US2370529A - Golf ball teeing device - Google Patents

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Feb. 27, 1945. U E 2,370,529

GOLF BALL TEEING DEVICE Filed April 21, 1942 INVENTOR.

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3 Claims.- (Cl. 273-33) The present invention relates to improvements in devices for teeing balls used in the game of golf.

It is an object of this invention to provide a teeing device for golf balls which is fixedly located within and a permanent part of the teeing ground of a golf course or similar playing areas.

Another object of the invention is to provide a teeing device unit which may be used either for indoor or outdoor golf courses or practice ranges and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a teeing device for golf balls which has a simplified construction, is reliable and efficient in its operation and which is inexpensive to install and maintain.

A further object of the invention is to provide a golf teeing device having structural elements disposed and cooperating with each other as to provide new and improved features and functions for devices of this character.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction,

. combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in detail and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the golf ball teeing device in use.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental, cross-sectional view taken through the longitudinal center of the device, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the teeing device illustrated in Fig. 2.

The embodiment of my invention is illustrated in Figure 1 as being a fixed part of the teeingground 5 on a golf course or other similar playing areas. Myteeing device 6 is rectangular in plan and consists of a rectangular base 1 (Fig.

base 'i and is disposed centrally within the hole ll with its upper reduced portion l9 extending above the top surface of the mat. The tee has a hemispherical,solid bottom 20 which normally engages the base only at its central portion and is also provided with a cylindrical hol 2| which is formed through the top of the tee and extends downwardly to a position adjacent thebottom 20. The tee is flexibly mounted to the swung along the path indicated by broken line to hit a golf ball resting upon the top of the tee, saidtee will be distorted to a position indicated by dotted lines 26 (Fig. 2) with its body portion wholly within the confines of the hole l1 thus permitting the free, forward motion of the club head and preventing the breaking of the club shaft or the jarring of the players wrists or body.

The mat I 3 consists of a number of spaced,

longitudinally extending rubber strips M which are fastened together by wires [5, said wires being fastened to the base by cotter pins [6. The mat has a rectangular hole I! which is formed therein b cutting away the material of on or more of the rubber strips as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

A truncated rubber tee I8 is mounted upon the What is claimed is:

1. As an article of manufacture a fiat base sheet, a plurality of elongated'strips disposed in edgewise position upon the base in spaced relationship, and a flexible tee disposed between the strips and extending upwardly therefrom, said tee having a semispherical solid bottom and a top portion in the form of a truncated cone, a cylindrical hole formed centrally in the top portion to thereby provide a circular wall for the tee which progressively thickens as it-approaches the bottom, a bolt depending from the bottom of the tee and passing through a hole formed in the base, a flexible block on the bolt in contact with the underside of the base sheet, and a nut threaded on the end' of the bolt in contact with the block.

2. As an article of manufacture a flat base sheet, upstanding cushioning members mounted upon the base, an opening in the members, and a flexible tee disposed upon the base sheet, centrally within the opening, the upper portion of said tee extending above the cushioning members, and having a centrally disposed, open topped hole formed therein, a solid, rounded bottom portion for the tee, a vertically disposed mounting pin depending from the bottom of the tee and passing through a hole formed in the base, a flexible block surrounding the pin in contact with the underside of the base sheet,

3. As an article of manufacture, a shallow open topped box, a flat base sheet supported in an intermediate plane within the box, a plurality of elongated cushioning strips disposed in edgewise positions upon the base in spaced relationship, and a flexible tee disposed between the strips and extending upwardly therefrom said tee having a semisphericalsolid bottom ,anda top portion in the form'of .a" truncated cone, a cylindrical hole formed centrally in the top portion to thereby provide a circular wall for the tee which progressively thickens as it approaches the bottom, a bolt depending from the bottom of the tee and passing through a hole formed in the base, a flexible block on the bolt in contact with the underside of the base sheet, and 'a nut threaded on the end of the bolt in contact with the block.

a v KATHERINE FULLER.

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