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US 8,656,547 B2Granted
Billiards chalk dust removal tool
AssigneeIwan Simonis Inc.
InventorsMarco Zanetti, Bernard Bollette, Ivan Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a billiards chalk dust removal tool. The billiards chalk dust tool is brushed across the baize on a billiard table for cleaning the chalk dust out of the baize periodically to preserve the level of playing conditions on the billiard table.
Claims11
A billiard chalk dust removal tool, comprising:
- a housing 12 having a generally flat rectangular portion 16 of a predetermined thickness including a top surface 18 and a bottom surface 20, an X-shaped dome 22 generally formed from a first material 14 having an inner surface 24 and a outer surface 26 including four legs 28 of similar dimensions extending generally upwardly from the four corners of the rectangular portion 16 to a center axis of the dome extending over the top surface 18 of the rectangular portion 16, each leg 28 fixedly attached generally at one of the four corners on top surface 18 of the rectangular portion 16, a support member 30 connected to the top surface 18 at one end and extending upwardly inline with the center axis of the dome 22 from a point generally equidistance from each pair of opposing sides of the rectangular top surface 18 attached to the inner surface 24 at the center axis of the dome 22 to further secure the dome 22 to the rectangular portion 16, the outer surface 26 of the dome 22 having an inlay edge 32 along the perimeter of the outer surface defining a first predetermined area, a generally second material 34 inset within the inlay edge 32 to fill the predetermined area and fixedly attached to the outer surface of the dome 22, an opening 34a between the top surface 18 of the rectangular portion 16 and the dome 22 on each side of the rectangular portion 16 for insertion of digit from a hand to grip and manipulate the tool by the end user, an inlay edge 36 generally along a perimeter of bottom surface 20 of the rectangular portion 16 defining a second predetermined area, a chalk dust absorbing pad material 38 inset within the inlay edge 36 to fill the second predetermined area wherein.
A billiard chalk dust removal tool 10, comprising:
- a housing 12 formed from a first material 14 having a generally flat rectangular body 16 of a predetermined thickness including a top surface 18 and a bottom surface 20;
- an X-shaped dome 22 generally formed from said first material 14 having an inner surface 24 and a outer surface 26;
- four legs 28 of similar dimensions extending generally upwardly from each corner of the rectangular body 16 to a center axis of the dome extending over a predetermined area of the top surface 18 of the rectangular body 16, each leg fixedly attached generally at each distal end to one corner of the top surface 18;
- a support member 30 connected to the top surface 18 at one end and extending upwardly inline with the center axis of the dome 22 from a point generally equidistance from each pair of opposing sides of the rectangular top surface 18 attached to the inner surface at the center axis of the dome 22 to further secure the dome 22 to the rectangular body 16;
- an opening 34 between the top surface 18 of the rectangular portion 16 and the dome 22 on each side of the rectangular portion 16 for insertion of digit from a hand to grip and manipulate the tool by the end user, an inlay edge 36 generally along the perimeter of bottom surface 20 of the rectangular portion defining a second predetermined area, a chalk dust absorbing material 38 inset within the inlay edge 36 to fill the second predetermined area for collecting chalk dust in the billiard cloth through a capillary action to lift off of the billiard cloth and fill in amongst the fibers of the absorbent pad material 38.
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