Patent ID: 8066589

Claim:
A batting practice tee comprising: a tube assembly for holding a ball, a lower portion of the tube assembly including an impact absorbing element that receives a rod having a slidable device fitted about the rod so that the slidable device is positioned on the rod between a multisided head of the rod and the impact absorbing element; and a base assembly having a continuous channel to receive the lower portion of the tube assembly, the continuous channel having an inner-locking guide rail disposed therein for guiding the tube assembly through the channel, wherein an underside surface of the slidable device slides along a top surface of the inner-locking guide rail and the multisided head of the rod slides along a bottom surface of the channel, the top surface of the inner-locking guide rail being below a top portion of the channel and above the bottom surface of the channel, the underside surface facing the bottom surface of the channel.