Golf green divot repair tool

Abstract

A golf green divot repair tool includes a body portion and a single elongate prong attached to the body portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The body portion has opposed upper and lower surfaces, with the upper surface including a thumb pad, the thumb pad defined by an arcuate recess, opposed side walls located on either side of the recess, and a stop located adjacent the prong, the recess, side walls and stop smoothly merging with each other. The prong includes a tip and a shaft, the shaft being attached to the body portion, the shaft including at least two upper faces that merge at a plough edge, the plough edge being centered on the shaft parallel with the longitudinal axis.

That which is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf green divot repair tool, comprising:
 a body portion; and   a single elongate prong attached to the body portion and defining a longitudinal axis;   wherein the body portion has opposed upper and lower surfaces, with the upper surface including a thumb pad, the thumb pad defined by an arcuate recess, opposed side walls located on either side of the recess, and a stop located adjacent the prong, the recess, side walls and stop smoothly merging with each other;   wherein the prong includes a tip and a shaft, the shaft being attached to the body portion, the shaft including at least two upper faces that merge at a plough edge, the plough edge being centered on the shaft parallel with the longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         2 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , wherein the tip includes multiple faces. 
     
     
         3 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , wherein the shaft is generally pentagonal in cross-section. 
     
     
         4 . The repair tool defined in  claim 3 , wherein the shaft includes opposed side walls, and wherein the side walls are substantially parallel with each other. 
     
     
         5 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , wherein the shaft tapers from end to end, with a narrower end being adjacent the tip. 
     
     
         6 . The repair took defined in  claim 1 , wherein the thumb pad is centered on the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         7 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , wherein the side walls of the thumb pad are tapered in the axial direction. 
     
     
         8 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the body portion includes a depression directly beneath the thumb pad. 
     
     
         9 . The repair tool defined in  claim 1 , further comprising a golf ball marker attached to the body portion. 
     
     
         10 . The repair tool defined in  claim 9 , wherein the golf ball marker includes a post, and wherein the post is inserted into an aperture located on the lower surface of the body portion beneath the stop. 
     
     
         11 . A golf green divot repair tool, comprising:
 a body portion; and   a single elongate prong attached to the body portion and defining a longitudinal axis;   wherein the body portion has opposed upper and lower surfaces, with the upper surface including a thumb pad, the thumb pad defined by an arcuate recess, opposed side walls located on either side of the recess, and a stop located adjacent the prong, the recess, side walls and stop smoothly merging with each other;   wherein the prong includes a tip and a shaft, the shaft being attached to the body portion, the shaft including at least two upper faces that merge at a plough edge, the plough edge being centered on the shaft parallel with the longitudinal axis, the shaft further including opposed side walls that are substantially parallel with each other.   
     
     
         12 . The repair tool defined in  claim 11 , wherein the shaft tapers from end to end, with a narrower end being adjacent the tip. 
     
     
         13 . The repair took defined in  claim 11 , wherein the thumb pad is centered on the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         14 . The repair tool defined in  claim 11 , wherein the side walls of the thumb pad are tapered in the axial direction. 
     
     
         15 . The repair tool defined in  claim 11 , wherein the lower surface of the body portion includes a depression directly beneath the thumb pad. 
     
     
         16 . The repair tool defined in  claim 11 , further comprising a golf ball marker attached to the body portion. 
     
     
         17 . The repair tool defined in  claim 16 , wherein the golf ball marker includes a post, and wherein the post is inserted into an aperture located on the lower surface of the body portion beneath the stop. 
     
     
         18 . A golf green divot repair tool, comprising:
 a body portion; and   a single elongate prong attached to the body portion and defining a longitudinal axis;   wherein the body portion has opposed upper and lower surfaces, with the upper surface including a thumb pad, the thumb pad defined by an arcuate recess, opposed side walls located on either side of the recess, and a stop located adjacent the prong, the recess, side walls and stop smoothly merging with each other;   the repair tool further comprising a golf ball marker with a post, the golf ball marker attached to the body portion via the post being inserted into an aperture located on the lower surface of the body portion beneath the stop.