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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344445 | Pool game table The circular pool table with an elongated playing surface, parallel, spaced apart side cushions, and segment pocket units that can be pivoted upright to expose a pocket, is improved and now embodies adjustable playing surface and side cushion brackets, mechanical po... | 03/18/2008 |
| 6902490 | Billiard games Four billiard games. In the first, for four players, sixteen object balls making up four color groups of four balls each are used. The object is to be the last player to have balls on the table. In the second, for three players, fifteen object balls making up three ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6494788 | Billiard-type game A billiard type game is provided including a table having a top face and a plurality of pockets. The top face is divided into a plurality of zones, and the plurality of zones include neutral zones being demarcated by a first color marked on the top face. ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6315675 | Score counter for billiards game A score counter includes a bar having two spheres on two ends thereof so as to fix the bar by engaging the two spheres with relative members. A plurality of retaining members each have a score marked therein and extend from an outside of the bar. A plural... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6068558 | Hexagonal billiard-type game A billiard type game is provided including a table having a top plate with a hexagonal configuration and a vertically oriented pocket formed in each corner thereof. Also included is a plurality of balls, a pair of cue sticks and a rack with a hexagonal co... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5765828 | Pool table golf apparatus and method of play A golf game, for one or more participants, played on a plurality of tables, a single golf hole played upon each table including providing of multi-sided, substantially non-symmetric playing tables, each table having a playing area to simulate a golf hole,... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5658202 | Pool game table An improved circular pool table comprised of a flat surface rimmed by a ball rebound cushion comprised of a plurality of rubber tipped bumper segments, any one of which can be pivoted to an upright position to expose a segment pocket. Two brackets are sup... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5226644 | Elliptical pocket billard table A pocket billiard table is made up of an elliptical playing surface having an outer cushion member surrounding the playing surface and ball pockets recessed into the cushion member and which are closely grouped along the intermediate area and away from op... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5135218 | Pool game table An improved circular pool table comprised of a flat surface rimmed by a ball rebound cushion comprised of a plurality of rubber tipped bumper segments, any one of which can be pivoted to an upright position to expose a segment pocket. Each segment is comb... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5026052 | Game and cruciform game table A game t able having a cruciform shape when seen in plan view. A generally circular "in play" area is bounded by four generally rectangular and contiguous base areas. The table top is flat and the "in play" area and the surrounding base areas are demarcat... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4948128 | Poker pool table A pool table designed to allow various poker games to be played using card values visibly marked on the balls and/or using plain unmarked balls. The plain unmarked balls have a unique electric name tag encoded therein which is read by an electronic reader... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4874167 | Apparatus and method for simulating the game of golf An apparatus and method for simulating a game of golf is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of cushion inserts for removable attachment to the cushion of a pool table to change the longitudinal configuration of the cushion perimeter. Methods of... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4844457 | Games tables A game table is disclosed which comprises a playing surface surrounded by a cushion. The shape of the table is such that certain cushions cannot be joined to other cushions by a line which crosses the playing surface and which is straight. The configurati... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4834384 | Game and apparatus for playing the game A game is played on a table having a polygonal playing surface from which an elongated rolling area extends, and spaced apart pockets are located in the perimeter of the playing surface, the pockets extending beneath the playing surface communicating with... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4768781 | Pool table and ball rack apparatus A game device including a bordered playing field having a number of pockets formed in the field to receive target balls. The device includes a star-shaped rack having five spaced compartments, each of which receives and aligns a group of three target ball... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4619455 | Game apparatus A game, using croquet-type balls corralled in an area of rebounder-type side rails, that can be assembled on any conventional rug or floor in which a taw ball is struck with a mallet to knock one's designated team balls, plus a "queen" ball, out of corral... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4610450 | Pool table A circular billiard or pool table having a plurality of pockets equally spaced around the table with the pockets being spaced radially inwardly from the perimeter of the table. A cushion rail around the perimeter of the table has inwardly projecting bumpe... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4549737 | Pool-type marble game A pool-type marble game having a round rotatable game board, a pivotable and rotatable support structure including a central hub having five legs extending radially therefrom for supporting said game board from either a table top or another type support s... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4544156 | Toy pool table components Toy pool table components permit conversion of a card table or other similar piece of furniture having a substantially planar horizontal surface into a toy pool table. Each of a number of ball receiving pockets has a clamping mechanism for mounting the po... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4524969 | Billiard apparatus having sensors in lieu of pockets A billiard table has a playing area bordered by a cushion. The pockets found in a typical pool billiard table are replced by sensor fields disposed in the plane of the playing area having contactless sensors associated therewith responsive to the presence... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4474374 | Game table with alternate board A game table for playing Chinese billiards includes a first or basic playing surface provided by a member of square configuration having a Masonite veneer surface thereon. This relatively hard playing surface is bounded on all sides by an upwardly project... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4431186 | Billiard game table A game table is provided for a billiard-style game having a planform shape similar to an arrowhead with convering forward side rails and tapered rear rails shaped to cooperate with a pair of interior symmetrically disposed islands and a pair of pocket hol... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4336936 | Portable game surface for a pool-like game A portable game surface for playing a pool-like game is created by apparatus including a sheet of flexible material for forming the game surface, a plurality of discrete structural elements capable of being mounted to the flexible material to define the b... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4294449 | Amusement device A game table is disclosed for use by one or more players in conjunction with a plurality of playing pieces, including one or more playing pieces and a cue piece associated with each player. The table is further used in conjunction with a cue stick for imp... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4251072 | Marble pool game and equipment for playing the game A marble game is played on a pocketed table in a manner similar to the game of pool. An elliptical boundary area is marked on the playing surface of the table, and the players shoot a taw from a taw zone at either end of the boundary area towards numbered... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4171807 | Billiard game A playing surface for a billiard type of game comprises three straight ball rebound sides and one parabolic ball rebound side extending upwardly, inwardly and around the periphery of the playing surface. The playing surface and all sides have a nap or fel... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4147345 | Round pool table A round pool table which has a flat playing surface rimmed by a "cushion" which consists of several rubber tipped segments, any three adjacent of which at option of a player can be raised to an upright position, thereby establishing a pocket.... | 04/03/1979 |
| 3985355 | Game A game making use of a cruciform table having at each extremity a pocket marked with a different color, in which a plurality of balls, similar to billiard balls, are provided for use by up to four persons, the balls being of a distinctive color for each p... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3958804 | Billiard game table A billiard game table including a plurality of specially located rail pockets separated from each other by a series of carom cushions which extend over the game table surface. A plurality of separately identifiable balls are used with the game table, each... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3945639 | Game table A game table with a playing surface and cushion rail assembly surrounding the playing surface is disclosed herein. The playing surface has a plurality of lateral edges at least two of which merge to produce a right-angle corner which is adapted to fit in ... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3931973 | Pocketed game board with movable ball-propelling mechanism A game of skill including a frame for supporting a game board having a plurality of ball-receiving pockets located about the periphery thereof and formed in the supporting frame of the game board. A ball-propelling mechanism including a base and a swingab... | 01/13/1976 |
