Connector for detachable billiard cue

A cue connector for a detachable, jointed billiard cue comprising a first and a second section, said connector including a one-piece joint fitting adapted to be carried by the first cue section and a one-piece insert fitting adapted to be carried by the second cue section, the first cue section being provided with an axially extending shaft portion of reduced diameter having a proximal end, a distal end and a threaded portion intermediate the proximal and distal ends of said shaft portion, said one-piece joint fitting having a first enlarged portion defining an open-ended cylindrical chamber, said chamber at least partially defined by a threaded section spaced inwardly from the open end of said chamber and adapted for threading engagement with the threaded portion of the shaft portion of the first cue section, said camber further defined by an inner portion of relatively reduced diameter adapted for receiving the distal end of the first cue section, said joint fitting further including a protruding threaded pin, the second cue section containing an open-ended re-entrant bore for receiving said insert fitting, said bore defined by an internally threaded portion, an enlarged shouldered stop at the open end of said bore and an inner bore portion of reduced diameter, said insert fitting having an externally threaded portion adapted for threading engagement with the threaded portion of said bore of the second cue section, a first end of reduced diameter adapted for seating within said inner reduced bore portion of the second cue section, a outwardly flanged end adapted to engage said shouldered stop formed in said bore of the second cue section, and a re-entrant bore at least partially defined by a threaded portion for detachably receiving the threaded pin of said joint fitting.