Patent Publication Number: US-11040270-B1

Title: Billiard cue storage assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for storing and chalking a plurality of billiard sticks. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to storage devices including a billiard cue rack that includes a pair of plates, each having holes therein for vertically storing billiard cues. The prior art discloses a billiard cue storage cart that includes a plurality of vertically oriented tubes for storing billiard cues. The prior art discloses a wall mounted billiard cue rack that includes a plurality of vertically oriented tubes for storing billiard cues. Additionally, the prior art discloses a golf club carrier that includes a pair of spaced plates, each of said slots therein for vertically storing golf clubs. The prior art also discloses a box that has a plurality of tube being integrated therein for storing billiard cues. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a stand that has an upper disk spaced from a lower disk. Each of the upper disk and the lower disk has a plurality of holes therein for insertably receiving a billiard cue. Additionally, each of the holes in the lower disk insertably receives a cube of billiard chalk. A rotation disk is rotatably coupled to the lower disk and the rotation disk has a slot therein. The slot is alignable with a respective one of the holes in the lower disk to facilitate the cube of billiard chalk to be urged downwardly out of the respective hole in the lower disk. A plurality of feet is each coupled to the lower disk to support the lower disk above a support surface. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a billiard cue storage assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 1  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the billiard cue storage assembly  10  generally comprises a stand  12  that has an upper disk  14  that is spaced from a lower disk  16 . Each of the upper disk  14  and the lower disk  16  has a plurality of holes  18  therein for insertably receiving a billiard cue  20 . The upper disk  14  has a top surface  22  and a bottom surface  24 , and the lower disk  16  has an upper surface  26  and a lower surface  28 . Each of the holes  18  in the upper disk  14  extends through the top surface  22  and the bottom surface  24  for having a billiard cue  20  extended therethrough. The holes  18  in the upper disk  14  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around a full circumference of the upper disk  14 . 
     Each of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  extends through the upper surface  26  and the lower surface  28 . Each of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  is aligned with a respective one of the holes  18  in the upper disk  14  to receive a tip  19  of a billiard cue  20  when the billiard cue  20  is passes through the respective hole  18  in the upper disk  14 . Moreover, each of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  has a bounding surface  30  and the bounding surface  30  has a plurality of intersecting sides  32  such that each of the holes  18  in the lower surface  28  has a rectangular shape. In this way each of the holes  18  in the lower surface  28  can have a cube of billiard chalk  34  positioned therein thereby facilitating the tip  19  of the billiard cue  20  to be chalked. 
     The stand  12  includes a post  36  that is coupled between the upper disk  14  and the lower disk  16 , and the post  36  has a top end  38 , a bottom end  40  and an outer surface  42  extending therebetween. The top end  38  is coupled to the bottom surface  24  of the upper disk  14  and the bottom end  40  is coupled to the upper surface  26  of the lower disk  16 . Additionally, the stand  12  is centrally positioned on the upper disk  14  and the lower disk  16 . The outer surface  42  has a plurality of ornamental features carved therein for enhancing the ornamental appeal of the post  36 . 
     A rotation disk  44  is rotatably coupled to the lower disk  16  and the rotation disk  44  has a slot  46  therein. The slot  46  is alignable with a respective one of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  to facilitate the cube of billiard chalk  34  to be urged downwardly out of the respective hole  18  in the lower disk  16 . The rotation disk  44  has a topmost surface  48  and a perimeter surface  50 , and the topmost surface  48  rotatably engages the lower surface  28  of the lower disk  16  at a rotation point  52  that is centrally positioned on the rotation disk  44  and the lower disk  16 . The slot  46  extends from the perimeter surface  50  toward the rotation point  52  and the rotation disk  44  has a diameter is less than the diameter of the lower disk  16 . 
     A plurality of feet  54  is provided and each of the feet  54  is coupled to the lower disk  16  to support the lower disk  16  above a support surface  56 . Each of the feet  54  is positioned on the lower surface  28  of the lower disk  16  and each of the feet  54  is independent from the rotation disk  44 . Each of the feet  54  may comprise a ball or other ornamental geometric shape. The post  36  may have a length ranging between approximately 40.0 inches and 48.0 inches. Additionally, each of the upper disk  14  and the lower disk  16  may have a diameter ranging between approximately 14.0 inches and 24.0 inches. 
     In use, cubes of billiard chalk  34  are placed in each of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  and a billiard cue  20  is extended downwardly through a respective one of the holes  18  in the upper disk  14 . In this way the tip  19  of the billiard cue  20  is placed on the cube of billiard chalk  34  in the respective hole  18  in the lower disk  16 . Thus, the billiard cue  20  can be stored in a manner that facilitates the billiard cue  20  to be chalked and ready for use by the next person. The rotation disk  44  is rotated to align the slot  46  with a respective one of the holes  18  in the lower disk  16  for removing and replacing the cube of billiard chalk  34  in the respective hole  18  in the lower disk  16 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.