Patents by Inventor Clyde B. Ellis

Clyde B. Ellis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for calculating a billiards shot
    Patent number: 7144328
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining where a cue ball must cause an object billiard ball to strike a bumper of a billiards table in order to drive the object ball into a selected pocket of the billiards table of the type having two opposed end rails and two opposed side rails. A second method is provided for determining where a cue ball must strike a bumper of a billiards table in order to rebound and strike an object ball, driving the object ball into a selected pocket of the billiards table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventor: Clyde B. Ellis
  • Shot calculator for billiards
    Patent number: 6875120
    Abstract: A device for calculating where a cue ball must cause an object billiard ball to strike the bumper of a billiards table in order to drive the object ball into a selected pocket of the billiards table of the type having two opposed end rails and two opposed side rails. The device includes a plotting board and a guide. The plotting board comprises a scaled playing table portion and at least one scaled mirror table portion having pocket positions formed thereon, wherein the mirror table adjoins at least one of the opposed end rails or opposed side rails and is a mirror image of the playing table portion. The plotter comprises a guide and an object ball arm, the object ball arm having a pocket guide end and an object end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Inventor: Clyde B. Ellis