US20060276268A1 - Golf tee - Google Patents

Abstract

A golf tee includes an anchor nail and a receptacle. The anchor nail is shaped to taper down to have a sharp lower end so as to easily move into the soil of the ground and plural lengthwise projecting wings spaced apart equidistantly on its outer surface. The receptacle has an annular expanding-out concave member on top for a golf ball to sit thereon stably. As the lengthwise wings of the anchor nail can contact tightly with the soil, the anchor nail will not incline or flow off with the golf ball when hit.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
• 1. Field of the Invention
• This invention relates to a golf tee, particularly to one provided with an anchor nail possible to have a tight contact with the ground when it is planted in the ground, so it may not incline or fly out with the golf ball in case the golf ball on the tee is hit, without waste or damage of the tee.
• 2. Description of the Prior Art
• A conventional golf tee 6 shown in FIG. 6 includes an anchor nail 61 and a receptacle 62 fixed on top of the anchor nail 61. The anchor nail 61 is shaped to taper down so it can easily be driven into the ground 7. The receptacle 62 has a cylindrical member 621 to expand upper and outward like a trumpet, so a golf ball may be placed stably on top of the receptacle 62 so as to be hit by a golf club.
• However, the conventional golf tee has the following disadvantages.
• • 1. The anchor nail is shaped to taper down, having a curved outer surface so that when it is planted into the ground, the curved outer surface may push off the soil of the ground, not tightly contacting the soil around it, so it is liable to tilt for the golf ball to sit unstably on the receptacle.
  • 2. The anchor nail is shaped to taper down, having the curved outer surface, so the tee may be liable to fly off with the golf ball or to incline when the golf ball is hit to give the tee a shock.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
• The feature of the invention is an anchor nail of a golf tee, which is made of hard material and shaped to taper down to have a sharp lower end so as to let the anchor nail to move smoothly into the ground. And the anchor nail further has plural lengthwise projecting wings on its outer surface. The projecting wings can contact tightly with the soil after the anchor nail is planted in the ground, so when a golf ball placed on a receptacle fixed on the anchor nail is hit by a golf club, the anchor nail will not incline or fly off by the shock.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWIWNGS
• This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
• FIG. 1 is a lower perspective view of a golf tee in the present invention;
• FIG. 2 is an upper perspective view of the golf tee in the present invention;
• FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the golf tee in the present invention;
• FIG. 4 is an upper cross-sectional view of the golf tee in the present invention;
• FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of the golf tee in the present invention, showing it with a golf ball placed on and driven in the ground; and,
• FIG. 6 is a conventional golf tee with a golf ball placed on and planted in the ground.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
• A preferred embodiment of a golf tee in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 to 5, includes an anchor nail 11 and a receptacle 12 as main components.
• The anchor nail 11 is made of hard material, shaped to taper down to have a sharp lower end so as to easily move into the soil of the ground, further having plural lengthwise projecting wings 112 spaced apart equidistantly around the body 111 of the anchor nail 11, as shown in FIG. 4. So the projecting wings 112 may contact tightly with the soil of the ground after the anchor nail 11 is planted in the ground, hard to loosen. Thus when a golf ball placed on top of receptacle 12 of the golf tee 1 is hit by a golf club, the tee may not liable to incline or fly off with the golf ball.
• The receptacle 12 is fixed on top of the anchor nail 11, having a central lengthwise hole 121 and an annular concave member 122 expanding outward like a trumpet for a golf ball to sit thereon stably.
• In using, as shown in FIG. 5, the anchor nail 11 of the golf tee 1 is planted forcefully down into the ground deep enough with a finger pressing the annular concave 122 of the receptacle 12, with the anchor nail 11 located in the ground 2, and with the receptacle 12 exposed out of the ground 2. Then a golf ball may be placed on the annular concave member 122 of the receptacle 12 for hitting.
• The invention has the following advantages, as can be seen from the foresaid description.
• • 1. As the anchor nail of the tee is provided with plural lengthwise projecting wings, which can guide the anchor nail to move easily into the ground during planting the anchor nail into the ground, not like the anchor nail of a conventional tee easily to incline as moved into the ground owing to the curved outer surface.
  • 2. The plural lengthwise projecting wings can let the anchor nail to be kept tight with the soil of the ground after the anchor nail is planted in the ground, so the tee will not incline or fly out by the shock when the golf ball is hit.
• While the preferred embodiment of the inventin has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claimed are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (1)

1. A golf tee comprising an anchor nail and a receptacle fixed on said anchor nail, said anchor nail made of hard material and shaped to taper down to have a sharp lower end, said receptacle having an annular concave member expanding out; and,

Said anchor nail providing with plural lengthwise projecting wings spaced apart equidistantly on its outer surface.

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