Apparatus for racking billiard balls
OwnerThomas G. Pacittiinventor
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Abstract
A racking device for one or more different billiard games wherein each of the games have a different placement of the balls at the outset. The device being substantially triangular is convertible to the starting configurations of each of the games by the hinged overlaying triangluar member moving rotationally about its hinge point. Additionally, the external surface of the device has indentations for the placement of billiard balls in a newly created game.
Claims6
Apparatus for use in racking balls for one or more different billiard games comprising a substantially equilateral triangular member with elliptical indentations in the external surface and at each of its apices having a hinge located one half the distance from an apex along adjacent sides of the triangular member for supporting a bilateral member adaptable for rotational movement about the hinges, said bilateral member being movable from a first position overlying the apex of the triangular member in substantial parallel relation thereto to a second position where the apex of the bilateral member is supported by the non-adjacent side of the triangular member also in substantial parallel relation thereto.
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