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US 5,326,329 AGranted
Jump-shot pool cue
OwnerRobert J. Dossinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for causing a pool cue ball to jump and thereby avoid an opponent's safety blocking ball utilizing a cue stick of approximately one half of the standard length, and having a plurality of apertures within a carrier in a radial slot in the handle end of the stick wherein selected weights may be secured to adjust the weight of the stick for different shooting styles and for different weights of cue balls.
Claims2
A pool cue stick for causing a pool cue ball to jump, comprising:
- (a) an elongate body with a length of approximately thirty inches, said body having a first end and a second end, said first end having a cue tip secured thereto, said second end having a means for adjusting the weight of the cue stick comprising a weight carrier having a series of weight receiving apertures therein, and a radial slot cut through said second end of said elongate body, said weight carrier sized to fit within said radial slot;
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- (b) a plurality of cylindrical weights sized to fit within said apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.