Billiards bridge
OwnerUlysses S. A. Browninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A body having a handle portion and a frame portion. The frame portion has an opening with one or more channels, which may be defined by adjoining walls, grooves or paired protuberances, for cradling the cue. A player braces the handle portion against the table and inserts the cue through the opening with the cue cradled in a channel. A slide having a slide channel may be disposed in the opening of the frame. A resilient member, such as a rubber O-ring, spans the frame and is connected to the slide. The player inserts the cue between the slide and the frame channel. The resilient member biases the slide channel against the cue, which, in turn, bears against the frame channel. The cue is thus captivated between the slide channel and the frame channel while the player makes a shot.
Claims19
A bridge for playing billiards, comprising:
- a body having a handle and a frame, said frame having an opening, said opening having at least one frame channel for cradling a cue;
- a slide disposed in said opening having a slide channel for cradling said cue;
- and
- a resilient member spanning said frame and contacting said slide for biasing a cue cradled in said slide channel toward said frame channel.
A bridge for playing billiards, comprising:
- a body having a handle and a generally planar frame, said frame having a square opening defined by four sides, said frame having a plurality of retainers, each said retainer disposed outside said opening at the juncture between a pair of adjacent ones of said sides;
- an elongated slide disposed in said opening having a slide channel for cradling said cue;
- and
- an O-ring spanning said frame between two said retainers and contacting said slide for biasing a cue cradled in said slide channel toward the juncture between a pair of adjacent ones of said sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.