Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Tee
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-04
2008-12-23
Wong, Steven (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Tee
C473S386000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07468008
ABSTRACT:
In combination with a golf tee having a top portion for supporting a golf ball, a neck portion, a shaft section and a pointed end, a device adapted to assist in penetrating the golf tee into the ground to ensure a pre-determined height for the golf ball comprising a generally tubular sleeve having a hollowed cylindrical cavity through its longitudinal center to receive the golf tee shaft therethrough, a generally annular end portion adapted to be positioned back from the pointed end, the end portion also having an inner diameter and two or more circumferentially spaced segments with leading edges adapted to outwardly flare when engaged by a shaft section having a larger outer diameter than the inner diameter of the end portion. Also provided is an enlarged tubular top section diverging upwardly from the generally tubular sleeve to engage and abut the golf ball support. An alternative embodiment of the device comprises an annular flange formed along the leading edges of the circumferentially spaced segments adapted to radially enlarge the end portion of the device to provide a wider area to bear against the ground surface to further stabilize the golf tee.
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Gitlin Larry F.
Rapkin Gitlin & Beaumont
Wong Steven
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