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US 2021/0236911 A1Published application
Universal adapter assembly for use with pool cues
AssigneeQco, LLC
InventorMichael Thomas Bennett
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Abstract
An adapter assembly for use in the cue/billiards sports. The adapter assembly includes a first part, also referred to as a sleeve, and a second part, referred to as an adapter. The adapter assembly inserts into a hollow cue shaft. When the first end of the adapter assembly is inserted into the hollow cue shaft, the adapter of the adapter assembly is configured to receive an insertion pin of a cue handle and to hold the cue handle in position relative to the cue shaft.
Claims20
A pool cue assembly, comprising:
- a first cue handle having an insertion pin of a first size;
- an adapter assembly;
- and
- a cue shaft that is removably coupled to the cue handle by the adapter assembly, the adapter assembly including a sleeve coupled to an inner surface of the cue shaft, wherein the adapter assembly includes a first adapter having an opening that receives and mates with the insertion pin of the first cue handle, wherein the sleeve is fixed to the cue shaft, and wherein the first adapter is removable from the sleeve.
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An adapter assembly, comprising:
- an adapter and a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is configured to be coupled to an end of a cue shaft, wherein the sleeve includes an internal shape that mates with an external shape of the adapter that prevents the adapter from rotating relative to the sleeve in at least one direction,
- wherein the adapter assembly is configured to be placed in an assembled state and an unassembled state,
- wherein when the adapter assembly is in the assembled state, the adapter is fixed to the sleeve, wherein the adapter has an opening configured to receive an insertion pin of a cue handle and thereby couple the cue shaft to the cue handle, and
- wherein when the adapter assembly is in the unassembled state, the adapter is uncoupled from the sleeve and from the cue shaft.
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A method, comprising:
- rotating a first cue handle and a cue shaft relative to one another to thereby separate the first cue handle from the cue shaft;
- removing a first adapter from a sleeve fixed to the cue shaft, the first adapter having a first opening configured to mate with an insertion pin of the first cue handle;
- and
- coupling a second adapter to the sleeve, the second adapter having a second opening configured to mate with an insertion pin of a second cue handle, the second insertion pin being different from the first insertion pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.