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Golf tool

Golf tool description/claims

This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/860,181, entitled GOLF TOOL, filed Nov. 20, 2006, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference as if being set forth herein.

The present invention relates generally to golf related apparatus, and more particularly to divot or ball mark repair tools.

When a golfer strikes a golf ball that lands on a golf green, a ball mark or divot in the green may result. It is often desirable to promptly repair such a ball mark or divot, in order to repair resulting damage and encourage green healing.

Further, golfers often use a pencil to keep score throughout a round of golf.

Divot repair tools and golf scoring pencils are generally known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,562,553, entitled MULTI-PURPOSE GOLFER'S TOOL, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated as if being set forth in its entirety herein, discloses a divot repair tool. The tool includes a detailed mechanism, such that it may prove undesirably complex or expensive to manufacture though.

By way of further example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,733,402, entitled GOLF BALL MARK REPAIR TOOL AND SCORING PENCIL, the entire disclosure of which is also hereby incorporated as if being set forth in its entirety herein, discloses another divot repair tool. The divot repair tool of the '402 patent is simpler than that of the '553 patent, but doesn't include any feature for sharpening a pencil. Indeed, the '402 patent itself espouses that a golf pencil does not typically need to be sharpened, and that a new pencil may be readily obtained after each round.

A golf tool including: a body having first and second longitudinal ends and oppositely disposed faces; a conical receptacle in one of the body faces, between the first and second longitudinal ends of the body, and opening towards the first longitudinal end of the body; a blade edge positioned within the conical receptacle, and a plurality of elongated tines longitudinally extending from the first longitudinal end of the body.

The body may further include a load bearing substantially semi-hemispherical surface adjacent the conical receptacle and opposite from the first longitudinal end, wherein the load bearing surface longitudinally supports the tines and conical receptacle when opposing loads are applied to the tines or receptacle and load bearing surface.

The load bearing surface may be substantially as wide as the conical receptacle. The conical receptacle may be at least partially in a protrusion that forms the substantially semi-hemispherical surface.

The tines may be directed at an obtuse angle relative to the body. A plurality of bracing members may extend between the tines and body.

An aperture through the body, proximate the second longitudinal end may be provided.

The body may be monolithic, and formed of plastic and/or metal.

A second receptacle may be provided in the body, wherein the second receptacle is sized and shaped to detachably receive a disk-like ball marker. A magnet may be adhered within the second receptacle. The second receptacle may be in the first face of the body.

The outer edges of the tines may be tapered inwardly from the body.

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