Patent ID: 9011263
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A portable, lightweight mechanical golf tee device comprising: a tee box; a golf ball reservoir including a container for a plurality of golf balls and a ball stop, said ball stop including a ball-stop pivot bracket pivotally mounted on an outlet tube bracket mounted on an outlet tube, said ball-stop pivot bracket being operatively connected to a tee activation mechanism via a string and a plunger bar, said tee activation mechanism being connected to said plunger bar, said plunger bar being connected to said string, said string being connected to said ball-stop pivot bracket, the string interacting with at least one pulley, said ball-stop pivot bracket including a pair of ends, one end including an inlet stop extending from said ball-stop pivot bracket and the other end including an outlet stop extending from said ball-stop pivot bracket, said inlet stop and said outlet stop alternately extending into and out of said outlet tube when said ball-stop pivot bracket is pivoted by said tee activation mechanism, said golf ball reservoir connected to said tee box; and said tee activation mechanism connected to said tee box, wherein upon user actuation, said tee activation mechanism activates a tee mechanism and also pivots said ball-stop pivot bracket on said outlet tube bracket to selectively release a single ball from said outlet tube onto a channel formed in a surface of said tee box, said tee mechanism raising said golf ball above said surface of said tee box.