Patent ID: 8025583
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for installing cloth on rails of a billiard or pool game table having a table bed, a rectangular periphery and a plurality of pockets in the periphery of the table bed and a plurality of rails surrounding the table bed, each rail extending from one pocket to another pocket and each rail having a rail cushion facing toward the bed and having contoured surfaces proximate the pockets and facing away from the pockets, comprising: a rail cloth for covering the rail cushion; a plurality of contours in the ends of the rail cloth to fit the contoured surfaces on the ends of the rails without overlapping the rail cloth; a first rail cloth fastening system engaging a first edge of the rail cloth for attaching the rail cloth to the top of the rail; and a pre-attached rail cloth fastening system for fastening the rail cloth over the rail cushion and for varying the tension in the rail cloth, wherein the first rail cloth fastening system comprises: a tract groove in the rail, said groove having an opening in the surface of the groove, said opening having a width that is large enough to accommodate the thickness of the rail cloth while retaining an edge of the rail cloth within the tract groove.