Abstract: A fishing rod holder includes a tubular member capable of removably holding a fishing rod thereon. The tubular member includes a first annular wall enclosing a longitudinally extending first cavity portion and a second annular wall enclosing a longitudinally extending second cavity portion. The second annular wall includes an internally-threaded end portion at one end. The fishing rod holder also includes a spike detachably affixable to the tubular member. The spike has a stored configuration and a deployed configuration. At least a portion of the spike is disposed in the second cavity portion when in the stored configuration.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder includes a tubular member capable of removably holding a fishing rod thereon. The tubular member includes a first annular wall enclosing a longitudinally extending first cavity portion and a second annular wall enclosing a longitudinally extending second cavity portion. The second annular wall includes an internally-threaded end portion at one end. The fishing rod holder also includes a spike detachably affixable to the tubular member. The spike has a stored configuration and a deployed configuration. At least a portion of the spike is disposed in the second cavity portion when in the stored configuration.

Abstract: A chalk-holder for billiard-cues system including a chalk holder having a receptacle including an inner volume and a securing member. The inner volume is configured to store chalk for removeable use. The securing member is configured to engage and be secured at a handle-end of a pool cue for providing ready access to the chalk. The securing member comprises threading. The handle-end comprises an aperture configured to mate with the threading of the securing member. The device may be used to store chalk between uses during billiards.

Abstract: A pool game system includes a pool table having a playing surface, rails and pockets. A plurality of pool balls and at least one cue stick are provided. A plurality of illuminating components is within the rails of the pool table. A plurality of contact sensors are each within the rails and pockets of the pool table. A computer within the pool table causes one illuminating component to flash when one contact sensor detects one pool ball propelled by the at least one cue stick, when in a first instance the pool ball bounces off a rail and when in a second instance the pool ball enters a pocket of the pool table. A cue stick includes a battery, a control switch circuit, a crossed-hair slot and a built-in light emitting element in a forward end, to produce a red laser beam for identifying a path to a specific pocket on the playing surface of the pool table.

Abstract: A replaceable cue tip assembly is provided to enable the easy and quick replacement of tip pads of cue sticks. The cue tip assembly includes a tip ferrule that is attachable to a cue stick shaft or to conventional shaft ferrule. It also includes a tip pad holder to which a tip pad is to be fixed. The tip pad holder has a non-threaded conical surface that seats upon a mating non-threaded conical surface of the tip ferrule. The outside diameter of the tip ferrule may be less than local thickness of the cue shaft under certain conditions. Various means of connecting the tip pad holder and the tip ferrule together are disclosed. Cue sticks having the replaceable cue tip assemblies are also disclosed as are tip pad holder tools for use in attaching and removing the tip pad holders.

Abstract: A cushion for a billiard table is disclosed. The cushion includes an extruded member having a substantially triangular or L-shaped cross-section and a layer of tape on one surface thereof for affixing the cushion to a billiard table. Also disclosed is an improved cue for billiards wherein a substantial portion of the weight of the cue is disposed in a distal portion of the cue located near the tip of the cue, which is used to strike a ball. The cue is preferably modular to allow substitution of various portions of the cue to permit it to be customized to a specific player. Also disclosed is a device for metering the speed of the surface of a billiard table. Also disclosed is a quick-change tip for a cue which includes an elastomeric material that is sized to snugly fit over the distal end of a cue to releasably secure the quick-change tip to the cue.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a pneumatically powered cue stick are disclosed. Both embodiments employ the use of compressed gas to derive the full range of power necessary to engage in the various games of pool and billiards, including the break shot, without the need for modification of surface area of the game table. The preferred embodiment is adaptable to existing forms of metering, triggering, portable compressed gas dispensing devices such as, but not limited to, paintball marker guns. An alternative embodiment integrates the metering, triggering, and gas dispensing components of the adaptable type, eliminating the need for the separate, adaptable devices previously mentioned. Both embodiments incorporate a cylinder assembly 14 and a cue stick rod 12 threadably, or otherwise attached, slidably mounted within a support casement 10, to facilitate a predetermined length not unlike, but not limited to, that of a conventional cue stick. Both embodiments are suitable for one-handed operation.

