Patent · US Expired

Golf tee for holding a lid of a container

US5759119A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1997
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S229/906
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conventional golf tee comprising a circular member connected along the cylindrical region of the golf tee used to support the lid of a cardboard box such as a pizza box. The tee and circular member are inserted into a hole in the lid of a pizza box so that the point of the tee is placed downward and the lid of the box rests on the circular member. This arrangement is used in a pizza box, with the point of the tee placed in the pizza, and the circular member used to prevent the pizza box lid from sagging onto the pizza's surface. Furthermore, after use as a support piece for the pizza box, the tee may be used as a normal golf tee or as a spinning toy.

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