JPS6247551B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a tee-up table for an artificial turf golf mat. More specifically, the present invention relates to a tee-up table for artificial turf golf mats that is difficult to be buried by earth and sand.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, golf mats made of artificial turf have been installed on the teeing grounds of many golf courses. This artificial turf golf mat has approximately 5 to 20
A rubber or synthetic resin backing layer of mm is provided. Therefore, it is impossible to manually insert a normal tee into a golf mat, and there is the inconvenience that a special tee for artificial turf golf mats must be used. For this purpose, it is known to provide a through hole at a desired location in an artificial turf golf mat and to fit a tee-up table into the through hole. As such a conventional tee-up table, one in which a large number of synthetic fibers are bundled into a bundle and the base portions of the bundles are heat-sealed is known. In addition, instead of the fiber bundle as described above, a tee-up stand is known which consists of a horizontal substrate and an upright body extending upward from the horizontal base, in which the upright body is provided with one or more vertical light-transmitting holes for inserting tees. It is being

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the tee-up table made of the above-mentioned fiber bundles, during use, the fibers gradually break and come out upwards and swell up, and the synthetic fiber bundles curl due to the frictional heat generated by the shot of the ball. There were problems such as the surface layer becoming mushroom-shaped and sand and dirt clogging between the fibers, eventually making it impossible to insert the tee.

Furthermore, in the aforementioned tee-up table having a vertical hole for inserting a tee, dirt gradually accumulates in the vertical hole, and eventually it becomes impossible to insert the tee, and the tee-up table must be replaced during the life of the golf mat. There was a drawback.

That is, conventional tee-up tables have had problems such as deformation and breakage of the tee-up table due to ball hitting, dirt accumulation, and difficulty in removing dirt.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a tee up base for an artificial turf golf mat in which the tee insertion part is less likely to be clogged with dirt, which allows a golf player to easily remove the stuck dirt, and which is less likely to be damaged. be.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a tee-up table that is used by fitting into a hole provided in a golf mat for artificial turf, including a horizontal substrate having a diameter sufficiently larger than the diameter of the hole, and a horizontal substrate extending upward from the substrate. a rubber-elastic upright body fitting into said through hole, said body having at least one vertical Tee insertion vertical slit extending from its top to at least the surface of said substrate and being open at least at said top; The present invention relates to a tee-up table for an artificial turf golf mat, characterized in that the slit traverses the upright body and is also open on its peripheral surface.

[Effect]

As shown in FIG. 1, the artificial turf golf mat consists of an artificial turf surface layer 1 and a backing layer 2 in contact with the ground 3, on which a desired number of through holes 4 are formed at desired locations. A tee up base 5 is fitted into the through hole 4, a tee 6 is inserted into the tee up base, and a golf ball 7 is placed on the top of the tee.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tee-up table 5 includes a horizontal substrate 11 having a diameter sufficiently larger than the diameter of the hole in the artificial turf golf mat, and this horizontal substrate 1.
1 and an upright body 12 extending upward from the main body 1. The diameter of the upright body 12 may be any size suitable for fitting into the through hole of the artificial turf golf mat. When the tee-up base as described above is fitted into the through hole of the artificial turf golf mat as shown in FIG.
has a larger diameter than the diameter of the through hole, so
The tee-up table 5 does not come out upwards. There is no particular limitation on the height of the tee-up table 5, but the top surface of the backing layer 2 of the artificial turf golf mat and the top surface of the tee-up table 5 are almost at the same level. It is preferable that the height be slightly lower than the upper surface of No. 2. Otherwise, the upper circumferential surface of the tee-up table 5 may be hit by the golf club and damaged. Generally, the hole in an artificial turf golf mat is a vertical circular hole with a diameter of 15 to 50 mm and a height of 5 to 20 mm, so the horizontal substrate 11 of the tee-up table also has a diameter of 25 to 50 mm.
It is generally disc-shaped with a diameter of 70 mm and a thickness of 2 to 5 mm, and the upright body is generally cylindrical with a diameter of 12 to 50 mm and a height of 5 to 20 mm. If the diameter of the upright body is close to the diameter of the through hole, horizontal wobbling will be reduced, but there will be a problem that the frictional resistance due to the peripheral surface will be large when inserting, making the work difficult. As shown in the figure, three or more protrusions 13 are provided on the circumferential surface of the upright main body 12, thereby preventing horizontal wobbling of the tee-up base, facilitating the fitting operation, and furthermore, allowing the tee to be inserted. The degree of freedom of deformation of the upright body can be increased.

In the tee-up table of the present invention, as shown in FIG. A vertical slit 14 is formed. The vertical slit 14 traverses the upright body 12, as shown in FIG. 2, and is also open at its circumferential surface.

