
(b) The closed end of the tube, where the driving club face makes contact
through the
swing, shields the golf ball from direct contact with the club face.
(c) The length of the tube causes the golf ball to be propelled in a virtually
straight
trajectory, similar to a bullet fired inside a gun barrel, thereby allowing
said ball to
land on the safe fairway a good distance from the tee area.
(d) The disk provides weight distribution and an optimum height for striking
the tube
with a golf club.
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CA 02160932 1999-10-19
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a side elevation view of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a front view of the present invention.

CA 02160932 1999-10-19
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A tube 1, 75mm in length with an inside diameter of 46mm and wall thickness of
lmm, which has
an open end and a spherically closed end.
A post 2, SSmm in length which has a thickness of l2mm at the top end tapering
to a point at the
other end, said pointed end to insert vertically into the ground.
A disk 3, having a diameter of 40mm and a thickness of 2mm.
The horizontal plane 4.
An elevated plane 5 which rises 22° from the centre line of the post 2
and the horizontal plane 4.
The tube 1 is attached to the top end of the post 2 at an angle of 22°
from the horizontal plane 4
and at a point SSmm from the open, higher elevated, end of the tube and the
centre line of the
post.
The disk 3 is attached to the post 2 at a point 24mm from the pointed end of
the post and on the
centre line of the post and the centre point of the disk and parallel to the
horizontal plane 4.
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Representative Drawing