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Golf ball teeing systemGolf ball teeing system description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080234061, Golf ball teeing system. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
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Not Applicable FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCHNot Applicable SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAMNot Applicable BACKGROUND1. Field of Invention This invention is an improved above-the-ground golf ball teeing system for use in golf ranges that allows golfers to tee up golf balls and separately fetch golf balls from the golf tray into a mat or ground without passing through a teeing mechanism. This invention alleviates practicing golfers from bending over to tee up golf balls. 2. Discussion of Prior Art The present art of teeing golf balls into a tee excelled in doing just that—teeing golf balls into a tee. The present art, for a long time, had overlooked to provide golfers the ability to cherry pick golf balls off the golf ball-holding bins. A typical golf range provides a mix of newer range balls and worn-out balls with dimples that are barely discernable. Here is where the present art of teeing golf balls fall short—practicing golfers cannot select the quality of golf balls. The golf balls come to them as dispensed by the teeing machines. Golfers want to hit newer golf balls with their drivers because newer golf balls travel farther and they want to know how far they can hit with their drivers. The worn-out golf balls suit the short irons and wedges—worn-out balls do not lose much distance because of the high trajectory produced by the short irons and wedges. The present art of teeing every golf ball into a tee are described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,071,356 to W. P. Pagett (1937), U.S. Pat. No. 2,171,299 to C. C. Beckett (1939), U.S. Pat. No. 2,285,342 to A. C. MacLellan (1942), U.S. Pat. No. 3,003,770 to R. O. Jones (1961), U.S. Pat. No. 4,265,453 to Loof (1981), U.S. Pat. No. 4,360,204 to Karr (1982), U.S. Pat. No. 4,732,391 to Karr (1988), U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,893 to Choi (1989), U.S. Pat. No. 4,957,296 to Turnridge et al (1990), U.S. Pat. No. 4,995,614 to Tange (1991), U.S. Pat. No. 5,411,267 to Burks et al (1995), U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,339 to Wildes (1995), U.S. Pat. No. 5,464,223 to Dermott (1995), U.S. Pat. No. 5,624,325 to Smith (1997), U.S. Pat. No. 5,674,103 to Egan (1997), to U.S. Pat. No. 5,702,844 to Luther (1998), U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,475 to Luna (1998), U.S. Pat. No. 6,174,243 to Choi (2001), U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,719 to Hwang (2001), U.S. Pat. No. 6,315,676 to Sandlin (2001), U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,659 to Peterson (2001), and U.S. Pat. No. 6,616,541 to Michelizza (2003). These inventions require golfers to knock off golf balls from a tee into a mat for hitting off the mat. The U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,475 to Luna (1998), allows a golf ball to roll pass the rubber tee and onto a mat. Another method of teeing up golf balls is by routing them through rigid tubing or conduit. They are described in U.S. Pat. No. 1,940,321 to W. P. Pagett (1933), U.S. Pat. No. 2,216,853 to W. V. Middleton (1940), U.S. Pat. No. 3,127,177 to E. Benkoe (1964), U.S. Pat. No. 3,599,983 to Raymond Melton (1969), U.S. Pat. No. 4,132,214 to Schnurr et al (1979), U.S. Pat. No. 4,141,558 to Hoffman (1979), U.S. Pat. No. 4,146,232 to Stone (1979), U.S. Pat. No. 4,391,446 to Eberie (1983), U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,537 to Adam (1988), U.S. Pat. No. 4,892,318 to Jennings (1990), U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,622 to Irving (1993), U.S. Pat. No. 5,346,222 to Luther, Sr. (1994), and U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,004 to Vlahovic (1997). These inventions route the balls into a hollow tube. The golf balls form a single column in the tube and are prevented from clogging. The ball hoppers are placed high above the ground and the golf balls are routed through the tubing. Another method of teeing up golf balls is by using electric motors. These inventions are described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,675,237 to L. J. Willcox (1954), U.S. Pat. No. 2,789,824 to L. J. Willcox (1957), U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,955 to Hickson et al (1989), U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,299 to Petrillo (1991), U.S. Pat. No. 5,022,657 to Bussiere et al (1991), U.S. Pat. No. 5,282,628 to Komori et al (1991), U.S. Pat. No. 5,326,107 to Park (1994), U.S. Pat. No. 5,529,307 to Chang (1996), U.S. Pat. No. 5,860,870 to Park (1999), U.S. Pat. No. 6,106,407 to Peyton, Jr. (2000), U.S. Pat. No. 6,497,624 to Howard et al (2002), and U.S. Pat. No. 6,585,603 to Montalvo (2003). Of notable invention is U.S. Pat. No. 6,497,624 to Howard et al (2002), a golf ball can either be teed up on a tee or dispensed directly onto a mat. Other patents on the teeing mechanism are U.S. Pat. No. 5,549,518 to Wang (1996), and U.S. Pat. No. 5,743,804 to Bacon (1998). Wang mentioned that a ball hopper would be used with the teeing mechanism and Bacon made no mention of any golf ball-holding bins or trays. Another method of teeing up golf balls into horizontal tees are describe in Japanese Patents 52-044877 (1977), 50-076958 (1975), 49-064065 (1974), 53-094766 (1978), and 59-145962 (1984). Patent 53-094766 (1978) describes the utility of a horizontal tee secured on a ground as described in its drawings. Patents with horizontal tee as specified in U.S. Pat. No. 1,937,180 to L. A. Young (1933), and U.S. Pat. No. 3,458,204 to J. B. Wilson (1969) utilize devices to keep the supply of golf balls lined up in a single column. Again, the golf balls are teed into the horizontal tees and have to be knocked down from the tee onto the mat for golfers wishing to practice hitting off the mat. The above mentioned inventions allow golf balls to be placed onto a mat by first teeing the golf balls onto a tee and knocking the golf balls off the tee. Very few above mentioned inventions either directly dispenses golf balls directly onto a mat or the golf ball go pass the tee onto a mat. All of the above mentioned inventions are slow and take extra effort as far as dispensing golf balls onto a mat is concerned. The above mentioned inventions do not allow golfers to cherry pick the golf balls off of the golf ball trays to suit the club that golfers are using. The above mentioned inventions limit the golfers to what is readily teed or dispensed golf ball. Also, the above mentioned inventions have many parts, bulky, sit high above the ground that they are distracting to the golfers, some require electricity, and some require clearance underneath for the teeing mechanism. OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGESThe main object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved above-the-ground teeing system which furnishes golf balls on a tee and allow golfers the benefit of fetching golf balls from the golf tray into a mat using their clubs without passing through the teeing mechanism. This invention alleviates golfers from bending over to tee up golf balls. The following are the advantages of this novel invention:
a) This invention has separate mechanism for teeing up golf balls and fetching a golf ball from the tray to a mat—this eliminates the monotonous and slow delivery of golf balls onto a mat. Majority of existing inventions are designed such that each of the golf balls, that are placed and held in their holding trays or hoppers, goes through the teeing mechanism. If golfers want to hit golf balls off of mats, they either have to knock the golf balls off a tee or open up a mechanism to allow the golf balls to pass through a tee. This is monotonous and slow delivery of golf balls into a mat.
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