Patent ID: 6712712
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A pool cue with optional cue weights in combination with an extender that is adapted to fit over a butt end cushion of the cue, the combination comprising:a cushion affixed to the butt end of said cue, having therethrough a longitudinal central bore, which bore extends beyond the cushion and into the butt end of said cue; a forward facing end of said extender having an externally threaded longitudinal stub shaft extending out of and away from a cavity which is located in the forward end of said pool cue extender; said cavity of said extender defined by a cylindrical upstanding wall of said forward facing end and a depth sufficiently surrounding said stub shaft for housing therein said weights, if any, and/or said butt end cue cushion when said extender is thread onto said cue; and said bore, when viewed in cross section having internal threads within said cue butt end that align and mate with said external threads on the stub shaft such that said extender may be secured manually to the butt end of said pool cue, and further, such that user removal of said extender exposes said affixed butt end cushion on said cue.