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US 5,181,718 AGranted
Pool stick apparatus
OwnerDouglas H. Valentineinventor
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Abstract
A pool stick or cue is mounted in a biased relationship within a rifle stock, wherein a trigger releases a lug mounted to the cue interiorly of the stock to permit projection of the cue forwardly of the stock in a coaxially aligned relationship for impact with a pool ball. A modification of the invention includes a fiber optic cable directed through the forward translucent sight to enhance visual alignment of a rear sight relative to the forward sight, as well as a fiber optic cable axially parallel at its forward end to the pool cue and the associated cylindrical bore within the rifle stock.
Claims5
A pool stick apparatus, comprising,
- an elongate rifle stock, the rifle stock including a front end wall and a rear end wall, the front end wall including a cylindrical guide bushing projecting forwardly of the front end wall, and
- a cylindrical first bore in communication with the cylindrical guide bushing coaxially aligned therewith, and a cylindrical second bore projecting rearwardly of the cylindrical first bore in communication therewith, wherein the cylindrical second bore is defined by a second diameter greater than first diameter defined by the first bore, and
- a cylindrical cue rod slidably mounted within the first bore and the second bore, and
- a rear plate fixedly and orthogonally mounted to a rear distal end of the cue rod, with the rear plate positioned within the second bore, the second bore including a second bore rear wall and a second bore front wall, and
- an actuator spring captured between the rear plate and the second bore rear wall, and
- the cue rod including a forward tip mounted to a forward distal end of the cue rod positioned exteriorly of the guide bushing, and
- a trigger pivotally mounted within a housing below the first bore, and a key way slot in contiguous communication with the first bore, and a cue rod lug fixedly mounted to the cue rod positioned within the key way slot, the trigger pivotally mounted about a pivot axle, the pivot axle pivotally mounted to the housing, and a latch pin, the latch pin including a latch pin axle, the latch pin axle mounted within the trigger forwardly of the pivot axle, and the latch pin slidably mounted within the housing orthogonally oriented relative to the cue rod, the latch pin arranged for engagement with the cue rod lug, whereupon pivoting of the trigger effects displacement of the latch pin relative to the cue rod lug permitting projection of the cue rod forwardly of the guide bushing.
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