Cue stick with extensions
OwnerVartan Kalamdaryaninventor
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Abstract
A cue stick is fitted with an extension adapter secured in its butt end having an external extension connector adapted to matingly engage with an internal extension connector of an extension to secure the extension to the butt end. The external extension connector is not covered by the bumper and can be left on when the extension is fitted to the cue stick, but when the extension is secured, the extension and butt end of the cue stick will be substantially flush with each other, the external extension connector now being located inside of the extension.
Claims18
A cue stick, comprising:
- a shaft connected to a butt, the shaft having a tip end and the butt having a butt end having a butt end outer diameter;
- an extension adapter secured in the butt end, said extension adapter having an external extension connector which extends outwardly from the butt end and which has an external extension connector outer diameter that is less than the butt end outer diameter;
- and
- a bumper held in the external extension connector, said bumper having a maximum outer bumper diameter which is less than the external extension connector outer diameter;
- wherein the external extension connector is configured to matingly engage with an internal extension connector of a first extension having an internal extension connector diameter which is greater than the maximum outer bumper diameter to matingly secure the first extension to the butt end while the bumper is held in the external extension connector.
An extension kit for a cue stick having a shaft and a butt, a tip connected to a tip end of the shaft and a bumper end opposite the tip, said butt having a butt end with a butt end outer diameter, comprising:
- an extension adapter configured to be secured in the butt end, said extension adapter having an external extension connector which extends outwardly from the butt end and which has an external extension connector outer diameter that is less than the butt end outer diameter when the extension adapter is secured in the butt end;
- a bumper held in the external extension connector, said bumper having a maximum outer bumper diameter which is less than the extension connector outer diameter;
- and
- a first extension with an internal extension connector having an internal extension connector diameter which is greater than the maximum outer bumper diameter;
- wherein the external extension connector is configured to matingly engage with the internal extension connector to matingly secure the first extension to the butt end while the bumper is held in the external extension connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.