Golf Tee Holder

Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf tee holder for use during the play of golf. The holder can be comfortably carried in a shirt or pant pocket during play. The holder includes a housing having a top portion providing access to a hollow inner chamber, surrounding walls and a bottom portion. In a preferred embodiment, at least the top portion is flexible and resilient and includes a longitudinally oriented slit opening normally biased to a closed position allowing a golfer to add or remove golf tees by squeezing from the ends of the top to open and close the chamber.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf tee holder comprising:
 a flexible and resilient housing including a front wall, back wall, two side walls, bottom and top member which is adaptable to be opened and closed, the housing defining a hollow inner chamber for receiving one or more golf tees.   
     
     
         2 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 1 , wherein the holder is rectangular shaped and the front wall, back wall, side walls, bottom and top form an integral unit, and wherein the top member defines a flat planar surface that includes forward and rearward opposing sides and two opposing ends. 
     
     
         3 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 2 , wherein the top member includes a longitudinally oriented slot providing an opening therethrough that is normally biased to a closed position but which is adaptable to be urged open by a user when the opposing ends are compressed inwardly thereby providing access to the inner chamber. 
     
     
         4 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 3  wherein the holder is fabricated from a material selected from plastic, leather, silicon, rubber, polyvinyl chloride, fabric, thermoplastic resin, and vinyl. 
     
     
         5 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 4 , wherein the front and back walls are flat and depend downwardly at an angle of 80° to less than 90° with the surface of the top and intersecting with the bottom. 
     
     
         6 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 5  wherein the holder is fabricated from a polyvinyl chloride. 
     
     
         7 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 6  wherein the polyvinyl chloride is Plastisol and wherein the holder is fabricated by a dip-molding process. 
     
     
         8 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 4  wherein the front wall curves outwardly from top to bottom and the back wall curves inwardly from top to bottom. 
     
     
         9 . A golf tee holder comprising:
 a housing including a front wall, back wall, two side walls, bottom and top member, the housing defining a hollow inner chamber for receiving one or more golf tees, wherein the holder is rectangular shaped, and wherein the top member includes forward and rearward opposing sides, the rearward opposing side being joined to the top of the back wall allowing the top member to be flipped open and closed for depositing or removing golf tees from the inner chamber.   
     
     
         10 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 9 , wherein the top member includes a thumb tab extending from the forward opposing side, the thumb tab including attachment means for securing the top member to corresponding means on the front wall. 
     
     
         11 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 10  wherein the attachment means is selected from snap, hook and loop, clasp, and buckle. 
     
     
         12 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 11  wherein the front wall and back wall depend vertically downward from the top member. 
     
     
         13 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 11  wherein the front wall and back wall depend downwardly at an angle of 80° to less than 90° with the top member and intersect with the bottom. 
     
     
         14 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 12  wherein the holder is fabricated from a material selected from plastic, leather, silicon, rubber, polyvinyl chloride, thermoplastic resin, and vinyl. 
     
     
         15 . A golf tee holder as in  claim 13  wherein the holder is fabricated from a material selected from plastic, leather, silicon, rubber, polyvinyl chloride, thermoplastic resin, and vinyl.