Golf tee holder
The golf tee holder comprises a holder base having a plurality of legs that extend outwardly and horizontally from the center of the said base. At least one of the said legs extends fore of the said base. At least one other of the said legs extends from the left side of said base, and at least one other of said legs extends from the right side of said base. The said base further forms an opening in the center for snugly receiving a golf tee.
Golf tees comprise a ball support formed as an indent and a stem. The stem is partially inserted into the ground and provides the ball on the support at a raised position for the golfer to swing onto the ball. When the golfer swings the golf club and hits the ball, such impact may also connect to the tee. The impact is enormous enough to either drag the tee to fly with the golf ball at the same time, or break the tee when the impact occurs. Thus, used tees litter the teebox. Since the tees fly unexpectedly from their original locations, the golfers either do not bother to pick up the used tees, or do not have time to look for them.
Also, for inexperienced golfers the stance is always hard to adjust. From the tee shot square to the teebox, the ball position is about two feet away from the golfer's standing position. What the golfer can see from his/her standing position is slightly different from the ball's location. An experienced golf has to adjust feet position to point toward the desired direction. However, it takes considerable practice time.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
According to the present invention, there is provided a golf tee holder comprising plurality of legs extending toward different directions.
One advantage of the present invention is the holder holds the tee safe and secure, allowing the user to collect the tees easily after his/her tee shots. If the tee is not broken, the user will be able to reuse such on the next opening; if the tee is broken, the present invention will also save the user's time to locate the broken tee in order to maintain the teebox in the golf course with due courtesy.
Another advantage of the present invention is the pointing legs design. Such design provides the user visual help in adjusting his/her feet position.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention shown in
Referring to
When a golfer swings his/her driver, the striking face 130 of the driver provides an impact towards the golf ball, sending the ball away to desired direction. Such impact transmits from the ball to the tee holding the ball, as well as the tee holder holding the tee. Or in some cases poor swing also allows the club striking face to connect onto the tee directly. The present invention, the tee holder, will divide such direct or indirect impact, spreading the impact into plural directions, and further holds the tee and retains the tee from being moved from its original location. Also, because the legs extending the holder, when the impact occurs, the front leg 240 will be forced to lean forward until it contacts against the ground. The contact to the ground therefore reduces such impact from the tee, and aids the tee holder to hold the tee.
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Since the present invention simply provides an aid holding the tee instead of replacing the tee, the possible interference to the golfer is reduced to minimum. Users are allowed to use his/her own tee in their routine and regular way. Referring to
The size of the opening 250 is preferably slightly larger than the diameter of the tee stem as long as a tee 160 may be slipped into said opening. The larger size opening allows less interference to the tee but also creates less holding connection when the impact occurs. The smaller size opening, on the other hand, creates more holding connection when the impact occurs, but allows more interference to the tee.
The horizontally flat exterior of the present invention also reduces and minimizes the possible interference to the golfer when the golfer drives the ball. Since the legs extend outwardly instead of upwardly or downwardly, users may always choose to place the present invention closely connecting to the ground. Although the holding connection is less, the interference to the swings is reduced to minimum as desired. As an alternate embodiment, the tee can be formed integrally with the holder allow single piece construction.
Referring to
- 110 Golfer
- 120 Golf Club
- 130 Striking Face
- 140 Golf Ball
- 150 Golf Tee Holder
- 160 Tee Stem
- 210 Right Leg
- 220 Rear Leg
- 230 Left Leg
- 240 Front Leg
- 250 Opening
- 310 Right Leg
- 320 Rear Leg
- 330 Left Leg
- 340 Front Leg
- 410 Front Leg
- 420 Left Leg
- 430 Right Leg
- 440 Opening
- 510 Front Leg
- 520 Left Leg
- 530 Right Leg
Claims
1. A golf tee holder consisting of: a holder base having a plurality of legs extending outwardly and horizontally from the center of said base, one leg extending fore of said base, one leg extending left side of said base, and one leg extending right side of said base, wherein said base further forms an opening in the center for snugly receiving a golf tee.
2. The golf tee holder of claim 1, wherein one pair of said legs extend outwardly in opposing directions in 180 degrees orientation.
3. The golf tee holder in claim 1, wherein at least one leg extends fore of said base, at least one said legs extending aft of said base, at least one said legs extending left side of said base, and at least one said legs extending right side of said base.
4. The golf tee holder in claim 1, wherein the diameter of said opening size is larger than 0.8 cm.
5. The golf tee holder in claim 1, wherein said holder base is formed of plastic.
6. A tee holding member consisting of: a holder base having three integrally formed leg members extending outwardly and horizontally from the center of said holder base, one said leg extending fore of said base, one said leg extending left side of said base, and one said leg extending right side of said base, wherein said base further forms a circular opening for receiving a tee.
7. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein each of said legs extends horizontally and outwardly from said holder base.
8. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein at least one pair of said legs extend outwardly toward opposing directions.
9. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein at least one leg extends fore of said base, at least one said legs extending aft of said base, at least one said legs extending left side of said base, and at least one said legs extending right side of said base.
10. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein two pair of said legs extend outwardly toward opposing directions respectively forming a cross shape.
11. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein the diameter of said opening size is larger than 0.8 cm.
12. The tee holding member in claim 6, wherein said holder base is formed of plastic.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 16, 2004
Publication Date: Oct 20, 2005
Inventor: Man-Young Jung (Pasadena, CA)
Application Number: 10/826,896