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US 5,255,799 AGranted
Portable billard cue holder
OwnerJerry D. Haynesinventor
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Abstract
A portable holder for a billiard cue having a base end and a shaft. The portable holder includes a clamp for removable attachment to a table, ledge or the like. A flexible resilient member is capable of surrounding the circumference of the shaft, so that the base end of the cue may be placed on a floor or other surface and the shaft of the cue may be inserted into the member for retention.
Claims6
A portable holder for at least one cue, said cue including a base end and a shaft having a circular cross-section, which holder comprises:
- flexible, resilient retention means for surrounding the circumference of said shaft of said cue, said retention means including a pair of rigid parallel plates and a flexible, resilient member sandwiched therebetween;
- at least a pair of clamps for removable attachment to a table, ledge or the like;
- said clamps spaced from each other along said lower plate so that said lower plate will rest on said table, ledge or the like;
- and
- means to receive said shaft of said cue radially into said retention means wherein said base end of said cue may be placed on a floor or other surface and said shaft of said cue may be inserted to be retained in said retention means.
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A portable holder for at least one cue having a base and a shaft, which holder comprises:
- at least a pair of adjustable clamps for removable attachment to a table, ledge or the like;
- a plate extending between said pair of clamps so that said plate will rest on said table, ledge or the like;
- an edge member having at least one recess therein said recess wider than the diameter of said shaft, said edge member composed of a flexible, resilient material;
- and
- a pair of opposed shoulders extending from said edge member into said recess so that said shaft of said cue may be moved laterally past said opposed shoulders to retain said cue in said recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.