Patent ID: 6132321
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A joint system for detachably securing together a cue stick shaft and a cue stick handle, and said cue stick shaft having a centered threaded bore extending inwardly along a longitudinal axis from a center end face, and said cue stick handle having a centered threaded bore extending inwardly along a longitudinal axis, from a center end face, said joint system comprising:(a) a joining member, said joining member further comprising(i) a pin portion, said pin portion having a threaded engagement portion, said threaded engagement portion adapted to securely locate said threaded engagement portion in said threaded bore in said cue stick shaft;(ii) a stud portion, said stud portion extending from said pin portion, said stud portion further comprising a threaded locking portion;(iii) a transition portion between said pin portion and said stud portion, said transition portion defined by an annular face portion on said pin portion;(b) a receiving member, said receiving member further comprising(i) an open ended barrel portion, said open ended barrel portion having a(A) a bottom end, said bottom end further comprising a partial central bore having an interior threaded portion, and(B) an outer end surface at the outer reaches of said open ended barrel portion;(ii) a receiving member threaded engagement portion, said receiving member threaded engagement portion having exterior threads adapted to securely locate said receiving member threaded engagement portion in an axially located threaded bore in a cue stick handle; and(c) a sleeve portion, said sleeve comprising an interior tubelike body and a flanged first end portion, said flanged first end portion comprising(i) an annular shaped barrel side, and(ii) an annular shaped pin side,(iii) wherein said flanged first end portion is adapted to be compressed between said transition portion and said outer end surface, when said joint system is assembled to detachably join a cue stick shaft and a cue stick handle in secure, firm engagement.