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  Method and package for marketing golf teesUSPTO Application #: 20060287136Title: Method and package for marketing golf tees Abstract: A package of golf tees contains tees of different lengths and is marketed at a point of purchase as containing a number of tees sufficient to play an integral number of rounds of golf. The tees are marked with colors or other indicia to signify their relative lengths. (end of abstract) Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC - Rockville, MD, US Inventor: Richard A. Oleksyk USPTO Applicaton #: 20060287136 - Class: 473387000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Golf, Tee The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060287136. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/679,682 entitled "Golf Tee Packaging and Marketing," filed May 11, 2006. The disclosure of that provisional patent application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. [0002] In addition, the present invention utilizes some of the concepts disclosed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/023,367, filed Dec. 29, 2004 and entitled "Golf Tees and Method of Marketing Same". The entire disclosure of that application is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] 1. Field of the Invention [0004] The present invention pertains generally to golf tees and in particular to methods, systems and packaging for marketing golf tees. [0005] 2. Description of the Related Art [0006] A golf tee enables a golfer to start every hole with a tee to elevate the golf ball to a desired position above the ground. Typically, golf tees are made of wood or plastic and have a shaft with a substantially constant diameter cross section over a predetermined portion of its length. The shaft converges to a pointed end adapted for insertion into the ground. The other end of the tee shaft flares smoothly outwardly and terminates in a concave spherical segment on which the golf ball is seated. [0007] The desired height of the golf ball above ground is determined by the distance or depth that the pointed end of the tee is inserted into the ground. The ball height above the ground, depending upon the player's action during a golf swing, plays a part in the flight path and distance that the ball will travel when hit. If the ball is set too high above the ground, the ball will be more inclined to travel very high but not very far down the fairway. If the ball height is too low, the ball will tend to not achieve optimal vertical height and it may not, therefore, travel very far horizontally down the fairway. [0008] The height of the ball above the ground for each tee shot will vary from golfer to golfer based on an individual's swing and, importantly, the golf club being used. In other words, it is desirable to have the clubface meet the ball at an optimum angle for each golf club. The advent of driver club heads of vastly different size has resulted in greater importance being attached to teeing a ball to the proper height. [0009] Depending on the length and or contour of a particular golf hole, a golfer will use different golf clubs off the tee. For example, a driver with a large head may be used on some holes, a three-wood or other smaller head club may be used on other holes, and irons may be used on still other holes. Importantly, tees of different lengths should be used with these different clubs to optimize the positioning of the golf ball relative to the club face at impact. Unfortunately, many golfers, before starting a round of golf, typically grab a handful of tees from a bucket containing tees which are all the same standard length. They then use the same length tee for each drive irrespective of the club being used for the drive. The result is usually a less than optimum drive off the tee. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] Briefly, the invention comprises packaging golf tees of different sizes in the same package or container to meet the needs of a golfer in one or more typical rounds of golf. Since tees are typically lost or broken after being used in playing one or more holes, a plurality of tees are provided in each package. Whatever that plurality is, the package is preferably marketed (e. g., by means of printed indicia on the package, signage at the point of purchase, etc.) as containing a Round Of Tees.TM. (i.e., sufficient tees to play a round of golf). In one embodiment of the invention, based on an exemplary supposition that a tee is used for two holes before being lost or broken), there are nine tees provided in each package. Further, since the typical 18-hole golf course has four par three holes, four par five holes and ten par four holes, a package for one golf round might contain: two short or standard tees for use with irons on the four short par three holes; two extra long tees for use with large head drivers on the four long par five holes; and five middle length tees for use with smaller head woods or irons on the ten mid-length par four holes. If a package contains sufficient tees for two rounds of golf, the number of tees of each length would be doubled, for three rounds the number would be tripled, etc. It is to be understood that the number of tees of each length in the package can vary from the two, two and five combination; that is, the combination can be three of each, or any other combination. Likewise, the number of tees in the package need not be limited to nine but can be as many as eighteen or more (e.g., spares) per round. Further, the package may include sufficient tees for more than a single round of golf. Still further, the package may include only tees of two different lengths or tees of four or more different lengths. Finally, it is within the scope of the invention to provide in a single package: only two tees, each having a different length; or only three tees, each having a different length; or only four tees, each having a different length. [0011] It is a primary but not the sole object of the invention to provide a method and packaging for marketing golf tees so as to render it more convenient for golfers in using the tees during a round of golf. [0012] In a broader sense it is an object of the invention to market golf tees in a package containing golf tees of different lengths. It is also an object of the invention to place indicia on the tees to indicate their length at a glass, thereby facilitating the tee selection process by the golfer for each hole. [0013] The aforesaid objects are achieved individually and in combination, and it is not intended that the present invention be construed as requiring two or more of the objects to be combined unless expressly required by the claims attached hereto. [0014] The above and still further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following definitions, descriptions and descriptive figures of specific embodiments thereof wherein like reference numerals in the various figures are utilized to designate like components. While these descriptions go into specific details of the invention, it should be understood that variations may and do exist and would be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the descriptions herein. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] FIGS. 1a through 1d illustrate golf tees of different lengths that may be used in the method and packaging of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 2 is a view in plan of a package of golf tees according to the present invention; and [0017] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of golf tees being loaded into a package in accordance with the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0018] The following detailed explanations of the drawings and of the preferred embodiments reveal the methods and apparatus of the present invention. [0019] More specifically, golf tees packaged and marketed according to the invention may be contained in plastic bags, blister pack containers, boxes, holster strips, or any other form of packaging suitable for a particular retail venue, whether it is a sporting goods store, a golf specialty shop, a pro shop at a golf course, etc. The size of the package depends on the number of tees in the package and the number of rounds of golf to be accommodated by the number of tees in the package. As noted, for the preferred embodiment described herein, there are sufficient tees for one round of golf, and there is one tee provided to function for two holes, although it is within the scope of the invention to provide one tee per hole, one tee per three holes, one tee per four holes, etc. It is also preferred that the package contain tees of one length for the par three holes, tees of a somewhat longer length for the par four holes, and tees of a still greater length for the par five holes. For example, the shortest golf tee would typically have a length of 21/8 inches; the medium size golf tee would have a length of 23/4 inches; and the longest golf tee 20 would have a length of between 31/4 inches and 4 inches. Alternatively, the lengths may be 23/4 inches for the shortest tee, 31/4 inches for the medium tee and 4 inches for the longest tee. It will be appreciated that other lengths may be used as desired. Continue reading... Full patent description for Method and package for marketing golf tees Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method and package for marketing golf tees patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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