Patent ID: 8734274

Claim:
A tee ball stand comprising: an upright, elongate stanchion having upper and lower ends and, when in use, having an intended orientation substantially perpendicular to the ground, said stanchion includes a thin, flexible wand section, a tubular section which telescopically receives said wand section, and a fitting connected to said tubular section to secure said tubular section to said wand section at a preselected height; a ball supporting member at the upper end of said stanchion, said ball supporting member having an original shape being formed of spaced apart layers of a synthetic, open weave fabric tube and shaped as an inverted bell shaped cone with a mouth to support a ball, said ball supporting member being resiliently flexible in order to return to said original shape if struck by a bat, said fabric tube having an inner tubular section and having a continuously integral outer tubular section invertibly folded over said inner tubular section to create two spaced apart layers in which the lower ends of said inner and outer tubular sections are gathered and attached to the upper end of the stanchion and the upper, folded end of the tube forms the mouth of said inverted bell shaped cone; a base connection fitting at the lower end of said stanchion; and a ground engaging base connected to said base connection fitting at the lower end of said stanchion to support said stanchion in a substantially upright position to receive a ball on said ball supporting member.