Patents by Inventor Larry J. Irwin

Larry J. Irwin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7549937
    Abstract: A golf ball and tee setting apparatus allows a golf tee to be set in the ground and a golf ball placed thereon without the golfer having to bend over. An elongated shaft has two end portions and a ball supporting member on one end portion of the shaft and a bore on the other end of the elongated shaft. A golf tee is releasably held in the shaft bore for insertion into the earth. The shaft can then e rotated to a golf ball supporting end and a golf ball placed on the tee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventor: Larry J. Irwin
  • Publication number: 20070293354
    Abstract: A golf ball and tee setting apparatus allows a golf tee to be set in the ground and a golf ball placed thereon without the golfer having to bend over. An elongated shaft has two end portions and a ball supporting member on one end portion of the shaft and a bore on the other end of the elongated shaft. A golf tee is releasably held in the shaft bore for insertion into the earth. The shaft can then e rotated to a golf ball supporting end and a golf ball placed on the tee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Larry J. Irwin
  • Publication number: 20070293353
    Abstract: A golf ball and tee setting apparatus has an elongated shaft in which one end has an elongated prong protruding therefrom and the other end has a golf ball supporting member. A golf tee has a ball support surface on one end and has a countersunk bore extending thereinto through the ball support surface and sized for the elongated prong to fit thereinto so that the tee can be placed on the elongated prong and set by a standing golfer. The golf tee has means for holding the prong in the bore with a plurality of prong gripping teeth around the bore or with a plurality of tapered gripping fingers around the end of the bore. The tee is removed from the ground with a tee lifting yoke on the elongated shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Larry J. Irwin