Chalk cube recovery system
OwnerJesse J. Edgeinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a system associated with the games of pool and billiards for the recovery of a chalk cube from a position of repose on any of the rails that define a pool-playing surface or other surfaces in the playing environment. The system or combination broadly comprises a chalk cube fabricated with a material of a first kind such as a paramagnetic material that is subject to engagement and retention with a material of a second kind such as a permanent magnet material incorporated near the tip end of a cue. The player using the cue of this invention can reach a chalk cube constructed in accordance with this invention and engage and retain the cube against a portion of the cue in the proximity of the tip end for recovery and use in the course of play.
Claims16
A system for recovering a chalk body from a remote location in a pool table environment comprising:
- a pool cue including a tapered shaft having a gripping end of relatively large cross section, a striking end of relatively small cross section, a tip mounted on the striking end of the shaft, and material of one of two kinds incorporated with said shaft in proximity to said tip;
- said two kinds comprising a first kind receptive to engagement and retention by material of a second kind, and said second kind being capable of engaging and detachably retaining material of the first kind;
- and
- a chalk body incorporating material of the other of said kinds.
A system for recovering a chalk body from a remote location in a pool table environment comprising:
- a pool cue including a tapered shaft having a gripping end of relatively large cross section and a striking end of relatively small cross section, a tip mounted on the striking end of the shaft, and magnetic material of one of two kinds incorporated with said shaft in proximity to said tip;
- said two kinds comprising a first kind including paramagnetic materials having low retentivity and a second kind including permanent magnet materials having substantial retentivity and field strength;
- and
- a chalk body incorporating magnetic material of the other of said kinds.
10 The system of claim 9 wherein a wrapper covers the paramagnetic sheet material on said chalk body.
A pool cue comprising:
- a tapered shaft having a gripping end of relatively large cross section and a striking end of relatively small cross section;
- a tip mounted on the striking end of the shaft;
- and
- a permanent magnet incorporated with said shaft in proximity to said tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.