Games using tangible projectile – Billiards or pool – Practice device or device to aid in aiming cue or cue ball...
Patent
1992-12-07
1994-01-04
Brown, Theatrice
Games using tangible projectile
Billiards or pool
Practice device or device to aid in aiming cue or cue ball...
473 5, 473 31, 473 45, A63D 1508
Patent
active
052753980
ABSTRACT:
A new and improved apparatus for use with a pool or billiard table includes a stick assembly and arrays of light reflectors attached to the table, in parallel with the respective ball-rebounding surfaces. The stick assembly includes a stick and a laser unit connected to the stick. The laser unit includes a housing which is adjustably connected to a bracket which receives the stick. The stick can also include a spring-loaded ram assembly for striking a ball with a predetermined force that results from an amount of energy stored in a compressed spring. A trigger releases the compressed spring permitting the spring to drive the ram to strike a ball. To employ the apparatus for a straight shot, a first ball, which is to be struck by the stick, a second ball, which is to be struck by the first ball, and a target location, such as a pocket, are selected by a player. For the straight shot, as the first ball is struck by the stick, the stick, an aimed light beam, the first ball, the second ball, and the target location are maintained in alignment. To employ the apparatus for a bank shot, a light reflector array is positioned parallel to a ball-rebounding side of the table. For the bank shot, as the first ball is struck by the stick, the stick, the aimed light beam, the first ball, a light reflector, the second ball, and the target location are maintained in alignment.
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Bender S. Michael
Brown Theatrice
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