Tee marker

Abstract

A tee marker includes a body including a display surface having a top end and a bottom end. A bottom prehension member is connected to the bottom end of the display surface. A top prehension member is connected to the top end of the display surface and is movable relative to the bottom prehension member in a generally vertical direction. The top prehension member is telescopically mounted to the body for movement towards and away from the bottom prehension member in the generally vertical direction thereby providing for holding of display panels of variable height on the display surface of the tee marker between the top end and bottom prehension members. The body may be hollow and provided with an open bottom face to allow stacking of similar tee markers when not in use. The tee marker may be provided with an anchoring spike movable between a storage position to permit stacking and a functional position for anchoring the body to the ground.

1 . A tee marker comprising:
 a body including a display surface having a top end and a bottom end;   a bottom prehension member connected to the bottom end of the display surface, the display surface being in a generally vertical direction; and   a top prehension member connected to the top end of the display surface and movable relative to the bottom prehension member in the generally vertical direction, the top prehension member being telescopically mounted to the body for movement towards and away from the bottom prehension member in the generally vertical direction thereby providing for holding of display panels of variable height on the display surface of the tee marker between the top end and bottom prehension members.   
     
     
         2 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , wherein the top prehension member is jaw shaped. 
     
     
         3 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , further comprising a sliding channel fixedly connected to the body, the sliding channel receiving a shaft having the top prehension member at an upper end thereof, the top prehension member of the shaft being movable relative to the bottom prehension member by moving the shaft relative to the sliding channel. 
     
     
         4 . The tee marker of  claim 3 , wherein the shaft and the sliding channel are disposed inside the body. 
     
     
         5 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , wherein the body is hollow. 
     
     
         6 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bottom end of the body is greater than a thickness of the top end of the body. 
     
     
         7 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , wherein the display surface is a first display surface and the body includes a second display surface disposed on a side of the body opposite to the first display surface. 
     
     
         8 . The tee marker of  claim 1 , further comprising a spike articulated to the bottom end of the body. 
     
     
         9 . The tee marker of  claim 8 , wherein the body is hollow, the bottom end of the body is open, the bottom end of the body has a thickness greater than a thickness of the top end of the body so that the body is stackable onto a similar other tee marker; and
 the spike is displaceable between an operational anchoring position in which the spike depends downwardly from the bottom end of the hollow body and a storage position in which the spike clears the open bottom end of the hollow body thereby allowing stacking onto the similar other tee marker.   
     
     
         10 . The tee marker of  claim 9 , wherein the spike is moveably connected to the bottom end of the body between a stored position and an operating position, in the operating condition, the spike is disposed about a center of the bottom end of the body. 
     
     
         11 . The tee marker of  claim 9 , wherein the spike is mounted onto an arm pivotally connected to the bottom end of the body, in the stored position, the arm is adjacent to a side of the bottom end of the body, and in the operating condition, the arm is at an angle with the side of the bottom end of the body. 
     
     
         12 . The tee marker of  claim 9 , further comprising a locking mechanism locking the spike in the operating condition. 
     
     
         13 . A tee marker comprising:
 a body including a display surface having a top end and an open bottom end, the body being hollow, the bottom end of the body having a thickness greater than a thickness of the top end of the body so that the body is stackable onto a similar other tee marker; and   a spike articulated to the body, the spike being displaceable between an operational anchoring position in which the spike depends downwardly from the bottom end of the hollow body and a storage position in which the spike clears the open bottom end of the hollow body thereby allowing stacking onto the similar other tee marker.   
     
     
         14 . The tee marker of  claim 13 , wherein in the operational anchoring condition, the spike is disposed about a center of the bottom end of the body. 
     
     
         15 . The tee marker of  claim 13 , wherein the spike is mounted onto an arm pivotally connected to the bottom end of the body, in the storage position, the arm is adjacent to a side of the bottom end of the body, and in the operational anchoring condition, the arm is at an angle with the side of the bottom end of the body. 
     
     
         16 . The tee marker of  claim 13 , further comprising a display surface on the body, the display surface having a top end and a bottom end, the display surface being in a generally vertical direction;
 a bottom prehension member connected to the bottom end of the display surface; and   a top prehension member connected to the top end of the display surface and movable relative to the bottom prehension member in the generally vertical direction, the top prehension member being telescopically mounted to the body for movement towards and away from the bottom prehension member in the generally vertical direction thereby providing for holding of display panels of variable height on the display surface of the tee marker between the top end and bottom prehension members.   
     
     
         17 . The tee marker of  claim 16 , further comprising a sliding channel fixedly connected to the body, the sliding channel receiving a shaft having the top prehension member at an upper end thereof, the top prehension member of the shaft being movable relative to the bottom prehension member by moving the shaft relative to the sliding channel. 
     
     
         18 . The tee marker of  claim 17 , wherein the shaft and the sliding channel are disposed inside the body. 
     
     
         19 . The tee marker of  claim 16 , wherein the top prehension member is jaw shaped. 
     
     
         20 . The tee marker of  claim 16 , wherein the display surface is a first display surface and the body includes a second display surface disposed on a side of the body opposite to the first display surface.