US1535181A - Golf-ball tee or support - Google Patents

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April 28, 1925.

B. E. SAWYER GOLF BALL TEE OR SUPPORT Filed semi. a. 1924 I E QEZ."

I I I IHVEE'IFZZOIZ fiwwwmwl Patented Apr. 2s,'1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOLF-BALI- TEE on sorronr.

Applicationifiled September 8, 1924. Serial No. 736,511.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, BURNSIDE ELLswon'rH SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitchburg, in the county of Wor- B cester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Ball Tees or Supports, of which the following is a specification. Y This invention relates to teeing a ball on 10 the tees of a golf course. The principal objectsof this invention is to provide means by which a ball can'be supported at a predetermined height from the ground, so that when the ball is driven from this support, it

16 will not retardor deflect it and if the stroke of the club is too low, the supporting member will collapse, and at the same time doflect the club to a more correct position for a proper shot. Another advantage of this 0 invention is that this supporting member is 'so resilient, and its composition of such a character, that instead of being driven away by the force of the stroke, it simply collapses and stays on or near its original positlon. 2 T0 simplify the description, I will hereafter call this supporting member, a tee.

Reference is to be had to the accompany in drawings, in which-.--

%ig. 1 is a plan view of the tee; Fig. 2 is a side view of the tee supporting a ball;

Fig. 3 is a face view of Fig. 2; i Fig. 4 is a plan view showing position of tee when collapsed under the force of a drive; and

:Fig. v5 is a side view of Fig. a, showing relative position of collapsed tee to the ball.

In the drawings I have shown a preference for a tee of conical shape. It is apparent that anyone skilled in the art, could make the supporting'walls with a' concave or convex surface, also irregular in shape, without departing from the scope of my invention. I 'do not wish to be limited to the size, shape, or number of serrations in the wall of the tee, but what I do claim is 1. A golf tee made of thin resilient material having a hole or depression at apex suitable to support a golf ball and a cut or opening extending through one side wall to the center. 5

2. A golf tee having an opening at its top suitable to support a golf ball with a cut through the side wall into this opening and made ofa resilient material that will cause it to assume its original shape after being forced to a horizontal plane ,when the pres- .sure is removed.

3. A golf tee made of thin resilient material having a hole or depression at apex suitable to support a golf ball and a cut'or opening extending through one side wall to the center; the wall of said tee to be at such an angle to the horizontal plane that .when the driving club strikes .this wall, it will collapse the tee, and slide over. it without projectingit with the ball.

BQRNSIDE riiswox'rn SAWYER.

Witnesses Anus'rnnn Sawimn; FLORENCE AMES.

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