Abstract: A replaceable cue tip assembly is provided to enable the easy and quick replacement of tip pads of cue sticks. The cue tip assembly includes a tip ferrule that is attachable to a cue stick shaft or to conventional shaft ferrule. It also includes a tip pad holder to which a tip pad is to be fixed. The tip pad holder has a conical surface that seats upon a mating conical surface of the tip ferrule. Various means of connecting the tip pad holder and tip ferrule together are disclosed. Cue sticks having the replaceable cue tip assemblies are also disclosed as are tip pad holder tools for use in attaching and removing the tip pad holders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pool cue training device for assisting a player in determining cue movement so that the player can learn to control and minimize movement for better and more accurate shots. The invention comprises a laser capable of projecting a laser light in a dot or a line, attached to a mounting device for attaching the laser to a cue. The movement of the cue is determined by the difference between the initial position and final position after the striking motion.

Abstract: The bank shot guide for billiards has at least one visible marking which may be disposed on a pool cue shaft, tape measure, floor, or floor accessory adapted to be easily observable by the shooter while setting up a pool shot on a pool table. The markings can be aligned along the length of the pool cue shaft, tape measure, floor, or floor accessory at predetermined distances to provide graphical symbols that can aid a player in calculating bank angle game parameters applicable to the game table being played on. The markings are designed to represent extensions of readily observable existing diamond markings typically located on the pool table side rails. Groups of the markings may be color coded and/or rotationally separated from each other to visibly display the appropriate group of markings applicable to a particular length of pool table being used.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a universal shaft fitting for a cue stick comprises a universal adapter with an extension having external threads, adapted to be bonded into the butt end of a shaft of a cue stick, and an insert adapted to be bonded to internal threads of the universal adapter. The insert also includes internal threads for detachably mating a pin attached to another segment of a cue stick. Other embodiments include universal shaft fittings with various pin configurations and universal shaft fittings that do not utilize an insert. The universal shaft fittings may be utilized as components of a kit for adapting shafts to receive segments of cue sticks with various pin configurations. The universal shaft fittings may also be utilized in a method of supplying shafts to fit segments of cue sticks.

Abstract: A billiard cue includes a forward body defined by a first constantly tapered configuration securely mounted to a backward body defined by a second constantly tapered configuration. A cue tip is attached to an open end of the forward body and a butt cap is attached to an open end of the backward body. The backward body has a longitudinal threaded bore with an opening thereof at the open end of the backward body. At least a threaded weight device is received and engaged in the bore of the backward body from the opening in such a way that the location of the weight device can be adjusted independently.

Abstract: A pool cue comprising a handle with standard taper section, a straight shaft section with tip at the end thereof, and a slidable sleeve disposed on the straight shaft section. An o-ring resides in a groove at the tip to prevent the slidable sleeve from falling off of the pool cue when the tip thereof is pointed downward. The tip o-ring can be detached to permit removal and/or replacement of the sleeve. A plurality of o-rings resides in grooves at the handle end of the straight shaft, approximately at the middle of the pool cue. The o-rings may be of the same diameter as the inner diameter of the sleeve, or alternately, slightly larger than the inner diameter of the sleeve, wherein the o-rings increase in diameter towards the handle. The sleeve can be positioned over the plurality of o-rings, wherein it is retained either by friction or interference.

Abstract: A cue tip cap that protects the tip of a pool cue stick and also keeps chalk dust on the tip of the cue stick from flaking off into the carrying case. The cue tip cap comprises a sleeve made of a flexible material that snugly grips the end of the cue stick, covering its tip. A decorative knob on one end of the sleeve enables a person to pull the sleeve off the cue stick. The sleeve has grooves or splines on its inner surface to allow air to escape when it is pushed onto the cue stick. The sleeve can further include felt or cork to protect the tip of the cue stick from a stud that may be used to hold the knob to the sleeve.

Abstract: This new high tech state of the art pool cue refers to the game of pool and snooker and the like. This invention includes a hollowed out aluminum embodiment that is machined to specific specifications and has the standard shape appearance, length, taper, and looks of standard pool cues made in the years past with a lot of serious changes. The hollowed out embodiment houses a series of machined moving parts. When the stick is assembled it breaks down into a three piece collapsible stick that screws together. The rear part of the stick housed the barrel spring and tension mechanism, and one half of the impact rod, that controls, or adjusts by the user. The amount of impact or kinetic energy that will be released when the user presses the trigger by the turn of a coupler at the rear of the stick.