The vertical slit as described above makes it easy to insert and pull up the tee and to adjust the height of the tee. Furthermore, since the slit is open on the circumference of the upright body, even if dirt accumulates in the slit, some of the dirt in the slit will be easily removed when the tee flies off due to the impact of the tee shot. It is also easy for the golf player to scrape this dirt out of the upright body with the tip of the tee. Further, each part of the upright body divided by the slit can be easily deformed independently of each other, making it easy to insert the tee and easily absorbing the impact of a batted ball through deformation.

〔Example〕

The tee-up table of the present invention can be molded in one piece by a molding method or a cutting method using a rubber elastic body such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber, such as silicone rubber, butyl rubber, urethane rubber, SBR, etc. . It is also possible to form only the upright body as described above and adhere it to a horizontal substrate made of a suitable material to form a take-up base. In the tea-up table of the present invention, it is preferable that at least the upright body thereof has a rubber hardness of 40±20 degrees (according to the Showa hand hardness tester). The upright bodies of the tee-up tables mentioned above all have a nearly circular cross-sectional shape, but the cross-sectional shape of the upright bodies can vary depending on the shape of the through holes formed in the artificial turf golf mat. For example, it may be triangular, square, rectangular, diamond, hexagonal, octagonal, oval, or the like.

The upright body may have an elliptical cross-sectional shape, in which case the vertical slit may extend along the rectangular axis of the ellipse or alternatively may extend along the long axis of the ellipse. However, it may also extend along any axis.

The vertical slit formed in the upright body is 2
There may be more than one. For example, two vertical slits are formed parallel to each other in the upright body,
Alternatively, the upright body may have three vertical slits formed in parallel to each other. Also,
The vertical slit formed in the upright body may be Y-shaped, X-shaped, etc.

Furthermore, the vertical slits may terminate at the front surface of the horizontal substrate or may extend through it and open at its back surface.

The width of the vertical slit may be constant, typically between 2 and 5 mm, as shown in FIG. 2, but as shown in FIG.
The width may gradually become smaller toward the bottom, and in this case, the difference between the width of the upper end and the width of the lower end is preferably about 1 to 3 mm. Further, the width of the vertical slit may be narrowest at the center as shown in FIG. It is preferable that the difference is about 1 to 2 mm. As a modification of the shape of the vertical slit shown in FIG. 4, the width of the vertical slit gradually decreases from the upper end toward the center, and has a constant width from the center to the lower end. Good too.

〔Effect of the invention〕

In the tee-up table of the present invention, at least one vertical slit is formed in the upright body, and this slit is also open on the circumferential surface of the upright body. If used parallel to the direction, when the tee flies due to the impact of the ball, the earth and sand in the slit will be ejected out of the upright body, and if necessary, the golf player can insert the tip of the tee, It is also easy to discharge the earth and sand in the slit to the outside of the upright body. In addition, the parts of the upright body divided by the slits can be deformed without being constrained by each other, making it easy to insert the tee, and the impact of a batted ball can be easily absorbed by deformation. Less damage. Therefore, the tee-up table of the present invention can be used continuously as long as the artificial turf golf mat has a lifespan.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing how an artificial turf golf mat and tee-up table are used, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the tee-up table of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are respectively FIG. 7 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the tee-up table. 1...Artificial grass surface layer, 2...Backing layer, 3...
Ground, 5...Tee-up stand, 6...Tee, 7
... Ball, 11 ... Horizontal substrate, 12 ... Upright body, 13 ... Protrusion, 14 ... Vertical slit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A tee-up table used by fitting into a hole provided in a golf mat for artificial turf, comprising: a horizontal substrate having a diameter sufficiently larger than the diameter of the hole; and a horizontal substrate extending upward from the substrate. a rubber elastic upright body that fits into the through hole, the body having at least one vertical tee insertion slit extending from its top to at least the surface of the substrate and opening at least at the top. has
A tee up stand for an artificial turf golf mat, characterized in that the slit traverses the upright body and is also open on its peripheral surface. 2. The tee-up table according to claim 1, wherein the entire tee-up table is made of a flexible rubber elastic body. 3. Claim 1, wherein the slit penetrates the horizontal substrate and is also open on the back surface thereof.
The tea-up table mentioned in the section. 4. The tee-up table of claim 1, wherein said upright body has only one slit. 5. The tea-up table of claim 1, wherein the upright body has two or more slits. 6. The tee-up table according to claim 1, wherein the slit is Y-shaped. 7. The tee-up table according to claim 1, wherein the slit is X-shaped.