CN1051242C

CN1051242C - Golf tee

Info

Publication number: CN1051242C
Application number: CN93119496A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 伦纳德·J·德怀尔; 迪克奥瑞·拉迪伍克
Original assignee: LEONARD J DWYER
Current assignee: LEONARD J DWYER
Priority date: 1992-10-27
Filing date: 1993-10-26
Publication date: 2000-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2013-10-26
Also published as: CN1096708A

Abstract

The invention relates to a golf tee (10) which includes a writing point (18) and/or an eraser, preferably both. In a preferred embodiment, tee (10) has shaft (11) and head (12), shaft (11) tapering from head (12) to end (13). Received in cylindrical bore (17) is writing point (18) having free end (19). Hollow bore (16) adapted to receive end (13A) of second tee (10A), thus protecting writing point (18A). Circumferential rim (14) defines a hollow depression (15) which is intended to aid in support of a golf ball.

Description

Golf tee

The present invention relates to a kind of sports apparatus, specifically, relate to a kind of apparatus of using in the golf.

In golf, allow to use golf tee---normally a small wood or plastics stub---before with golf club striking, with Ball support on the position of raising.The golf rule allows to use golf tee in the first time in each hole in the above described manner in the batting usually.

Everybody knows the outward appearance of common golf tee and manufacturing.Common golf tee has one (being generally spill) can support the head of golf and bar portion that a tip is arranged usually so that make ball seat can be inserted into ground.

In golf sports, each sportsman gets used to using a record pencil to write down the number of times of batting on a registration plate.If the sportsman is accidental makeing mistakes in record, so perhaps need to make mistake obtain corrigendum with eraser.

Before this, in round of golf, most of linksmans find, must bring all golf tee, record pencil and eraser.Many linksmans are owing to fail to keep above-mentioned every sufficient inventory, or since can not be when needed get every article in place easily and

The objective of the invention is to overcome or alleviate the problems referred to above at least, a kind of golf tee that is combined with record pencil and/or eraser function is provided.

Golf tee provided by the present invention comprises a writing tip and/or an eraser.

Golf tee can be made with any suitable material.As mentioned above, golf tee normally wooden or form with plastics are molded.These materials are comparatively cheap.Yet golf tee is also used other material such as common metal sometimes, in addition silver and gold make.All above-mentioned materials all can be used to make golf tee of the present invention.

Writing tip can have any suitable writing device, comprises lead for retractable pencil, with the ball-point pen tip that the ink storehouse cooperates, chalk etc.If desired, writing tip can be retractible, and if appropriate, the material that the major part available energy of golf tee keeps a record on paper is made.

Eraser is common rubber, felt or the other natural or synthetic material that is suitable for wiping written trace.The material of eraser should be able to be wiped the written trace of writing tip effectively.Therefore, when writing tip comprised lead for retractable pencil, eraser material should be able to be wiped the vestige that pencil is write.Equally, when writing tip comprised ball-point pen tip, eraser material should be able to be wiped ink marks.

The structure of eraser can play the effect of damper.The effect that this cushioning effect can be additional to or alternative eraser is wiped writing.Do the time spent when the structure of eraser plays damper, the hardness of the material of eraser should be less than the hardness of golf.

In the structure of most convenient, when golf tee of the present invention comprised a writing tip, writing tip was coaxial and be contained among the ball seat bar portion or constitute an one part with ball seat bar portion.Writing tip preferably constitutes the end of bar portion, makes ball seat can be inserted into ground, and in such an embodiment, writing tip should be selected from the material with required hardness, can not damage when making writing tip be inserted into ground.(certain, should be noted that when going in the attempt soil that common ball seat insertion is closely knit to tend to damage; Ball seat of the present invention also can run into such damage, must be avoided.When writing tip is a ball pen, adopt metal to strengthen structure usually to avoid this damage.)

Eraser should be positioned at or be adjacent to the head of ball seat.Eraser can be any suitable shape.For example, eraser can whole replacement ball seat head.In this form, eraser can be Unitarily molded with ball seat bar portion, even form bar portion, or be fixed in ball seat bar portion with proper device.

In another form, eraser can constitute by being enclosed within on the ball seat head "O in the groove or split ring.

