# US 5,706,831 A · Ball mark repair tool with cigar supporting accessory > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,706,831 A - Document ID: US5706831A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/708,925 - Filed: 1996-09-06 - Granted: 1998-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 1996-09-06 - Inventors: Norman F. Whitbeck - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706831A ## CPC - A24F 13/22: Supports for holding cigars or cigarettes while smoking - A63B 57/50: specially adapted for course maintenance - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A golf tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cigar support means has a V-shaped cross-section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A golf tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the ball mark repair means includes a lower forked extent formed of a pair of downwardly extending elongated arms. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A golf tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the ball mark repair means includes a top extent having a top edge with a generally rectangular cut out formed therein and a pair of apertures formed in the top extent adjacent opposite lower corners of the cut out. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A golf tool as set forth in claim 4 wherein the cigar support means further has a generally rectangular configuration and a V-shaped cross-section, the cigar support means pivotally coupled at an end thereof to the apertures of the top extent. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A golf tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the ball mark repair means includes a top extent having a top edge with a semicircular cut out formed therein and a pair of apertures formed in diametrically opposite sides of the cut out adjacent the top edge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A golf tool as set forth in claim 6 wherein the cigar support means is 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. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A golf tool as set forth in claim 7 wherein the cigar support means is adapted to pivot between a first orientation with the U-shaped member depending 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) A golf tool as set forth in claim 2 wherein the ball mark repair means includes a top extent having a top edge with a generally rectangular cut out formed therein and a pair of pyramid shaped indents formed on opposite side edges of the cut out. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A golf tool as set forth in claim 9 wherein the cigar support means has a generally rectangular configuration with a pair of pyramid shaped detents formed on midpoints of opposite side faces thereof for coupling with the indents of the top extent. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A golf tool as set forth in claim 10 wherein the cigar support means is adapted to pivot between a first orientation with the cigar support means residing in a horizontal orientation for allowing the cigar to be supported thereon, a second orientation with the cigar support means residing in a vertical orientation in abutment with a first side of the ball mark repair means, and a third orientation with the cigar support means residing in a vertical orientation in abutment with a second side of the ball mark repair means, whereby the pyramid is orientated such that opposite tongs defined by the cut out of the top extent are biased outwardly when the cigar support means resides between the first orientation and the second orientation and between the first orientation and the third orientation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A golf tool as set forth in claim 11 wherein the cigar support means has a dipped upper surface for precluding lateral movement of the cigar. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A golf tool as set forth in claim 11 wherein the cigar support means has a pair of rails formed along a length of an upper surface for precluding lateral movement of the cigar. ### Claim 14 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; and 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.