US 12,370,422 B2
Apparatus for fixing golf tees
Tino Richter, Berlin (DE); and Kai Wendland, Berlin (DE)
Appl. No. 17/794,308
Filed by Tino Richter, Berlin (DE); and Kai Wendland, Berlin (DE)
PCT Filed May 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DE2021/000099
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/233492, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 003 211.7 (DE), filed on May 18, 2020; and application No. 20 2020 002 355.8 (DE), filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302337 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 57/12 (2015.01); A63B 57/20 (2015.01); G01B 3/1084 (2020.01); A63B 57/30 (2015.01); A63B 57/50 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 57/12 (2015.10) [A63B 57/203 (2015.10); G01B 3/1084 (2013.01); A63B 57/353 (2015.10); A63B 57/50 (2015.10); A63B 2210/58 (2013.01); A63B 2225/74 (2020.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination: a) an apparatus for fixing golf tees by means of a tape that can be wound and unwound, which tape is arranged together with a winding and unwinding device in a housing; and b) at least one golf tee, wherein each of the at least one golf tee has a tee shaft for insertion into the ground and a plateau, arranged thereon, for a golf ball, wherein the tape has a plurality of openings which are arranged spaced apart in the tape longitudinal direction, each of the tape openings visible and accessible when the tape is unwound and penetrating the tape, the tee shaft of a first of the at least one golf tee inserted in one of the tape openings, the one tape opening configured so that the shaft on the first of the at least one golf tee that is inserted is frictionally engaged with the tape to thereby fasten the first of the at least one golf tee to the tape, wherein the housing has a pitch mark repairer and/or a ball marker and/or a groove cleaner and/or an LED that can be switched on and off and/or a circular spirit level.