Golf ball teeing device

Claim 1

IN A GOLF BALL TEEING DEVICE, THE COMBINATION OF A PLATFORM, A BALL HOPPER HAVING A SLOPING BOTTOM MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM AND HAVING AN OUTLET THROUGH SAID BOTTOM, AN ELONGATED BALL RACEWAY CONNECTED TO SAID PLATFORM AND COMMUNICATING AT ONE END THEREOF WITH THE OUTLET OF SAID HOPPER, A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE TEE PROVIDED AT THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID RACEWAY, SAID TEE BEING MOVABLE FROM A LOWERED POSITION FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE RACEWAY TO A RAISED POSITION WHEREIN IT PROJECTS ABOVE THE PLATFORM THROUGH AN OPENING FORMED IN THE LATTER, A VERTICALLY SWINGABLE LEVER PIVOTED TO THE PLATFORM AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TEE FOR RECIPROCATING THE SAME, A DEPRESSIBLE FOOT PEDAL CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER AND PROJECTING ABOVE THE PLATFORM WHEREBY SAID TEE MAY BE LOWERED WHEN THE FOOT PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, A COUNTERWEIGHT CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER FOR MOVING SAID TEE TO ITS RAISED POSITION WHEN THE FOOT PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED, AND DISPENSING MEANS MOUNTED BELOW THE HOPPER AND ADJACENT SAID OUTLET FOR DISPENSING BALLS ONE AT A TIME FROM SAID HOPPER TO SAID RACEWAY, SAID DISPENSER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER AND RESPONSIVE TO DEPRESSION OF SAID FOOT PEDAL FOR INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSIVELY DISPENSING ONE BALL AT A TIME FROM SAID HOPPER INTO SAID ONE END OF THE RACEWAY, SAID BOTTOM INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLATE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID HOPPER ON A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID OUTLET BEING ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF THE PLATE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID DISPENSING MEANS TO SAID PLATE WHEREBY THE PLATE IS ELEVATED ABOVE ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SAID BOTTOM EACH TIME SAID DISPENSING MEANS DISPENSES A BALL SO AS TO CHURN THE BALLS IN SAID HOPPER ADJACENT SAID OUTLET.