Charles Robert Parish

US Patent:

54133300, May 9, 1995

Filed:

Jan 19, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/183740

Inventors:

Thomas A. Disco - Acworth GA
Charles R. Parish - Powder Springs GA

Assignee:

Velocity Golf Products, Inc. - Acworth GA

International Classification:

A63B 5700

US Classification:

273 33

Abstract:

A shortened unitary golf tee includes a pointed base portion for insertion into the ground and a hollow body portion for receiving a golf ball. The body portion includes a side wall defining an inner cavity and a ball receipt surface which surrounds a first aperture extending into the inner cavity. The side wall also defines a second smaller aperture, or vent, extending through the side wall into the inner cavity. Regardless of the location of the second aperture, if air is allowed to flow freely into the inner cavity, it is thought to minimize the effects of depressurization between the golf tee and an accelerating golf ball departing the golf tee so that the golf tee tends to remain stationary and the golf ball retains more momentum from the golf club. In the preferred embodiment, the second aperture is located on the top of a short, upward-facing side of the golf tee to reduce the amount of area on the golf tee most likely to be impacted by a club head and to provide a more intuitive means for properly positioning and aligning the golf tee.

US Patent:

56833130, Nov 4, 1997

Filed:

May 8, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/437458

Inventors:

Thomas A. Disco - Acworth GA
Charles R. Parish - Powder Springs GA

Assignee:

Velocity Golf Products, Inc. - Hiram GA

International Classification:

A63B 5700

US Classification:

473387

Abstract:

A shortened unitary golf tee includes a pointed base portion for insertion into the ground and a hollow body portion for receiving a golf ball. The body portion includes a side wall defining an inner cavity and a ball receipt surface which substantially surrounds a first aperture extending into the inner cavity. The side wall also defines a second smaller aperture, or vent, extending through the side wall into the inner cavity. Regardless of the location of the second aperture, if air is allowed to flow freely into the inner cavity, it is thought to minimize the effects of depressurization between the golf tee and an accelerating golf ball departing the golf tee so that the golf tee tends to remain stationary and the golf ball retains more momentum from the golf club. In the preferred embodiment, the second aperture is located on the top of a short, upward-facing side of the golf tee to reduce the amount of area on the golf tee most likely to be impacted by a club head and to provide a more intuitive means for properly positioning and aligning the golf tee. The second aperture is located in various inventive configurations in alternate embodiments.