Cue stick

A cue for playing pocket pool or billiards comprising a hollow elongated handle having a first end and a second end and a hollow elongated shaft having a first end and a second end, said handle and said elongated shaft being substantially cylindrical in cross section and said elongated shaft having a substantially constant external diameter, a butt member fixed to said first end of said handle and a connecting member fixed to said second end of said handle, said connecting member including a first end having an internally threaded blind bore and a stepped opening and a second end having an internally threaded blind bore adapted to receive the threaded end of a rod located within said hollow handle, weight means located within said hollow handle, means for adjustably locating said weight means along the longitudinal axis of said handle according to the desire of a player, a tip member fixed to said first end of said elongated shaft and a connector fixed to said second end of said elongated shaft, said connector including a contact portion on one end having an outer surface located within an end of said hollow elongated shaft and in frictional contact with the inner surface of said hollow elongated shaft, an annular flange on said connector adjacent said contact portion and an externally threaded extension on the end of said connector opposite said one end having said contact portion in threaded engagement with said internally threaded blind bore in said first end of said connecting member and bridge means surrounding said elongated shaft, said bridge means having an inner diameter slightly in excess of the outer diameter of said elongated shaft whereby a player holds said bridge means stationary while sliding said elongated shaft through said bridge means to cause a steady and accurate movement of said tip member.

The combination of a cue and a bridge bracket, said cue comprising a hollow substantially cylindrical elongated hollow handle having a first end and a second end and a substantially cylindrical elongated shaft having a first end and a second end and a substantially constant external diameter, a tip member fixed to said first end of said shaft and a connector fixed to said second end of said shaft, a butt member fixed to said first end of said hollow handle and a connecting member fixed to said second end of said hollow handle, an adjustable weight means located in said hollow handle for longitudinal movement along the length of said hollow handle, bridge means surrounding said shaft and having an inner diameter slightly in excess of the external diameter of said shaft, said bridge means including a cylindrical sleeve and a cylindrical bushing located at each end of said cylindrical sleeve, each of said bushings having an elongated reduced diameter portion located within an end of said sleeve and a collar having an outer diameter greater than said reduced diameter portion to form a shoulder contacting an end of said cylindrical sleeve and a bridge bracket adapted to fit over a rail of a pool table, said bridge bracket including a first leg and a second leg attached at a right angle to said first leg, resilient means on said second leg of said bridge bracket for holding said bridge means in a stationary position while sliding said shaft through said bridge means to cause a steady and accurate movement of said tip member relative to a ball.

A cue for playing pocket pool or billiards comprising a hollow elongated handle having a first end and a second end and a hollow elongated shaft having a first end and a second end, said handle and said elongated shaft being substantially cylindrical in cross section and said elongated shaft having a substantially constant external diameter, a tip member fixed to said first end of said elongated shaft and a connector fixed to said second end of said elongated shaft, a butt member fixed to said first end of said handle and a connecting member fixed to said second end of said handle, weight means located in said hollow handle, means for adjustably locating said weight means along the longitudinal axis of said handle according to the desire of a player and bridge means surrounding said elongated shaft and having an inner diameter slightly in excess of the outer diameter of said elongated shaft, said bridge means is an elongated hollow cylindrical sleeve having spaced ends and the external surface of each of said spaced ends is formed with an inner angled taper, and said connecting member has a stepped entrance end formed with an inner surface formed with an outer angled taper for receiving said second end of said shaft, whereby said inner angled taper on an end of said cylindrical sleeve fits in said outer angled taper on said stepped entrance end of said connecting member to frictionally hold said cylindrical sleeve in said connecting member.