Abstract: An entrapment device for entrapping projectile or flying objects employed in a game, such as flying discs employed in the game of disc golf, comprises an entrapment frame assembly including a top basket support and a bottom basket support. The entrapment device comprises a net attachable to the top basket support and having an entrapment zone portion adapted to absorb kinetic energy from the projectile or flying object to cause the projectile or flying object to drop into and be entrapped in the bottom basket support.

Abstract: The butt end of a standard pool cue is modified by boring a threaded receiving female hole through the center of the butt cushion. A male threaded stub of an extender is sized to fit the butt end of a pool cue, which extender has, at its forward end, a cavity to receive the butt cushion and a center-located threaded bolt that is sized to mate with a threaded bore in the center of the cue cushion. One or more butt extenders are adapted at the butt end to receive other extender sections.

Abstract: A flying disk toy is provided with a streamer, windsock or the like for aesthetically enhancing the visual effect of the flying disk toy while in flight with minimal interference to its flight aerodynamics. The flying disk toy is in the form of a substantially disk-shaped body having an outer rim, a generally convex top surface, a generally concave bottom surface, and a central axis about which the body rotates when the disk toy is in flight. The streamer includes a leading end and a trailing end. The streamer may be illuminated while the disk toy is in flight. The streamer may also be positioned such that its leading end is adjacent to the outer rim of the disk body. If a hanger arm is employed to attach the streamer to the disk body, the hanger arm can be mounted in an anti-friction bearing position in the top surface of the disk body, whereby the hanger arm and the streamer are rotatable relative to the disk body.

Abstract: The butt end of a standard pool cue is modified by boring a threaded receiving female hole through the center of the butt cushion. A male threaded stub of an extender is sized to fit the butt end of a pool cue, which extender has, at its forward end, a cavity to receive the butt cushion and a center-located threaded bolt that is sized to mate with a threaded bore in the center of the cue cushion. One or more butt extenders are adapted at the butt end to receive other extender sections.

Abstract: A multiple piece cue stick includes multiple stick portions which are coupled together by a sleeve bushing secured to one stick portion and a coupling rod secured to another stick portion. The coupling rod has a elongate shaft which fits within a smooth bore of the sleeve bushing and is coupled to the sleeve bushing by engaging male threads of the coupling rod with female threads of the sleeve bushing.

Abstract: A multiple piece cue stick includes multiple stick portions which are coupled together by a sleeve bushing secured to one stick portion and a coupling rod secured to another stick portion. The coupling rod has a elongate shaft which fits within a smooth bore of the sleeve bushing and is coupled to the sleeve bushing by engaging male threads of the coupling rod with female threads of the sleeve bushing.

Abstract: A cue tip mounting system. A system for releasably securing a leather cue tip to a cue stick is provided. The system provides a tip mount for permanent mounting in the distal end of a cue stick. The tip mount has a threaded shaft extending outward along central axis for releasable threaded engagement with interior threads provided in a detachable mounting ferrule. The mounting ferrule has, at the tip end thereof, a centrally located nipple with flat distal surface for providing a centering force on a leather tip which is adhesively bonded to the tip end of the mounting ferrule. The tip is provided with a nipple accepting cup adapted to receiving the centering nipple protruding from the in the mounting ferrule. Preferably, the tip mount is provided in brass, and the ferrule in brass or aluminum, for absorbing shock.

Abstract: The english and trajectory assistant is a device to aid a player of ball and pocket games to properly strike his primary target ball, resulting in a favorable shot. The device is an attachment which can be fastened to any existing playing stick. The assistant simultaneously projects cross hairs onto the primary and secondary target balls without moving the stick from the shooting position. The device is easily removed and replaced with a traditional stick end. The tip is easily replaced by being unscrewed. Shape, balance, and weight of the stick are not altered.

Abstract: A cue stick for billiards or pool and the like, is provided with a tubular, or ring like weight for adding mass during use for transferring greater energy to a cue ball. The weight may be provided with different sized openings for adjustably positioning the weight closer to or farther away from one end of the cue stick.

