Patent ID: 8882611

Claim:
A divot repair tool comprising: a blade member comprising at least two tines; and a handle comprising a housing and an activation mechanism disposed within or on a top surface of the handle, which activation mechanism of the handle is operatively coupled to the blade member to deploy the tines of the blade member from the housing and to retract said tines of the blade member into the housing, wherein the blade member is at least partially moveable with respect to the handle between at least a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the tines of the blade member are at least partially stored within the housing of the handle, and in the second position, at least the tines of the blade member are deployed outside of the housing, wherein in the second position, a bottom surface of the handle and the deployed tines form an angle under the divot repair tool of between 110° and 160°, and wherein the divot repair tool is sized and oriented such that downward movement of a rear end of the handle is restricted when the handle is gripped with the deployed tines in the ground and the top surface of the handle facing upward.