Patent ID: 8911299

Claim:
A billiards rack assembly for tightly organizing billiard balls on a table, said rack assembly comprising: a rigid frame defining a ball containment area; an elongated pivoted racking bar located at one end of said rigid frame; a hinge pivotably attaching said pivoted racking bar to said rigid frame; a handle attached to said pivoted racking bar, and adapted for being grasped by a user to move said racking bar between a downwardly pivoted ball-engaging position and an upwardly pivoted frame-removing position, such that: in the ball-engaging position, said pivoted racking bar forces the billiard balls tightly together within the ball containment area towards an opposite end of said rigid frame, thereby reducing gaps between adjacent balls; and in the frame-removing position, said pivoted racking bar is moved away from the billiard balls and said handle positioned to facilitate lifting and removal of said rack assembly from the table; and means for temporarily holding said pivoted racking bar in the frame-removing position.