Abstract: An elongated friction-reducing sleeve for a billiard cue shaft. The sleeve has an internal diameter and internal surface that together provide a close but freely slidable fit with the cue shaft. The sleeve has an external surface that the player's guide hand can firmly, comfortably and immovably contact as the player slides the cue shaft longitudinally through the sleeve to make a shot. Suitable, improved and preferred lengths for the friction-reducing sleeve are disclosed. The sleeve is constructed of a braided material formed from resilient monofilaments of a strong plastic polymeric material.

Abstract: An angled pool table rail-mirror for teaching players how to execute bank shots comprising a reflective surface disposed on a base which fits under the rail cushion of any standard pool table. The mirror is fixedly angled to a position which enables the shooter to line up virtually any bank shot while standing in a natural shooting position. The base of the rail-mirror possesses a knurled surface which secures the device under the rail cushion and prevents it from being inadvertently knocked out of horizontal alignment with the rail.

Abstract: The present invention provides a simple and yet fully functional billiard bridge head guiding apparatus which permits angular control of a cue stick at both three axis compound angles and at an adjustable height off the billiard or pool table. Two gimbals are utilized in which the cue holding inner gimbal may be rotated about: 1) the longitudinal axis of a bridge stick; 2) the end longitudinal axis of a straight, bent, or curved elongated shaft; and 3) an axis normal to that of second axis above. In addition, the radial displacement of the gimbal from the first axis above is adjustable by means of shaft elongation. The bridge head does not require use of a custom bridge stick, but rather any cue stick is useable.

Abstract: A carpet pool game and method of playing the same employing three different sets of game balls, mallets and a detachably interconnected assembly of side boards and goal boards including an integrally formed ramp structure preventing game balls from coming to rest too close to the outer boundary of the game.

Abstract: A billiard cue stick extension comprises a shaft and an elongate rod. The shaft defines an elongate cavity which is open at one end to receive a cue stick. The other end of the shaft is combined with an elongate rod which effectively extends the length of the cue. The Shaft is made of a soft resilient material to friction-fit with the cue stick without marring it. The shaft is hollow and is made of a fiber reinforced plastic to emulate the performance of a cue stick without adding substantial weight to it.

Abstract: A pool cue alignment device for pocket billiards includes a laser mounted to the shaft of the pool cue. The laser beam is initially directed generally parallel to the pool cue, and at least a portion of such beam strikes the cue ball. A section of a mirror or glass, serving as a beam deflector, is mounted to the pool cue between the laser and the tip of the pool cue for diverting a portion of the laser beam at an acute angle upwardly away from the cue stick. The deflected portion of the laser beam passes over the cue ball generally parallel to the pool table for striking either a numbered object ball or a reflector disposed adjacent a cushion.

Abstract: A plurality of accessories which may be assembled in a kit in a compact carrying case for modifying an expandable baton for multiple uses. The kit includes two expandable batons, a coupler, interchangeable tips and a carrying case. Each expandable baton includes a telescoping end with a removable tip and a handle with a threaded end covered by an endcap. The removable tip is specifically designed to include a circumferential resilient member which prevents the tip from accidently disengaging from the baton while being easily interchangeable. The coupler is readily secured to the threaded end of each baton to form a riot control device which is expanded by a rapid single twisting motion. The baton may also be modified for use as a search tool by replacing the interchangeable tip of the baton with any of a plurality of interchangeable tips. The interchangeable tips may also be used with a shorter baton, such as a keyring baton.

Abstract: This invention relates to a combination walking cane/quick attachment cue stick comprising a non-threading fastener means to assemble a rearward end of a forward shaft to an open end of a rearward shaft to form the cue stick and to fasten the rearward shaft and a cap member over the forward shaft to conveniently form the walking cane. The fastener means comprises a plurality of resilient rings which securely engages the interior of either the cap member or the rearward shaft to securely hold either the cap member or the rearward shaft to and about the forward shaft. The cue stick further comprises a slide member which is slidably mounted on the forward shaft and extendable forward of the cue tip to further steady and assist the aim of the user using this cue stick. Further, replaceable weighted plugs are engageably mounted in the rearward end of the forward shaft to provide the user with a cue stick having a desired weight and balance.