ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,666, issued on April 29.
"Golf tee nest" was invented by Jian Xu (Xian, China) and Feier Xu (Xian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf tee nest is a device designed to help golf enthusiasts practice different golf skills as well as to serve as a storage box or a gift box for one or more golf balls. The device includes a plurality of interlocking pieces and a plurality of golf tees. The plurality of interlocking pieces corresponds to several triangular-shaped retaining pieces that can hold a golf ball in different ways for different golf-related activities. The plurality of interlocking pieces is also designed to be rearranged ...