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US 5,706,831 AGranted
Ball mark repair tool with cigar supporting accessory
OwnerNorman F. Whitbeckinventor
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Abstract
A golf tool including a ball mark repair tool for repairing ball marks in turf. Further provided is a cigar support coupled to the ball mark repair tool for supporting a cigar such that neither end of the cigar is in contact with the turf.
Claims14
A golf tool comprising:
- ball mark repair means for repairing ball marks in a turf, the ball mark repair means having pair of arms for being planted in a turf;
- cigar support means coupled to the ball mark repair means for supporting a cigar such that neither end of the cigar is in contact with the turf, the cigar support means coupled to the ball mark repair means and adapted to pivot between a first orientation for allowing a cigar to be rested thereon and a second orientation with the cigar support means residing in a second vertical orientation generally in a plane in which the arm resides, wherein the cigar support means resides in a plane offset from a plane in which the ball mark repair means defines when in the first orientation thereof.
A golf tool comprising:
- ball mark repair means for repairing ball marks in a turf, the ball mark repair means having a pair of arms for being planted in a turf;
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- cigar support means coupled to the ball mark repair means for supporting a cigar such that neither end of the cigar is in contact with the turf, the cigar support means coupled to the ball mark repair means and adapted to pivot between a first orientation for allowing a cigar to be supported thereon and a second orientation with the cigar support means residing in a second vertical orientation generally in a plane in which the arm resides, wherein the cigar support means resides in a plane offset from a plane in which the ball mark repair means defines when in the first orientation thereof;
- said ball mark repair means including a top extent having a top edge with a semicircular cut out formed therein with a depth of 13/32 of an inch and a pair of apertures formed in diametrically opposite sides of the cut out 2/32 of an inch from the top edge;
- said cigar support means comprised of a U-shaped member with an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the cigar support means pivotally coupled at opposite ends thereof to the apertures of the top extent of the ball mark repair means via a pair of strips integrally coupled thereto, the inner periphery having a diameter of approximately 1 inch;
- said cigar support means adapted to pivot between a first orientation with the U-shaped member depending about 45 degrees with respect to a horizontal for allowing the cigar to be supported by a periphery of the cut out and the inner periphery of the U-shaped member and a second orientation with the U-shaped member residing in a vertical orientation in abutment with the ball mark repair means.
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