Billiard ball and rack storage case

A combination billiard ball and rack storage case comprising a box-like cover having a top wall and side, front, and rear walls downwardly extending therefrom and an open bottom closeable by a slidable bottom wall inwardly movable towards said rear wall and outwardly movable past said front wall in a generally horizontally oriented attitude when said cover is similarly horizontally disposed, a pair of laterally opposed horizontally oriented grooves disposed in said side walls for slidably receiving said bottom wall, said grooves of a vertical height substantially greater than the vetical thickness of said bottom wall and means for releasably positioning a billiard rack within said cover at a position vertically above said grooves, said grooves including means for elevating said bottom wall at the end of its inward travel whereby said bottom wall will initially contact and slightly elevate balls from the table during its initial inward travel and thereafter at the end of its travel further elevate said balls into contact with said upper walls, said slidable bottom wall having second elevating means comprising a block positioned at its lower front surface at lateral sides thereof which blocks contact said grooves at the end of said bottom wall inward travel.

A combination billiard ball and rack storage case comprising a box-like cover having a top wall and side, front, and rear walls downwardly extending therefrom and an open bottom closeable by a slidable bottom wall inwardly movable towards said rear wall and outwardly movable past said front wall in a generally horizontally oriented attitude when said cover is similarly horizontally disposed, a pair of laterally opposed horizontally oriented grooves disposed in said side walls for slidably receiving said bottom wall, said grooves of a vertical height substantially greater than the vertical thickness of said bottom wall and means for releasably positioning a billiard rack within said cover at a position vertically above said grooves, said grooves including means for elevating said bottom wall at the end of its inward travel whereby said bottom wall will initially contact and slightly elevate balls from the table during its initial inward travel and thereafter at the end of its travel further elevate said balls into contact with said upper wall, wherein said means for holding said rack comprises essentially U-shaped spring clips downwardly extending from said top wall and adapted to receive at least portions of said rack side walls therein.