Other form is conspicuous to those skilled in the art, comprises within the scope of the present invention.

Alternatively be, a plurality of golf tees of the present invention can be supporting, and the bar point of a ball seat can insert in the hole that another ball seat extends to bar portion from the head.

If desired, the head of ball seat of the present invention can be used to accept a dish, and described dish can be brought into play the effect of advertisement or sign or golf logger.When ball seat of the present invention comprised the eraser that is positioned at the ball seat head, this was a kind of structure very easily, because eraser can make with suitable material, thereby formed the frame of fixed disk or logger.For example, dish can be by sportsman's plug-in mounting or plug-in mounting during fabrication.

Now contrast the following drawings, preferred embodiment of the present invention be described in detail in detail by way of example:

Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of first embodiment of ball seat of the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents the situation that ball seat cover shown in Figure 1 is plugged together;

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of second embodiment of ball seat of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of the 3rd embodiment of ball seat of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of the 4th embodiment of ball seat of the present invention;

Cutaway view shown in Figure 6 is the details of fifth embodiment of the invention.

In each accompanying drawing, for simplicity, use identical label to represent corresponding part.

At first consult Fig. 1 now, golf tee 10 uses eraser material integrally molded to constitute bar portion 11 and head 12.Bar portion 11 is 12 13 tapered to the end from the head.The diameter of head 12 has the periphery 14 of a formation hollow recess 15 greater than bar portion 11, and recess 15 provides the concave surface of supporting golf (drawing).

Hole 16 extends axially to end 13 from recess 15 in bar portion 11, and has tapering, and therefore, at least a portion of the bar portion of identical ball seat 10 can be inserted in it, and this point below will describe in detail.

In bar portion 11, there is a cylindrical hole 17 bar portion 11, axially to extend from end 13 to head 12.Writing tip 18 is made of a pencil-lead, and pencil-lead forms tapering towards its free end 19.Writing tip 18 is contained in the hole 17, frictionally, and bonding agent or any other suitable mode are fixed in the hole.The written trace that the eraser material of formation bar 11 and head 12 is suitable for wiping writing tip 18.

When golf tee 10 is used as a ball seat, use free end 19 to help penetrated surface.Golf is placed on the head 12 then, is absorbed in hollow recess 15 partly, ball is hit in common mode on ball seat.Can take out ball seat 10 from ground then, ball seat 10 is used as pencil, on scoreboard, write down current batting, perhaps write down out of Memory on demand with writing tip 18.Head 12 can be used for wiping the vestige that writing tip is write.

Now consult Fig. 2, the plug-in mounting second ball seat 10A (Lower Half of only drawing second ball seat among Fig. 2) on first ball seat 10.The end 13A of the second ball seat 10A is inserted in the hole 16 of first ball seat 10, thereby has protected writing tip 18A.As can be seen, a series of ball seats 10 can be plug-in by this way, thereby protected all writing tips 18 that remove the ball seat 10 of foot.In addition, the ball seat that gets up of plug-in mounting is more convenient for carrying and is convenient to be used for write book.

Fig. 3 represents a complex embodiments more of the present invention.In this embodiment, bar portion 11 is made of a bottom 21 and an independent top 22.One axial hole 23 is arranged in bottom 21, and the hole 24 that its end and diameter are bigger is communicated with, and the less hole 25 of the other end that closes on end 13 and diameter is communicated with.

The writing tip 18 of pencil form is housed in the pencil-lead clamper 26, is suitable for sending to by hole 25.Pencil-lead clamper 26 comprises threaded portion 27, threaded portion 29 interoperations in its screw thread 28 and bar portion 11 tops 22.The stroke range of stop flange 31 restriction clampers 26.

Top 22 rotation in one direction makes the writing tip 18 of clamper 26 clampings send to by hole 25, and the rotation on oppositely then makes in the writing tip 18 indentation holes 25, and above-mentioned working method is identical with the screw propulsion pencil.Like this, when ball seat 10 was inserted ground, writing tip 18 just can be protected, unlikely damage.

The top of bar portion 11 forms or comprises an eraser.

