Patent ID: 8435139
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf tee, comprising: a head section; a point section; and a shaft section having a cross-shaped cross-section and consisting of four arms arranged in two opposing pairs of arms; wherein the shaft section is disposed between the head section and the point section, the golf tee has a total length, the point section has a length, and the shaft section has a length, each arm extends outwardly at a first angle in a direction from the point section to the head section, each arm terminates in an outermost distal edge, the head section tapers outwardly at a second angle in the direction, the second angle is greater than the first angle, the head section tapers continuously from the outermost distal edges inwardly to an intersection with the cross-shaped shaft section, the outermost distal edges are more distant from the point section than any other feature of the golf tee, the golf tee has a central axis, the outermost distal edges are disposed more radially outward from the central axis than is any other feature of the golf tee, and the outermost distal edges are configured to provide contact points with a golf ball when in use.