RICHARD ALLEN DICKEY, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Players Ridge Rd, Hickory, NC

2007028, Dec 13, 2007

Jun 13, 2006

11/451555

Richard Allen Dickey - Hickory NC, US
Frank Xavier Azzarita - Hickory NC, US

A63B 57/00

473387, 473399

The invention is a new invention type of golf tee. It is used to position a golf ball at a certain height. This golf tee comprises a golf tee having upper and lower ends and a shaft of substantially uniform diameter connecting the ends, the upper end having a cup of a substantially uniform diameter for receiving a golf ball, the lower end being tapered for insertion into a playing surface, and the composition of the tee being a combination of natural materials bound by biodegradable materials, the natural materials consisting of waste products of healthy animals which will become wetted, slick, softened, and slowly disintegrate biologically as it lays on the ground and is exposed to the moisture of the ground, turf and course water over the subsequent few days. The process of disintegration will also be hastened by the grinding and cutting effect of the mowing of the course surfaces. The tee products will provide nutrients to the turf surface of the golf course tee boxes and surrounding area, therefore being environmentally friendly as it decomposes and provides nutrients to the tee boxes and the surrounding areas. This can reduce necessary purchases of fertilizers applied to the turf. The tees will reduce the potential to become flying debris projected by grass cutting machines, which may cause injury, and will reduce the unsightly appearance of broken pieces of golf tees around the tee boxes. Further, these golf tees will not present an object which may be harmful to the equipment used to maintain the turf.