Golf tee

- Evolve Golf
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view illustrating our golf tee design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view thereof taken through lines 5-5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a top perspective view illustrating an alternative embodiment of our golf tee design;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view thereof taken through lines 10-10 of FIG. 7.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 6 and 8-10 are included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the golf tee that forms no part of the claim to the second embodiment.

Claims

The ornamental design for a golf tee, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D697989
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 16, 2008
Date of Patent: Jan 21, 2014
Assignee: Evolve Golf (Wilmington, NC)
Inventors: Stephen DeLisle (Carolina Shores, NC), Benjamin Maloy (Carolina Shores, NC)
Primary Examiner: Catherine Tuttle
Application Number: 29/302,414
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