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 Title: |
US3618673:
TOOL FOR REPAIRING DIVOTS MADE BY GOLF BALLS
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Gossett, Fred C.; Glendale, CA 91202
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1971-11-09
/ 1968-11-18
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| Application Number: |
US1968000776531
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01B 1/24;
A63B 57/00;
Core:
A01B 1/00;
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IPC-7:
A01B 1/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
172/371;
111/092;
473/408;
Original:
172/371;
040/010.C;
111/092;
273/032.B;
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| Field of Search: |
172/371,375,381
040/10 C
111/004,92
030/324,327
259/DIG. 14
273/32 B,162 F
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| Priority Number: |
| 1968-11-18 |
US1968000776531 |
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| Abstract: |
A thermoplastic tool for digging into the turf of a golf course to repair a depression in the earth made by a golf ball. The tool has a V-shaped blade portion with a radiused puncture point and an integral handle with a transverse manipulating rib and a depressed area for advertising material in the handle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Barger, Larry N. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Coughenour, Clyde I.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A tool for repairing an earth depression made by a golf ball, said tool comprising: a one-piece thermoplastic member having a blade with edges that converge to form an angle of 10° to 30° between the edges as they proceed toward a puncturing point that has a radius of at least 0.020 inch, whereby the tool can be safely carried in a clothes pocket without a protective cover on the puncture point; and a handle integrally formed with an upper end of the blade, said handle having a front wall, a rear wall, and a protruding rib on each of the front and rear walls, said ribs being adjacent upper and side edges of the handle to provide a gripping ridge for manipulating the tool; said handle having a convexly curved upper edge and convexly curved side edges which give a generally teardrop shape; and a depression in each front and rear wall of the handle, and depressions being bounded by the ribs and adapted to have advertising indicia therein.
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| Forward References: |
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