Patent ID: 7666105

Claim:
A method and apparatus for racking billiard balls having a V-shaped ball containment area consisting of: A) a pair of arms each having an outer and inner side, said arms meeting at an apex having an inner and outer surface, said arms extending from said apex to create an arc of approximately 60 degrees forming a V; B) said inner side of each arm extending at least as far from the inner surface of said apex a distance equal to approximately five times the diameter of a standard billiard ball; C) wherein said balls are accessible by a user from the open end of said V; D) a connecting side that joins said inner and outer sides of said pair of arms, placing said V-shaped anna on a pool table; moving said billiard balls by the user into said V-shaped device into the opening of the V into a tight formation engaging the sides and apex of said V-shaped device; and moving said V-shaped device away from said balls in the horizontal plane of the table until said V-shaped device is completely removed from about the balls, thereby leaving the balls in a tight triangular formation.