Patent ID: 6371861
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
In a bumper pocket billiard table 10 wherein a circular tabletop 12 has a circular plane playing surface 18 bounded on its perimeter by a circular rail 20 which supports a resilient cushion 22 that has a cushion ball-impact edge or nose 60 extending radially inwardly toward a center point 26 of the playing surface, and at least one pocket opening 28 defined by a pocket lip edge 64 that has a first portion which is partially bounded by a complementary rail-and-cushion cutout portion with the remaining unbounded portion extending beyond the ball-impact edge into the playing surface toward the center point, the COMBINATION THEREOF WITH THE CIRCULAR TOP of:a) a bumper post site located on the playing surface at a point adjacent to but spaced apart both from the hip edge of the unbounded pocket opening and from the ball-impact edge by first and second selected dimensions BP and D, respectively, b) said first selected dimension BP is the distance between the closest adjacent point at the lip edge of the unbounded portion of the pocket opening and the point of said bumper post site, c) a bumper post positioned on and fastened to the tabletop at said bumper post site, and d) a resilient ring retained by said bumper post, said ring having a ball-impact outer surface extending outwardly and spaced vertically above the plane playing surface of the tabletop, e) said second selected dimension D is the distance between the closest adjacent points on the cushion ball-impact edge and on the ball-impact outer surface of the resilient ring where D has a dimension value no less than the diameter of a representative ball selected for use in the play of BumperGolfâ„¢ Billiards.