Utility golf tool

A utility golf tool is set forth including a case with a plurality of spaced planar members integrally secured together by a medial interfitting integral rib to define an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment includes a conventional cutting blade and an associated file blade. The lower compartment includes a divot repair tool and a golf cleaning brush comprising a plural series of rows of bristles of alternating height including spherical ends to minimize damage during a cleaning operation to a golf club, golf ball, and the like. A magnetic ball marker is received within a complementary recess within one of said planar member's outer surfaces for selective use.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The field of invention relates to gold tools, and more particularly a 
device for use in cleaning operations and turf repair operations 
associated with the game of golf, as well as a readily accessible golf 
marker. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of golfing tools is well known in the prior art. Conventionally, 
the tools have utilized various brushes and repair devices, but have been 
of an organization and structure lacking effectiveness for their intended 
purpose. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,857,608 to Schwartz sets forth the 
use of a mount including a tapered downwardly depending scraping blade 
with an associated bristle brush and further formed with a fixed shank 
extension with an opening for receiving a tether line for securement by a 
user. The Schwartz patent sets forth a conventional brush arrangement that 
is limited in efficiency in a cleaning operation, as the nature of 
bristles may tend to scratch a desired cleaning surface if too stiff and 
if too soft, render the brush arrangement somewhat ineffective. 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,539,107 to Johnson sets forth a turf repair tool formed 
with a plurality of prongs reciprocatably received within an associated 
rectangular case for use in turf repair, as associated with the game of 
golf. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,464,072 to Norwell sets forth a cleaning device for golf 
clubs including a conventional bristle brush arrangement wherein a liquid 
container is associated with a brush to discharge a liquid in cooperation 
with the brush to assist in a cleaning operation, but of a relatively 
remote organization to that of the instant invention but of interest 
relative to the securement arrangement relative to a golf bag. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,535,987 to Dikoff sets forth a golf tool formed with a turf 
repair blade and an associated marker for use in a golf game, but fails to 
provide the novel and interfolding compact organization of the instant 
invention with a novel brush associated therewith particularly adapted for 
cleaning golf equipment. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,670,932 to Williams sets forth a portable scraping tool 
formed with a handle for scraping between cleats on a sole of a golf-type 
shoe. 
As such, it may be appreciated there is a continuing need for a new and 
improved utility golf tool which addresses both the problems of 
compactness and portability as well as effectiveness in use of the tool 
and in this respect, the present invention substantially fulfills this 
need. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of golf 
tools now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an 
utility golf tool wherein the same includes a plurality of implements 
received within a plurality of compartments for selective use, desired. As 
such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be 
described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved 
utility golf tool which has all the advantages of the prior art golf tools 
and none of the disadvantages. 
To attain this, the present invention comprises a utility golf tool 
including a spaced plurality of planar members with a medial and 
integrally formed rib longitudinally thereof to define an upper and lower 
compartment with an upper compartment including a knife and nail file and 
a lower compartment including a turf repair tool and a golf cleaning brush 
wherein the brush includes a plurality of spaced rows of bristles of 
alternating heights formed with spherical ends to minimize abrasion during 
a cleaning procedure. The tool is further formed with a magnetic golf ball 
marker interfitting in a recess within one of the surfaces of the planar 
members. 
My invention resides not in any one of these features per se, but rather in 
the particular combination of all of them herein disclosed and claimed and 
it is distinguished from the prior art in this particular combination of 
all of its structures for the functions specified. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, 
additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter 
and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which 
this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved utility golf tool which has all the advantages of the prior art 
golf tools and none of the disadvantages. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved 
utility golf tool which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and 
marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved utility golf tool which is of a durable and reliable 
construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved utility golf tool which is susceptible of a low cost of 
manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly 
is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby 
making such utility golf tool economically available to the buying public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved utility golf tool which provides in the apparatuses and methods 
of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously 
overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved utility golf tool formed with a plurality of interfitting 
pivotally mounted implements received with upper and lower compartments of 
a golf tool and including a refined golf cleaning brush provided with 
spherical type alternating bristles of varying heights to effect a safe 
and effective cleaning of golf equipment. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 to 5 
thereof, a new and improved utility golf tool embodying the principles and 
concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the 
reference numeral 10 will be described. 
More specifically, it will be noted that the utility golf tool 10 
essentially comprises a case 11 including a longitudinal first plate 12 
parallel, fixed and spaced from a longitudinal second plate 13. A pivoted 
loop 14 is pivotally secured at a terminal end of each plate for 
securement to a chain or the like by a user. An orthogonal rib 15 is 
integrally secured between the plates 12 and 13 to maintain the plates at 
a predetermined spacing relative to each other and define an upper 
compartment 16 and a lower compartment 17. The upper compartment 16 is 
formed with an upper separator plate 18 wherein a comparable lower 
separator plate 19 is spaced within the lower compartment 17 to split the 
two compartments in equal longitudinal sections for positioning of 
associated blades, to be discussed below. 
A utility cutting blade 20 is pivotally mounted for use in the upper 
compartment 16 to one side of upper separator plate 18 with a nail file 21 
pivotally mounted on the other side of the separator plate 18 wherein the 
blades of the upper compartment are for convenience of a user and of 
utility and combination with the specialty tools of the lower compartment 
17. 
Lower compartment 17 includes a turf repair blade 22 formed with a pair of 
bifurcated terminal end portions for projection with an associated turf of 
a golfing outdoor form for replacement of divots resulting in a golfing 
situation. 
A brush blade 23 is mounted in the lower compartment 17 parallel to the 
turf repair blade 22 on the other side of lower separator plate 19. The 
brush blade is formed with a matrix of bristles defining bristles of 
alternating length formed with spherical tips. The alternating lengths 
enable varying stiffness of bristles to encounter and clean the various 
grooves associated with golfing equipment, such as golf balls, golf clubs, 
shoes, and the like. The spherical tips ensure that the bristles will not 
be formed with sharp ends that will abrade and scratch surfaces with 
deleterious effects. For example, a golf ball that is cleaned and 
subsequently scratched, will be formed with a surface that may alter its 
flight path and similarly, a golf club head that is cleaned may be formed 
with scratches that will alter and abrade surfaces of golf balls. The 
bristles may be formed of stiff polymeric fibers or alternatively of 
stainless steel to provide bristles of corrosion resistant qualities. 
It should be noted that the plates 12 and 13 are formed with aligned 
medially positioned finger recesses 12a and 13a respectively for enhanced 
securement by a user and further, that the various blades are formed with 
leaf springs 24 to assist in maintaining the blade in a closed or opened 
orientation with respect to the case 11. 
Finally, a magnetic ball marker 29 is positioned within a complementary 
recess 30 for acceptance of the ball marker and positioning therein until 
use is desired. 
The matrix of bristles of brush plate 23 are formed with long bristles 27 
and short bristles 28 of alternating orientation relative to each other 
and to adjacent rows of the brush blade 23 to effect a desired pattern to 
effect thorough cleaning of golf equipment. 
The manner of usage and operation of the present invention therefore should 
be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion 
relative to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.