Billiard ball holder

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the billiard ball holder of the present invention when placed in an exemplary environment of a billiard cue rack;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the front and top of a billiard ball holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the billiard ball holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view showing the right side of the billiard ball holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a bottom elevational view of the billiard ball holder of the present invention; and,

FIG. 6 is a top elevational view of the billiard ball holder of the present invention.

The right side elevational view shown in FIG. 4 is a mirror image of the left side and rear of the billiard ball holder of the present invention. Those elements that are shown in the above drawings in phantom lines do not form a part of the design sought to be patented. As shown in FIG. 1, the claimed billiard ball holder design may form a removable part of a billiard cue rack.

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Patent History
Patent number: D431952
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 1, 2000
Date of Patent: Oct 17, 2000
Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation (Muskegon, MI)
Inventor: William R. McCormick (Kenosha, WI)
Primary Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Law Firm: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton
Application Number: 0/117,918
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/6552
International Classification: 0808;