Patents by Inventor Richard J. Lima

Richard J. Lima 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: 4787637
    Abstract: A golf tee including a rigid tee body having a downwardly tapered stem for insertion into soil or the like. A ball seat is disposed above the rigid tee body. The ball seat has at least one ball-supporting structure with a downwardly inclined surface having a contour substantially similar to the contour of the peripheral surface of a golf ball. The ball seat further has at least one depressed region spacing apart said downwardly inclined surfaces of the ball-supporting structures. A graphite insert is disposed along the axial bore of the rigid tee body. The graphite insert extends partially through the rigid tee body and has a portion extending from the axial bore for contact with a golf ball supported atop said ball seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Inventors: Richard J. Lima, John Remen, Robert N. Wilms