Divot tool with ball marker and brush

• US 6,030,298 A
• Filed: 04/01/1999
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Tate
• Original Assignee: John Tate
• Inventors: Tate, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): WONG, STEVEN B
• Application Number:
  US09/283,861
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 473/408, 473/286, D21/793, D21/795
• US Class Current: 473/408
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/3073 Brush for cleaning specific unusual places not otherwise covered, e.g. gutters, golf clubs, tops of tin cans, corners
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/08 with writing point
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 45/02 Marking of balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/207 Golf ball position marker holders
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/353 Golf ball position markers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/50 specially adapted for course maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/60 Cleaning or maintenance of golf clubs, putters, shoes or other golf accessories cleaning balls A63B47/04; devices for cleaning handles or grips of golf clubs or putters A63B60/36

Abstract

A golf surface repair tool having a pair of legs for repairing a golfing surface following a shot is provided with internal implements that may be utilized as well. Specifically, the golf surface repair tool is fabricated utilizing at least three releasably interengageable body members. The legs of the repair tool extend from the first body member, which also defines an open mouth and a hollow cavity therewithin at its opposite end. The second body member has a closed end and an opposing open mouth and also defines at least one hollow cavity therewithin. A third body member is formed with a central base and a pair of pedestals which project from the base in opposite directions from each other. The pedestals have sides that respectively fit snugly in frictional or other engagement into the open mouths of the first and second body members. One or more writing implements, such as a marking pen for marking golf balls and/or a lead pencil for writing golf scores on a score card, are mounted to one of the pedestals projecting out from the central base. A brush is mounted to the other pedestal and projects in a direction opposite the writing implements. The brush and the writing implements are thereby enclosed within the hollow cavities of the first and second body members when the pedestals of the third body member are engaged with the first and second body members.

Claims

1. A golf surface repair tool having a body from which a pair of legs extend in side-by-side relationship wherein said body is comprised of at least three component elements which are releasably engageable together to define at least two enclosures therewithin and which are also separable from each other, and further comprising a writing implement and brush mounted within said body so as to fit into said at least two enclosures when said component elements are releasably engaged together, and said writing implement and said brush are selectively exposed for use when selected ones of said component elements are separated from each other.

2. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 1 in which said body includes first, second, and third component elements, and said legs project from said first component element and said enclosures are defined within said first and second component elements, and said writing implement and said brush are mounted to said third component element and project in opposite directions from each other.

3. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 2 wherein said third component element has opposite ends from which said writing implement and said brush respectively project, and said first and second component elements are engageable respectively with said opposite ends of said third component element.

4. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 3 wherein said third component element is formed with a central base and a pair of mounting pedestals projecting in opposite directions from said base at said opposite ends of said third component.

5. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 4 wherein said first and second component elements both have open mouths leading to said enclosures therewithin, and said open mouths of said first and second component elements frictionally engage said mounting pedestals and reside in abutment against said central base when said first and second component elements are engaged with said opposite ends of said third component element.

6. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 5 wherein said base has opposing sides and further comprising a pair of fingernail grip indentations defined on said opposite sides of said base.

7. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 6 wherein said first and second component elements have opposing sides which are disposed adjacent said base when said first and second component elements are engaged with said opposite ends of said third component element, and concave surfaces are formed into said opposing sides of both said first and second component elements to define depressions to receive the tips of the digits of a golfer'"'"'s hand.

8. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 1 wherein a recessed region is defined in the outer surface of said second component element, and further comprising a flat, magnetic slab secured within said recessed region and a flat ball marker formed of a material attracted by magnetism removably disposed in said recessed region and held there by the magnetic force of said flat, magnetic slab.

9. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 1 further comprising a pair of writing implements as aforesaid, and one of said writing implements includes an ink marking pen and the other of said writing implements includes a pencil lead.

10. A golf surface repair tool formed of at least three body members and comprising:

a first body member having a pair of legs and an open mouth and defining a hollow cavity therewithin in open communication with its open mouth,

a second body member having a closed end and an opposing open mouth and defining at least one hollow cavity in open communication with its open mouth,

a third body member formed with a central base and first and second pedestals that project from said base in opposite directions from each other, and said pedestals have sides that respectively fit snugly in frictional engagement into said open mouths of said first and second body members,

a writing implement mounted to one of said first and second pedestals and projecting away from said central base,

a brush mounted to the other of said first and second pedestals and projecting away from said central base in a direction opposite said writing implement, whereby said brush and said writing implement are enclosed within said hollow cavities of said first and second body members when said pedestals of said third body member are frictionally engaged therewith.

11. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 10 further comprising a pair of writing implements as aforesaid disposed side by side and mounted to said one of said first and second pedestals, and a pair of sockets located side by side are formed into said one of said first and second pedestals, and said sockets seat and frictionally grip said pair of writing implements.

12. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 11 wherein said base defines a pair of transverse ledges that surround said first and second pedestals, and said mouths of said first and second body members reside in abutment against said transverse ledges when said pedestals are frictionally engaged in said open mouths of said first and second body members.

13. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 10 further comprising fingernail grip indentations formed in said central base of said third body member, and finger tip grip depressions formed in said first and second body members to facilitate separation of said body members from each other.

14. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 10 wherein said closed end of said second body member has a concave upper surface defined thereon to serve as a golf club shaft rest.

15. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 10 in which said legs are oriented side and have distal extremities that are arcuately curved.

16. A golf surface repair tool formed of a plurality of detachable and releasbly engageable body components comprising:

a first body component having one end at which a pair of legs that define a gap therebetween are formed and an opposite end that forms an open cavity within said first body component,

a second body component having a closed end and an opposite end defining at least one open cavity therewithin,

a third body component formed with a central base and a pair of pedestals projecting in opposite directions from said central base and said pedestals are smaller in cross-sectional area than said central base, thereby forming seating ledges beside both of said pedestals,

at least one writing implement mounted in one of said pedestals and projecting outwardly therefrom away from said base, and

a brush mounted in the other of said pedestals and having bristles projecting outwardly therefrom away from said base in a direction opposite said writing implement, and said first and second body components are releasably engageable with said third body component so that said opposite ends of said first and second body components reside in abutment against said seating ledges of said third body component, thereby closing said cavities, and said opposite ends of said first and second body components are engaged by friction with said pedestals so that said at least one writing implement and said brush project into and are housed within said cavities in respective ones of said first and second body components.

17. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 16 further comprising a pair of writing implements as aforesaid located side by side and mounted in the same one of said pedestals, and one of said writing implements in said pair is a marking pen and the other of said writing implements in said pair is a pencil.

18. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 16 further comprising grooves formed in the sides of said base to serve as fingernail grips and depressions formed in said first and second body components to serve as finger tip grips.

19. A golf surface repair tool according to claim 16 further comprising a golf ball marker seat defined in said second body component, a magnet located within said golf ball marker seat and permanently attached to said second body component, and a golf ball marker formed of a material attracted by magnetism and removably positionable in said golf ball marker seat.