Improvements
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1896
1, SAMUEL CRAWFORD MILLAR, of Royal Hotel, in the Town and County of
Kirkcudbright Hotel Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to
be as follows :-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to golfing tees.
The improvements essentially consist in forming the tees from which the golf
balls are driven at the start of each hole of an adjustable nature, so that the ball.
may be placed at any desired reasonable height from the ground level, according
to the weather. This is effected by forming a vertical hollow column or collar of
india rubber or like flexible material and cementing or attaching same at its lower
end to a ring or disc, of rubber or the like which acts as a ground base.
The vertical column can be folded over downwards one or more turns from the
top according to the height the player desires the ball to rest on, and a metal or
other bead or ring may be placed at the top end of the column.
The base disc would be attached to an elastic or other string having its other
end secured to a stem or hook which would be inserted in the ground to anchor or
prevent the tee from being driven away.
Dated the 24th day of April 1895
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow,. Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Golfing Tees,
1, SAMUEL CRAWFORD MILLAR, of Royal Hotel in the Town and County of
Kirkcudbright, Hotel Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described.
and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing that is to say :-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to golfing tees.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of carrying same into
practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended an explanatory
drawing in which
Figure 1 is an elevation showing my improved golfing tee in position for driving
off a ball.
Figure 2 is a corresponding plan view, and Figure 3 is a detached vertical section.
of the tee, while Figure 4 is a similar view of a modified form of tee.
Referring to Figures 1 to 3 of these drawings
The improvements essentially consist in forming the tees from which the golf
balls are driven at the start of each hole of au adjustable nature, so that the ball.
may be placed at any desired reasonable height from the ground level according to
the weather.
This is effected by forming a vertical hollow column or collar a of india rubber
or like flexible material and forming in one with or cementing same at its lower
end to a ring or disc a' of rubber or the like which acts as a ground base.

page_text: The vertical column a can be folded over downwards one or more turns from the
top as shown at a' according to the height the player desires the ball e to rest ou,
and a metal or other bead or ring may be placed at the top end of the
column.
The base disc a² would be attached to an elastic or other string 6 having its other
end secured to a stem or hook 61 which would be inserted in the ground to anchor
or prevent the tee from being driven away. In the arrangement shown in Figure 4
the hollow column a is of one height, but is otherwise formed as in Figures 1
to 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The constructing of golfing tees substantially as herein set forth.
Second. An adjustable golfing tee constructed and arranged substantially as
herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated 17th January 1896.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.