Patent ID: 6273833
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A tee placer for planting tees into the ground, said tee placer comprising:a) a means for gripping said tee placer in a hand;b) a tee holder operably connected to said gripping means, including a means for releasably holding a tee head in said tee holder, wherein tees are placed vertically into the ground with hand pressure by urging said tee placer together with a tee vertically downwardly towards the ground such that a tee penetrates into the ground;c) with a tee placed in the ground, said holding means adapted for releasing a tee and leaving a tee in the ground upon urging said tee placer upwardly away from the ground;d) a means for preselectivaly controlling the depth of penetration of said tee into the ground when said tee placer urges said tee into said ground, thereby leaving said tee in the ground at a preselected tee height; ande) wherein said holding means includes a means for adhesively holding said tee head surface of said tee to said tee holder such that only vertical upward urging of said tee placer is required to release said tee from said tee holder thereby ensuring said tee is not disturbed in its vertical alignment;f) wherein said controlling means includes a stop surface rigidly connected to said tee holder which makes contact with the ground surface when a tee has penetrated the ground a predetermined amount thereby preventing further penetration of a tee into the ground leaving a tee in the ground at a preselected tee height;g) wherein said controlling means further includes a means for adjusting the distance between the stop surface and the tee head when said tee head is placed in said tee holder, such that one can adjust the tee height of the tee above the ground; andh) wherein said adjusting means includes a slide having defined therein a tee aperture, dimensioned to slidably receive a tee head therein, and a cooperating rail for slidably engaging with said slide, such that said slide can be linearly urged along said rail and preselectively positioned along said rail for adjusting the distance between the stop surface and a tee head.