Game table
OwnerWilliam O. Timmermaninventor
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Abstract
A game table with a playing surface and cushion rail assembly surrounding the playing surface is disclosed herein. The playing surface has a plurality of lateral edges at least two of which merge to produce a right-angle corner which is adapted to fit in the corner of a room. A plurality of pockets are located on the periphery of the surface opposite the right-angle corner while the right-angle corner is devoid of any pockets.
Claims14
A pool table comprising, a frame, a horizontal playing surface on said frame, said playing surface having a plurality of corners, an upstanding rail assembly bordering said playing surface above the level thereof, and a plurality of pockets on said playing surface at the periphery thereof, at least two of said pockets being at adjacent corners of said playing surface and at least one other corner of said playing surface being devoid of a pocket, said pockets being one less in number than said corners.
A game table comprising a frame having a rectangular playing surface with four peripheral lateral edges and adjacent edges merging with each other to define corners for said playing surface, a cushion rail surrounding said playing surface above said frame, and three ball-receiving receptacles for said playing surface, said three ball-receiving receptacles being respectively located in adjacent corners of said playing surface and said fourth corner and said lateral edges being devoid of pockets and said fourth corner being adapted to be received into the corner of a room space.
In combination, a housing structure having at least two intersecting vertical walls defining a corner space;
- and a game table comprising a frame, means supporting said frame within said corner space and closely adjacent said walls, a horizontal playing surface supported by said frame and occupying said corner space, an upstanding rail structure enclosing said playing surface around the periphery thereof and extending above the upper surface level thereof, said rail structure having an accessible rail portion outwardly facing from said corner space and reaching across from one said wall to the other, a plurality of spaced ball-receiving openings provided in said playing surface adjacent said accessible outwardly facing rail portion, the opposite portion of said playing surface, located inwardly within said corner, being characterized by the absence of any such ball-receiving openings.
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