Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Ball feeding means and tee
Patent
1996-04-22
1997-07-15
Wong, Steven B.
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Ball feeding means and tee
473132, A63B 6900
Patent
active
056478054
ABSTRACT:
A lightweight and portable system to place a golf ball onto a tee. The present invention comprises a housing which has a hopper bin defined in the upper region thereof. The hopper is designed to accommodate up to four dozen golf balls at a time so that a golfer may "drive" numerous times without having to stop often and reload the hopper. Preferably, the interior of the hopper bin is sloped to form a rough funnel shape such that the golf balls are distributed one-at-a-time into a trough which is coupled to the hopper. Internal of the housing is the apparatus by which the golf balls are distributed single file through a delivery tube to the specialized ball placement mechanism. The most significant features of the present invention is the specialized ball placement mechanism which permits a golfer to tee their ball prior to driving at varying heights and the lever mechanism which allows a golfer to rapidly dispense a practice ball without drastically altering his stance or changing his grip. In particular, at the distal end of the ball placement mechanism is a pivotally connected roughly crescent shaped ball receptacle. This ball receptacle cradles the golf ball in two curved prongs or fingers.
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