Patent ID: 6042481
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A combination of:a billiard/pool cue, said cue having a butt portion and a generally cylindrical shaft, said shaft extending forward from said butt portion and having a smooth external surface and tapering gradually from its largest diameter at its rear end to its smallest diameter at its front end, and a device for smoothing backward and forward longitudinal movement and direction relative to a player's guide hand positioned on a surface of the billiard table, of said generally cylindrical cue shaft, which said device comprises:an elongated friction-reducing sleeve for positioning around said billiard cue shaft, said sleeve:(a) is constructed of a braided material formed of smooth-surfaced strands;(b) is contractible and expandable radially as said cue shaft slides longitudinally through said braided sleeve in said backward and forward directions, respectively;(c) has(i) a substantially circular transverse cross section,(ii) an internal diameter and(iii) an internal surface that together provide a close but freely slidable fit of said sleeve with said gradually tapered cue shaft, as said shaft moves longitudinally relative to said player's guide hand and said sleeve;(d) and said sleeve having an over all length between 3 inches and 12 inches.