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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Donald W Fleischer, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
An elongated strip of flexible sheet material including at least one surface having a coefficient of friction relative to the surface of a golf ball and/or the striking surface of an associated golf club which is less than the coefficient of friction of the ball surface relative to the striking surface. The shank of a golf tee which supports the golf ball in a 'teed-up' position passes through apertures in opposite ends of the strip to maintain the strip in encircling relation to the 'teed-up' ball. The strip reduces the magnitude of lateral components of force frictionally transferred to the ball surface by the club striking surface when the ball is driven from the tee by an improperly executed drive thereby reducing the magnitude of a resulting slice or hook.