Open sided billiard rack

A method and apparatus for racking billiard balls defining a V-shaped ball containment area and consisting of:

• A) a pair of arms forming a V where each arm has an outer and inner sides, a connecting side between said outer and inner sides, said arms meeting at an apex and having extremities away from said apex that create an arc of approximately 60 degrees;
• B) said inner side of each arm extending at least as far as a distance equal to 5 times the diameter of a standard billiard ball;
• C) said outer side or each arm extending at least as far as the distance equal to 4 times the diameter of a standard billiard ball;
• and
• D) a connecting side that joins said inner and outer sides the method further including the steps of:
• placing said V-shaped arms on a pool table;
• moving 15 billiard balls by the user's thumbs across said table into said V-shaped device into the opening of the V into a tight formation engaging the sides and apex of said V-shaped device;
• and
• moving said V-shaped device away from said balls in the horizontal plane of the table until said V-shaped device is completely removed from about the balls, thereby leaving the balls in a tight triangular formation.

A method and apparatus for racking billiard balls defining a V-shaped ball containment area consisting of:

• A) a pair of arms having a generally cylindrical cross section each arm having an outer and inner side, and a top and bottom side, said arms meeting at an apex having an inner and outer surface, said arms extending from said apex to create an arc of approximately 60 degrees;
• B) said inner side of each arm extending at least as far from the inner surface of said apex a distance equal to five times the diameter of a standard billiard bail;
• and
• the method further including the steps of:
• placing said V-shaped arms on a pool table;
• moving 15 billiard balls by the user across said table into said V-shaped device into the opening of the V into a tight formation engaging the sides and apex of said V-shaped device;
• moving said V-shaped device away from said balls by lifting said pair of arms upwardly until said V-shaped device is completely removed from about the balls, thereby leaving the bails in a tight triangular formation.

A method for racking balls consisting of:

• A) a pair of arms each having an outer and inner side, said arms meeting at an apex having an inner and outer surface, said arms extending from said apex to create an arc of approximately 60 degrees forming a V;
• B) said inner side of each arm extending at least as far from the inner surface of said apex a distance equal to approximately five times the diameter of a standard billiard ball;
• C) wherein said balls are accessible by a user from above the rack, the method further including the steps of
• placing said V-shaped arms on a pool table;
• moving 15 billiard balls by the user across said table into said V-shaped device into the opening of the V into a tight formation engaging the sides and apex of said V-shaped device;
• and
• moving said V-shaped device away from said balls in the horizontal plane of the table until said V-shaped device is completely removed from about the balls, thereby leaving the balls in a tight triangular formation.