Patent ID: 11918872
Assignee: TEE TENDER LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A golf ball teeing device comprising
a seat for a golf ball,
a pair of jaws arranged on either side of the golf ball seat and forming an opening for a tee for the golf ball at mating ends thereof,
means for biasing the jaws together,
a rod arranged to open the jaws against the biasing means and release the golf ball and tee from therebetween,
a tubular shaft on which the jaws are pivotally mounted, and through which the rod movably extends along the shaft, the rod being configured, when pushed, to contact the jaws and pivotally open them against said biasing means,
a meshing gear situated at an end of the rod,
a pair of meshing gears each pivotally arranged on a respective jaw and interlocking with the meshing gear at the end of the rod, such that pushing the rod against the action of the biasing means pivots the jaws outwardly from one another, and
a stand pivotally mounted on the tubular shaft and comprising
a pair of legs arranged to pivot downwardly and outwardly in parallel to support the device in upright position,
a housing at an upper end thereof, and having a through-hole through which the device extends,
a stationary pin mounted with said housing,
a slider movably mounted within said housing, with said legs pivotally coupled to said slider which comprises an eccentrically-winding channel through which said pin is engaged, a pair of cam surfaces angled with respect to one another and contact the device extending through said through-hole, and
a lever extending outwardly therefrom,
such that depressing said lever causes said legs to first extend downwardly and then outwardly from one another, as said cam surfaces press against the device, to open the stand in the form of a tripod together with the device.