Ball tee

• US 4,136,869 A
• Filed: 09/07/1976
• Issued: 01/30/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph V. Tassone
• Original Assignee: Joseph V. Tassone
• Inventors: Tassone, Joseph V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, T.
• Application Number:
  US05/721,060
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• Field of Search: 273/26 R, 273/26 E, 273/26 A, 273/29 A, 273/95 A, 273/33, 273/200 R, 273/202, 404/10, 404/11, 404/12, 116/114 AH, 116/114 R
• US Class Current: 473/417
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0075 Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking or the like golf tees A63B57/10

Abstract

A ball tee is provided having a base and an upstanding column carried by the base and having means for supporting a ball thereon. The column and base are made entirely of a yieldable resilient material enabling the column to be struck by a ball bat with the column and bat remaining intact and enabling the base and the major portion of the column to be easily flattened upon applying compressive forces thereagainst to thereby assure a person falling thereon will not be injured.

Claims

1. A baseball and softball type ball tee comprising, a base and an upstanding column carried by said base and having means for supporting a ball having an external diameter within the range of the diameter of a standard baseball to the diameter of a standard softball, said base and column being a single-piece construction and being dimensioned to enable said tee to be knocked over easily, said column having a vertical dimension which is substantially greater than the largest horizontal dimension of said base, said base and column being substantially entirely of a yieldable resilient elastomeric material, said base and column being hollow and each being of substantially uniform wall thickness throughout its vertical height, said column being adapted to be struck by said ball bat with said column and bat remaining intact and said base and column being adapted to be easily flattened transverse a longitudinal axis therethrough upon applying compressive forces thereagainst to thereby assure a person falling thereon will be free of injury, said hollow base having a substantially cup-shaped configuration terminating in a bottom annular supporting edge, said column having a vertical dimension which is at least several times greater than the diameter of said softball.