US1542505A - Golf tee - Google Patents

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June 16, 1925.

G. R. JACOBUS GOLF TEE Fi led Aug. 6, 1924 INVEN TOR Q Q? ATTORNEY Patented dune 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE E. JACOBUS, OF HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed August 6, 1924. Serial No. 730,362.

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, GEoRonR. J ACOBUS, a

. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hawthorne, in the county of Passaic and 6 State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Tees, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used in playing the field game of golf in which a ball is struck by a club to move a considerable distance in a given direction.

At the beginning of each stroke leading the several holes in the course of the game, the ball is preferably raised slightly above the surface of the teeing mound in order to permit an effective stroke to be given it, the club used having an angularly disposed fiat face, the lower portion of which would be interfered with by the ground if the ball rested upon its relatively level surface and the trajectory of the ball would not be satisfactory.

Ordinarily, olay, sand or small stones is employed for u the purpose of raising the ball, such hillock being built by the hands of a player from material near at hand, the operation tending to uncleanliness and consuming time.

Occasionally a mechanical tee is used for this purpose, usually made of wire, and which after use is removed and thrown away into the grass, causing damage to the mowing apparatus used in maintaining a relatively smooth level surface of the way adjacent the mound.

Solid wooden tees have been used with measurable success but the cost of construction is excessive.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a golf tee which is simple and cheaply constructed of material that will not injure the blades of a mower, and which are so light and compact that a supply can bereadily carried in the pocket of the player.

Another purpose is to produce a golf tee which can be easily inserted in the surface of the ground and support a ball in an effective manner without in any way affecting the operation of a club, the height of the ball being dependent upon the depth of insertion of the tee.

A further aim is in the provision of a tee which obviates the annoyance of forming a a small hillock or mound of fairsand tee and which can be placed wherever desired.

These several objects are accomplished by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a component part of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a golf tee showing its application.

Figure 2 is a side View of the stem showing the head in section.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing a slight modification. I

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the stem 10 is represented by a thin cylindrical piece of wood having a conically tapering point 11 readily pressed into the soil, the stem being provided at its upper end with a series of annular ridges 12 to provide an efiicient gripping surface for the head.

The head or seat 13 may preferably be made of rubber or a moulded composition of resilient and yielding nature. The upper face 14 is concave as shown, its radius being substantially equivalent to that of the ball 15, and lower surface 16 is convex, the hole 17 in the head being of such diameter as to be forced over the corrugations 12 of the stem until the end of the stem becomes seated in the bottom of the hole against the web 20.

In the modification, shown in Figure 3, a distinct shoulder 18 is formed at the upper end of the stem, above which is a conical extension 19 engaging the hole 17 in the head, and, due to the flexibility of the material in its composition, the head rests on the shoulder 18 when in operative position, adhering tenaciously by reason of the conical shape of the contacting parts.

In practice, the stem is driven into the ground nearly to the under surface of the head, the depth being controlled by the distance the ball is to stand above the surface.

When the ball is struck, the head will yield upon contact with the club which is not 1n anyway damaged by it, irrespective of the force used.

\Vhile certain preferred embodiment of this device have been shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form, arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

conically tapering point, a cylindrical body, an inset conical upper portion, and a head having a concave upper surface suited to 10 a straight cylindrical body,

receive a golf ball, said head being tight fitted to the upper portion of the stem.

2. A golf tee comprising a cylindrical Wooden stem having a sharply tapered point a conical upper end',' and arubber head havinga concave upper surface and a convex bottom, said head adhering frictionally. to the upper conical end of the stem. I

. 3 A golf :tee comprising a cylindrical twooden stem having a sharply tapered point,

shoulder, and a rubber head a straight cylindrical body, a shoulder, a conical upper element extending from the having a concave upper surface and a convex bottom,

1 "said head being provided with an opening 1. A golf tee comprising a stem having a through which this stem is passed, to engage tightly over the upper conical end and seat upon said shoulder thereof. 4. A golf tee comprising a wooden stem having a tapering point at one end an annularly ridged portion at the other end, and a yielding head having a concave upper surfaceand' a convex bottom, said head containing an axial opening in its lower portion adapted to tightly engage the ridged portion of said stem.

In testimony whereof I name to the specification.

GEORGE R. JAQOBUS.

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