Patent ID: 7704168

Claim:
A self-righting tee ball stand comprising: a ground engaging base member; an upright stanchion having upper and lower ends and being oriented substantially perpendicular to said base; a ball supporting member mounted on the upper end of sad stanchion; a flex connector having a rigid, upper section housing connected to said stanchion and a rigid, lower section housing connected to said base member, said flex connector further including a helical spring contained within said upper and lower sections of said housing, said spring having upper and lower ends, said upper end of said spring connected to the upper section of said housing and said lower end of said spring connected to the lower section of said housing to permit three hundred sixty degrees pivotal movement of said stanchion from a perpendicular orientation with said base, but influencing said stanchion to return to said perpendicular orientation in the event any pivotal movement is experienced.