Patent ID: 7828668

Claim:
An apparatus for assembly and leveling of a playing surface for playing billiards thereon, the playing surface having a plurality of pockets, comprising: a) a playing surface suitable for playing billiards thereon, said playing surface having a frame member surrounding said playing surface, and being generally rectangular and having four corners, said playing surface having top and bottom surfaces, first and second sides, and first and second ends, wherein said ends are shorter in length than said sides, wherein billiards is played on said top surface; b) wherein said playing surface has first and second apertures in said frame member along first and second ends of said playing surface; c) a leg being disposed on each said corner of said playing surface, each said leg having top and bottom ends, wherein said bottom surface of said playing surface rests on said top end of each said leg and said bottom of said leg rests on a supported surface; d) an upwardly disposed vertically adjustable U-shaped clamp disposed on said top of each said leg, the U-shaped clamps along said first and second sides of said playing surface having elongated openings in alignment with each other, respectively; e) a first piece of lumber being disposed on said pair of legs corresponding to said first side of said playing surface and a second piece of lumber being disposed on said pair of legs corresponding to said second side of said playing surface, each said piece of lumber resting in the aligned elongated openings and having a locking fastener passing through one wall of each elongated opening for releasably securing said first and second pieces of lumber in each elongated opening; f) said bottom surface of said playing surface resting on each of said first and second pieces of lumber with the apertures in said frame along each end of said playing surface aligned with a top edge of said first and second pieces of lumber; and, g) a connecting hand bolt passing through each of said first and second apertures into underlying pieces of lumber so as to removably attach said playing surface to each said leg, whereby release and reattachment of said locking fasteners and connecting bolts allow quick setup for the game of billiards.