Billiard rack assembly and method of racking billiard balls

A billiards rack assembly for tightly organizing billiard balls on a table, said rack assembly comprising:

• a rigid integrally-formed triangular frame comprising three equally-spaced corners, two side frame segments, and a rear frame segment, said corners and frame segments cooperating to define a ball containment area;
• an elongated pivoted racking bar adjacent said rear frame segment, and substantially continuously from one rear corner of said frame to an opposite rear corner of said frame;
• a hinge pivotably attaching said pivoted racking bar to said rigid frame;
• a handle attached to said pivoted racking bar, and adapted for being grasped by a user to move said racking bar between a downwardly pivoted ball-engaging position and an upwardly pivoted frame-removing position, such that:
• in the ball-engaging position, said pivoted racking bar forces the billiard balls forwardly within the ball containment area towards a front apex of said rigid frame, thereby reducing gaps between adjacent balls;
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• in the frame-removing position, said pivoted racking bar is moved away from the billiard balls and said handle positioned to facilitate lifting and removal of said rack assembly from the table;
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• means for temporarily holding said pivoted racking bar in the frame-removing position.