Pocket assembly for a pool table

A pocket assembly for a pool table comprising a pocket and a pocket support structure mountable in a gap between the ends of rails of a pool table to support the pocket beneath the gap and adjacent a cut-out portion of a bed of a table, said support structure including a pocket iron having a body portion with a pair of spaced ends, each end having a mounting projection extending therefrom;

• and a synthetic cover integrally molded on the body portion with the projections extending therethrough, said cover having an upper surface extending between said pair of ends to provide a surface across the gap, an outer curved surface extending between said pair of ends and extending downward from the upper surface, an inner curved surface slanting downward and outwardly from the upper surface to deflect a ball downward, and a bottom surface interconnecting the inner and outer curved surfaces, said cover including an integral outer curved flange extending downwardly from the bottom surface adjacent the outer surface and having substantially the same curved configuration as the outer surface, and an integral, downwardly extending shield having a center portion and a pair of end portions, said center portion having a curvature approximately the same as the curvature of the flange and extending from a curved line adjacent to a merger between the inner and the bottom surfaces and equally spaced from the flange to provide a curved recess between the center portion and flange for receiving a portion of the pocket, each of said end portions of the shield extending inwardly from the center portion along the end of the cover, said pocket being joined to the cover by having portions inserted into the curved recess and attached to said flange.