Patents by Inventor Edward J. Watlack

Edward J. Watlack 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).

  • Patent number: 6419588
    Abstract: An assistive cue device securely holds a cue and allows one-handed billiards play. In the preferred embodiment, a control guide slidingly mounted on the shaft grips the cue while a head of the device retains the tip of the cue in a cue hole. The head and a slide retainer ring are connected by a shaft, along which the control guide slides with the cue when the player moves the cue. The head has a plurality of supports, preferably in the form of sides of a polygonal cross-section, upon which the head can rest, each of which provides an elevation for the cue above the surface of the table. The player can change the elevation of the cue simply be rotating the whole assembly so that a different support of the head rests on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventors: Hubert T. Watlack, Edward J. Watlack