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GB189600253DA·1896-01-04 Publication GB189600253A·1896-02-15 An Improved Form of Golfing Tee. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD, 1 Hermitage Terrace, Morningside, Edinburgh, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement A small flat shaped cup having obtruding from the rim a tapered prong, buckled throughout its length with an indented groove. The whole to be made by stamping from thin sheet metal. The manner of using it is to bend the cup back, over the tapered prong, approximately at a right angle thereto. The tapered prong is then to be inserted in the ground by holding the cup between the forefinger and the thumb of the right hand, and pressing thereon. Havingdone this arid withdrawn the.hand the object now forms a small elevated cup shaped platform or " tee " fixed in the ground. It is thus ready to hold any golf ball that may be placed upon it. In order that the above description may be more readily understood, the following drawings are annexed ' Fig. I. is an elevation of which a is a cross section through the tapered prong. Fig. 1I. is a side view of the improved tee in position the dotted lines shew the cup as it appears before being folded over. |
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| Author | KIRKWOOD WILLIAM | |||
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