Billiard ball aiming system
OwnerR. Fred Pfostinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for aiming billiard balls comprising an object ball with a surface coated with an array of colored dots. Adjacent dots are dissimilarly colored to aid in their distinguishment. A desired trajectory is aimed for by first sighting the object ball from a direction opposite a target and selecting a contact dot disposed collinear with that trajectory and furthest from that target. A cue ball or other striking means is then aimed to strike the object ball at the contact dot.
Claims7
A method of aiming a billiard cue ball to collide with an object ball for object ball motion in a desired trajectory comprising:
- providing an object ball having a surface blanketed with a plurality of optically contrasting colored dots,
- locating a single colored contact dot on said object ball which is disposed collinear to a desired trajectory leading to a target for said object ball and which is furthest from said target, and
- aiming a pool cue ball to contact said object ball at said contact dot, including sighting along a line of travel of a center of said cue ball.
An aiming device for billiards and like games comprising a ball having a surface covered with spaced apart visible dots having a diameter of between one-sixteenth and one-sixth of an inch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.