Golf tee

Abstract

A golf tee includes an elastic member, which supports a golf ball in the course of swing of a golf club and elongates for allowing an upper member to be bent with respect to a lower member, can be prevented from damages, which leads to a longer lifespan while saving a purchase cost. The height of a golf tee can be adjusted, and a golf tee can be reliably inserted in a ground. The golf tee according to the present invention includes an upper member for supporting a golf ball, a lower member for allowing an upper member from being bent at the time when an impact force is applied to the upper member and is inserted in a ground in the use of golf tee, an elastic member for elastically contacting the upper member with respect to the lower member, and a strong string connected with the elastic member and is fixed to the lower member.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a golf tee which supports a golf ball when a player drives at a tee off time in a golf game, and in particular to a golf tee which is equipped with an impact absorbing function and a recovery function when a player drives away a golf ball, which leads to preventing a damage of a golf ball.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A golf game is performed as a player hits a golf ball using a golf club on a lawn field and finally putts a golf ball into a hole, so a winner is determined with less hit counts. The golf game starts on a tee ground, and a stick-shaped tee with a 5˜9 cm long is inserted on a ground, and a golf ball is mounted on the top of a tee, and a player hits the golf ball.[0003]The golf tee is generally made of a wooden material or a plastic material, with its top being concavely and spherically formed in a conical shape for mounting a golf ball thereon while having a larger diameter than other portions, with its lower end being sharpen...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0026]In the present invention, a string having a very strong strength without an elongation property is connected in an elastic member, which has a better elongation and can be easily cut by means of a damage due to a continuous contact with a strength member, and the upper and lower members of a golf tee are connected so that the strength string is positioned in the bending portions of the upper and lower members. In the above construction, when an impact force of a golf club is applied, and an electric member is elongated, and the upper member is bent with respect to the lower member, so the elastic member is not directly contacted with a lower corner portion of the upper member which is a strong member, but is contacted with a strong string having a higher strength for thereby preventing an elastic member from being cut by limiting an over elongation of the elastic member, and a lifespan of the golf tee can be elongated. The purchase cost of the golf tee can be saved.

Problems solved by technology

A stick portion of a golf tee receives a strong impact by means of a head of a golf club at the moment when a player swings and impacts a golf ball, so the golf tee might be easily broken, which leads to a lot of consumptions.

In addition, an inserted golf tee might be pulled out of a ground by means of a strong impact at the moment when a player impacts a golf ball and might fly a long distance, so it might be lost.

According to the above prior art, an impact force of the golf ball 20 is applied to the body 1, the body is not pulled out of the ground and does not escapes along with the insertion pin 2, only the upper body 1 is bent in an impacting direction, and returns to its original position by means of a recovery force of the spring 7, which results in a little improvement, but the assembling system is very complicated, and a lot of assembling time is needed.

The processing system of each element is complicated, and more elements such as a metallic spring or something are further needed.

So the manufacture costs a lot, and productivity is poor, and a lot of noises occur due to the use of a metallic spring.

In the above process, a bent corner end applies a strong impact and instant friction force to a side portion of the elastic member, so the elastic member might be damaged.

As the golf tee is continuously used, the elastic member might be broken, and the lifespan of the golf tee is shortened.

The above problems occur since a single structure rubber member, which has a relatively thicker thickness for a certain strength, is used while being exposed to the outside without a certain protection member.

An elastic rubber material has a reliable tensional strength but when it has a certain external impact in the course of elongation, a cracking goes fast from the impacted portion to other portions, so it can be easily cut.

Therefore, the above prior arts have shorter life spans, which lead to poor applications.

Since the upper member, which supports the golf ball, is formed of multiple joints, when a golf head impacts a boundary portion between the joints, the end of the joint might be caught by means of the golf club head, which causes the golf tee to be pulled out.

The more the joints, the worse efficiency of the golf tee.

In case of the conventional golf tee, the height of the golf tee is not adjustable, so the golf tee cannot be selected depending on different size users.

Since the fixing force on the ground is weak, the conventional golf tee does not tolerate the hitting impact, so it might be easily pulled out from the ground and might fly away along with the golf ball.

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