Detachable Or Hinged Rail Patents (Class 473/13)
  • Patent number: 8550929
    Abstract: The portable pool table device provides extreme portability by way of disassembly. The table is divided into four separable sections that are selectively assembled as chosen. The affixed sections provide half circle cutouts and half circle cutout shapes for removable pocket attachment. The sections are ideally affixed together by lateral clamps. The felt-atop-rubberized-layer playing surface is removably installed atop the sections upon assembly. The removable side braces and end braces also provide outer brace playing surfaces along with angled bumpers as are used in other pool tables in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Marie L. Nebauer-McRae
  • Patent number: 7753802
    Abstract: A billiard table with a movable apron that conceals/exposes a storage compartment is provided. In one embodiment, a billiard table is presented comprising a playing surface, a rail positioned along an edge of the playing surface, a storage compartment, and an apron movable between a first position in which the apron conceals the storage compartment and a second position in which the apron exposes the storage compartment. In another embodiment, a billiard table is presented comprising a playing surface, a rail, and a storage compartment that provides a mechanical connection between the playing surface and the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventor: William R. McCormick
  • Publication number: 20080261710
    Abstract: A game table assembly for playing the games of billiards and air hockey comprises a game table including an air hockey game playing surface and opposing air hockey goals. The game table defines a plurality of billiard pockets and includes a plurality of billiard bumpers positioned between the pockets. The bumpers and the air hockey game playing surface create a peripheral gap therebetween. The game table assembly further includes a cover positionable over the air hockey game playing surface to create a billiards game playing surface. Edges of the cover are received in the gap to selectively secure the cover on the game table, the height of the cover being substantially equal to the height of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Russell J. Ruelle
  • Patent number: 6926613
    Abstract: A pool table (10) having a plurality of corner assemblies (12, 14, 16, and 18) which allow the pool table (10) to be easily disassembled while concomitantly allowing the pool table (10) to be sturdy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventor: Eric Gregory Binning
  • Patent number: 6053818
    Abstract: A billiard table corner construction and method of assembly comprising a table leg having an upper portion with first and second horizontal openings perpendicular to each other, a first sill subassembly including a second horizontal opening therethrough aligned with the table leg second opening, a second sill subassembly normal to the first sill subassembly including a second horizontal opening therethrough aligned with the table leg second opening, a first rod extending through the first horizontal opening in the first sill subassembly and the first opening in the upper portion of the leg sufficiently to intersect the second opening in the leg, the first rod having an inner end, an outer end, and a transverse threaded opening therein adjacent the inner end, a second elongated threaded fastener extending through the second sill subassembly and leg, and aligned with and engaging the threaded transverse opening of the first rod for threaded connection thereto such that the second sill is forced tightly against
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventor: William R. McCormick