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US3298694A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Automatic golf ball teeing device

Assignee: AUTOMATED GOLF SYSTEMS Inc
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Filing: 1963-11-26
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1983-11-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert R Turnau
  • 👤 Donald B Poynter

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 09:31
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B57/00; A63B57/0006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 160 words
GOLF BALL PRACTICE DRIVING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A MULTIPLICITY OF TEE UNITS EACH INCLUDING A TEE, A CARRIAFE FOR THE TEE SHIFTABLE VERTICALLY BELOW GROUND LEVEL TO ELEVATE AND LOWER THE TEE TO OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL, AND MEANS TO POISE A BALL UPON THE TEE WITH EACH MOVEMENT OF THE TEE FROM OPERATIVE POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A FORCE APPLIES TO THE TEE BY GOLF CLUB IMPACT TO INITATE A CYCLE OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE AND TEE FROM THE OPERATIVE TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION AND BACK TO THE OPERATIVE POSITION, A CENTRAL STATION REMOTE FROM THE UNITS AND INCLUDING A BATTERY OF COUNTERS, A SECOND BATTERY OF COUNTERS LOCATED ONE AT EACH TEE UNIT, AND MEANS ELECTRICALLY ASSOCIATING EACH UNIT WITH THE RESPECTIVE TEE LOCATED COUNTER AND ONE OF SAID REMOTE STATION COUNTERS, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO EACH SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF EACH SAID CARRIAGE TO ACTUATE THE ASSOCIATED COUNTERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 160 words
GOLF BALL PRACTICE DRIVING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A MULTIPLICITY OF TEE UNITS EACH INCLUDING A TEE, A CARRIAFE FOR THE TEE SHIFTABLE VERTICALLY BELOW GROUND LEVEL TO ELEVATE AND LOWER THE TEE TO OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL, AND MEANS TO POISE A BALL UPON THE TEE WITH EACH MOVEMENT OF THE TEE FROM OPERATIVE POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A FORCE APPLIES TO THE TEE BY GOLF CLUB IMPACT TO INITATE A CYCLE OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE AND TEE FROM THE OPERATIVE TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION AND BACK TO THE OPERATIVE POSITION, A CENTRAL STATION REMOTE FROM THE UNITS AND INCLUDING A BATTERY OF COUNTERS, A SECOND BATTERY OF COUNTERS LOCATED ONE AT EACH TEE UNIT, AND MEANS ELECTRICALLY ASSOCIATING EACH UNIT WITH THE RESPECTIVE TEE LOCATED COUNTER AND ONE OF SAID REMOTE STATION COUNTERS, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO EACH SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF EACH SAID CARRIAGE TO ACTUATE THE ASSOCIATED COUNTERS.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-01-16 1970-07-18 1971-01-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-01-16 1974-07-18 1975-01-17 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-01-16 1978-07-18 1979-01-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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