Golf tee anchoring system

• US 20080085786A1
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hirofusa Otsubo
• Original Assignee: Hirofusa Otsubo
• Inventors: Otsubo, Hirofusa
• Application Number:
  US11/544,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20080085786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/396
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/10 Golf tees
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/13 foldable or separable

Abstract

A golf tee anchoring system disclosed herein has two or more anchoring fins and an energy deflecting section integrated in one piece tee unit composed of flexible but substantially indestructible, reusable material or plastic which is adapted to prevent the unwanted loss of the tee by the impact of a golf club.

Claims

1. A golf tee with anchoring system, comprising:

a tee main shaft having a ball supporting section at the top of the main shaft;

two or more anchoring fins with blunt edges secured at the end portion of the tee main shaft, the two or more anchoring fins to be inserted into the ground and held to stabilize the tee main shaft in the ground; and

an energy deflecting section secured at the middle of the tee main shaft for swaying impact energy away to ease the direct impact to the anchoring fins;

wherein the tee main shaft, the two or more anchoring fins and the energy deflecting section are made of substantially flexible but indestructible, reusable plastic material as one piece tee unit.

5. The golf tee with anchoring system as defined in claim 1 wherein the energy deflecting section at the middle of the tee main shaft is thinner than the tee main shaft for swaying impact energy away to ease the direct impact to the anchoring fins the anchoring fins include three radially extending anchoring fins.

6. The golf tee with anchoring system as defined in claim 1 wherein the energy deflecting section at the middle of the tee main shaft is made of different plastic material which has more flex and durability than the tee main shaft.

2. A golf tee anchoring system for holding a golf tee in the ground, comprising:

two or more anchoring fins with blunt edges to be secured at an end portion of a main shaft of the golf tee, the two or more anchoring fins to be inserted into the ground and held to stabilize the tee main shaft in the ground; and

an energy deflecting section secured at the middle of the tee main shaft for swaying impact energy away to ease the direct impact to the anchoring fins;

wherein the tee main shaft, the two or more anchoring fins and the energy deflecting section are made of substantially flexible but indestructible, reusable plastic material as one piece tee unit.

3. The golf tee anchoring system as defined in claim 2 wherein the anchoring fins include three radially extending anchoring fins.

4. The golf tee anchoring system as defined in claim 2 wherein the anchoring fins include four radially extending anchoring fins.