US 11,911,674 B2
Golf tee and manufacturing method thereof
Jong Seon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Jong Seon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,577.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103842 (KR), filed on Aug. 6, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0091891 (KR), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038574 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 57/13 (2015.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29L 31/52 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 57/13 (2015.10) [B29C 45/0017 (2013.01); B29C 45/1615 (2013.01); B29L 2031/52 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf tee comprising:
a support inserted into the ground; and
a rotary portion rotatably coupled to the support and having an upper surface on which a golf ball rests,
wherein the rotary portion comprises a head on which the golf ball is placed and a coupling portion formed opposite the head and coupled to the support; and
the support comprises a pointed insertion portion formed at a lower portion thereof and inserted into the ground, a hollow receiving portion formed at an upper portion thereof and protruding above the ground, the receiving portion having an insertion hole open at one side thereof, multiple cutouts formed in the receiving portion to allow the receiving portion to be elastically deformable such that the coupling portion of the rotary portion is inserted into or separated from the receiving portion, a stepped portion protruding outside an upper surface of the receiving portion, and a securing member coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the receiving portion to firmly secure the coupling portion inserted into and coupled to the receiving portion through a clamping operation, the securing member having a ring shape.