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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740543 | Pneumatically powered billiard cue stick 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... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7334541 | Animal behavior shaping device A device for shaping the behavior of an animal using a behavior marking and reward delivery system is provided. The compact behavior shaping device includes a battery, a trigger assembly, a receiver, a spring assembly, and a bore assembly, and is capable of storing ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7217196 | Spring activated pool cue designed for convenient storage A spring activated pool cue is disclosed for use in games such as billiards. The device has also been designed to be taken apart for convenient storage and transport. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6942577 | Light up pool cue A light up pool cue has control circuitry operatively coupled to a sensor and a light source. The sensor is adapted to detect impact of the pool cue with another object. Upon detection of the impact, the sensor generates an electrical signal to the control circuitry... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6645081 | Spring actuated pool cue A spring actuated pool cue for teaching the strength of cue stroke and aiming of the cue. The spring actuated pool cue includes a cue having a first portion and a second portion. The fist and second portions each have a first end and a second end. The fir... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6402639 | Metal wood club head A metal wood club head of a hollow hull structure according to the present invention is such that the vertical difference between a maximum face part height (MFH) from a sole part (4) and a back part height (BH) from the sole part (4) is at least within 2... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5716284 | Billiard/checkers game A pool table including a plurality of numbered balls. Also included is a playing surface with a rectangular configuration having a plurality of divots formed therein. Further provided is a ball collection assembly including a rectilinear periphery integra... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5299983 | Double action variable force pool cue A telescoping pool cue or similar ball-striking device wherein a continuously variable amount of energy is stored. A main spring within an elongated handle is held in compression by a ratchet and pawl which provides an audible or visible signal of the amo... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5275398 | Apparatus for pool and billiard games A new and improved apparatus for use with a pool or billiard table includes a stick assembly and arrays of light reflectors attached to the table, in parallel with the respective ball-rebounding surfaces. The stick assembly includes a stick and a laser un... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5181718 | Pool stick apparatus A pool stick or cue is mounted in a biased relationship within a rifle stock, wherein a trigger releases a lug mounted to the cue interiorly of the stock to permit projection of the cue forwardly of the stock in a coaxially aligned relationship for impact... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4634123 | Spring actuated cue stick An inner spring device cue stick is provided and consists of a trigger in a handle which will release a spring pressed chalked cue rod within a hollow housing of the cue stick to strike a ball whereby the rod can be set to deliver a stroke at any desired ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4526370 | Power billiard cue adaptor A cue stick comprised of two sections, an upper and lower tubular section wherein said lower section contains a steel rod whose lower half is fashioned to have 25 saw toothed shapes surrounded by a large spring for exerting force and a small spring at its... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4134588 | Spring actuated billiard cue A spring actuated short billiard cue stick having a plunger shaft in the bore of a handle member, the shaft being slotted longitudinally in the bore with spaced enlargements therealong, a manually releasable latch member in the form of a rod associated wi... | 01/16/1979 |
| 3961793 | Educational and recreational game An educational and recreational game having a case-like rectangular basic structure including an outer support structure and an interior frame with interchangeable principal transparent playing elements and insertable underlying complementary transparent ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 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 |
