Patent ID: 7131357
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A golf spike tool having a substantially tubular primary shank with opposite proximal and distal ends, a handle connected to the proximal end of the primary shank, two diametrically opposed projections formed at the distal end of the primary shank and configured for engaging recesses in a golf spike, a supplemental shank telescoped in the primary shank, the supplemental shank having a proximal end and a substantially tubular distal ends and being movable relative to the primary shank from a proximal position to a distal position, the distal end of the supplemental shank being disposed proximally of the projections at the distal end of the primary shank when the supplemental shank is in the proximal position, the distal end of the supplemental shank projecting distally beyond the projections of the primary shank when the supplemental shank is in the distal position, the distal end of the supplemental shank being formed with an array of pointed projections for biting into and engaging a plastic golf spike, the pointed projections at the distal end of the supplemental shank being disposed in a substantially circular array at the distal end of the supplemental shank, each of said pointed projections at said distal end of said supplemental shank having one edge aligned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said supplemental shank, said edge being at a leading end of each of said pointed projection with respect to a rotational direction of said golf spike removal tool for removing a golf spike that cannot be removed by engaging the projections of the primary shank in the recesses of the golf spike.