Top 22 preferably should all be made of eraser material.Perhaps head can be made by eraser material, is bonded in by rights on the remainder on top 22.

In the embodiments of the invention shown in Figure 4, ball seat 10 has an eraser and a bar portion that forms writing tip.In this embodiment, head 12 is made by eraser material, and comprises extension 32, thereby head 12 can be connected in the bar portion 11 by frictional fit.Bar portion 11 is made by the material that is suitable for writing on scoreboard, thereby forms a writing tip.

Golf registration plate 34 can insert in the hollow recess 15 removably, and by periphery 14 clampings of head 12.In order to make registration plate 34 be convenient to pull down, periphery 14 can partly cut away (not drawing).

In this embodiment, when being taken out on the head 12 of golf (draw) at ball seat 10 when hitting, head 12 also can be brought into play the effect of damper.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, have a circumferential slot 36 on the head 12, be used for accepting O shape ring (or split ring) 38, described ring 38 comprises eraser.In this embodiment, compare with Fig. 4 that what can notice is that the part of periphery 14 has been removed so that make registration plate be easy to pull down.

The bottom 37 of bar portion 11 is to make as carbon as the material of writing tip.

In the modification of this embodiment, bar portion 11 and head 12 can be made by above-mentioned material fully.

Now consult Fig. 6, ball seat 10 has the head of being made by eraser material 12, and the extension 32 of head is bonded in the bar portion 11 by binding agent.Advertisement dish 39 comprises bar 42, has the flange 43 in the chamber 44 that is contained in head 12 on the bar 42, therefore, remain in the head 12 during dish 39 normal uses, still, also replaceable if desired another advertisement dish.

Bar portion 11 can form a writing tip, and embodiment perhaps also can comprise or connect a writing tip as shown in Figure 4, as Fig. 1 or 5 illustrated embodiments.

As can be seen, golf tee of the present invention has had obvious improvement than prior art, and it makes golf tee combine the function of writing implement and eraser.Certainly, the foregoing description does not limit to scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. golf tee, it is characterized in that: it comprises a writing tip and an eraser.

2. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described writing tip can be from comprising pen core, selects in one group of ball-point pen tip that cooperates with the ink storehouse and chalk.

3. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: described eraser can be from comprising rubber, and felt and other are suitable for wiping in a group of natural or synthetic material of written handwriting to be selected.

4. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described writing tip can be withdrawn.

5. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: at least a portion of described ball seat is to be made by the material that can be used as writing tip.

6. golf tee as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: described golf tee has a bar portion of being made by the material that can be used as writing tip.

7. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described eraser can be wiped the person's handwriting of described writing tip effectively.

8. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the structure of described eraser can be brought into play the effect of damper.

9. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described ball seat has the head and the bar portion that are suitable for supporting golf, and described writing tip and described bar portion are coaxial, and is contained among the bar portion or constitutes its part.

10. golf tee as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that: described writing tip constitutes the end of described bar portion, makes ball seat can be inserted into ground.

11. golf tee as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that: but described writing tip is an indentation bar portion.

12. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described ball seat has a head that is suitable for supporting golf, a bar portion and described being located on or near in the eraser of ball seat head,

13. golf tee as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that: described eraser constitutes the ball seat head.

14. golf tee as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that: the bar portion of described eraser and described ball seat is Unitarily molded or be fixed in the bar portion.

15. as each described golf tee in the claim 12 to 14, it is characterized in that: described ball seat head is suitable for packing into one and coils or the golf registration plate, and described eraser is made by elastomeric material, constitutes the frame of described dish of clamping or registration plate.

16. golf tee as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that: described eraser is made of ring of the O shape in the circumferential slot that is contained on the ball seat head or split ring.

17. golf tee as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that: whole ball seat is made by eraser material.

18. golf tee as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described ball seat has the bar portion that one one end has head, and the other end of described bar portion is with most advanced and sophisticated a termination, and a hole penetrates described bar portion from described head.

19. golf tee as claimed in claim 18, it is characterized in that: many such ball seats are suitable for one and are inserted on another, the described hole of a ball seat is suitable for inserting the tip of the bar portion of first adjacent tees, and the tip of a described ball seat is suitable for inserting in the hole of second adjacent tees.