Patent ID: 6709341
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A wheel chair-accessible billiard table which comprises:a table top having an edge, and upper surface, and a bottom with the bottom being substantially parallel to the upper surface, smooth, and free of any obstruction, said table top further comprising: a layer of felt; a layer of slate under said layer of felt; a first layer of wood below said layer of slate; a second layer of wood under said first layer of wood; and a rail, having an inner edge, on top of said layer of felt and adjacent to the edge of said table top; soft, moveable pockets attached to said table top; a side cushion adjacent to the inner edge of said rail; a central support column below said table top, said central support column having a lateral surface and having dimensions such that the large wheels and pilot wheels of a wheel chair as well as the arm rests of a wheel chair can be moved under the bottom of said table top; a base below said central support column, said base being low enough to avoid the foot rests of a wheel chair and having lateral dimensions such that a foot rest of a wheel chair will contact said central support column before a pilot wheel of the wheel chair contacts said base and said base having a bottom and a lateral surface; and at least one bolt which connects said table top to said base; and wherein: the bottom of said table top is at least twenty-seven inches from the bottom of said base; the lateral surface of said central support column is at least nineteen inches from the edge of said table top; and said base is no greater than 2.5 inches in height.