ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,422, issued on July 29.

"Apparatus for fixing golf tees" was invented by Tino Richter (Berlin) and Kai Wendland (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for fixing golf tees (6) by means of a band (2) which can be rolled up and unrolled and which is arranged together with the rolling and unrolling device in a housing (1) and can be fixed to the at least one golf tee (6), wherein the golf tee (6) has a tee shaft (7) for inserting into the ground and a plateau arranged thereon for a golf ball, wherein the band (2) has openings (3) which are arranged spaced apart in the longitudinal direction (4) of the band, are visible and ...