Games using tangible projectile – Billiards or pool – Cue rest
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-06
2001-07-31
Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Billiards or pool
Cue rest
C473S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06267685
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to billiard accessories and more particularly pertains to a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid for supporting a billiard cue when performing a stroke or shot in a billiards game.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of billiard accessories is known in the prior art. More specifically, billiard accessories heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,372,929 by Molis; 3,836,145 by Frejd; 87,566 by Hill; 5,449,325 by Dransfield et al.; 4,147,346 by Giannetti; and 312,290 by Rodriguez.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid. The inventive device includes a base and a support upwardly extending from the base. The support has a guide hole therethrough. A generally V-shaped upper guide is upwardly extended from an upper end of the support.
In these respects, the billiards cue stroke guidance aid according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of supporting a billiard cue when performing a stroke or shot in a billiards game.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of billiard accessories now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid construction wherein the same can be utilized for supporting a billiard cue when performing a stroke or shot in a billiards game.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the billiard accessories mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art billiard accessories, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base and a support upwardly extending from the base. The support has a guide hole therethrough. A generally V-shaped upper guide is upwardly extended from an upper end of the support.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the billiard accessories mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art billiard accessories, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such billiards cue stroke guidance aid economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid for supporting a billiard cue when performing a stroke or shot in a billiards game.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid which includes a base and a support upwardly extending from the base. The support has a guide hole therethrough. A generally V-shaped upper guide is upwardly extended from an upper end of the support.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new billiards cue stroke guidance aid that allows disabled users, especially users with only one arm or a user that is not able to bend down, to play billiards.
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Chambers M.
Chapman Jeanette
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