Patent Application
20210086062
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The disclosure relates to cue stick devices and more particularly pertains to a new cue stick device for striking a cue ball without action of an arm.
The prior art relates to cue stick devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube, a rod and an actuator. The tube has a first end that is closed and a second end that is open. The rod is slidably coupled to the tube and is selectively extensible from the second end of the tube. The actuator is coupled to and positioned within the tube proximate to the first end. The actuator is operationally coupled to the rod so that the actuator is positioned to forcibly extend the rod from the tube. A switch that is operationally coupled to the actuator is coupled to the tube so that the switch is positioned proximate to a digit of a hand that grasps the tube. The switch is configured to be switched to actuate the actuator to forcibly extend the rod from the tube to strike a cue ball.
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.
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:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The rod 14 is slidably coupled to the tube 12 and is selectively extensible from the second end 20 of the tube 12. The rod 14 and the tube 12 comprises at least one of wood, metal, and plastic. The actuator 16 is coupled to and positioned within the tube 12 proximate to the first end 18. The actuator 16 is operationally coupled to the rod 14 so that the actuator 16 is positioned to forcibly extend the rod 14 from the tube 12.
The actuator 16 may comprise a spring 22, as shown in
A switch 24 that is operationally coupled to the actuator 16 is coupled to the tube 12 so that the switch 24 is positioned proximate to a digit of a hand that grasps the tube 12. The switch 24 is configured to be switched to actuate the actuator 16 to forcibly extend the rod 14 from the tube 12 to strike a cue ball. The device 10 is anticipated to be useful in a number of circumstances, such as in training a novice user in a cue sport, as an aid to allow a user suffering from arm injury to participate in a cue sport, and in playing a cue sports on a table that is positioned in a confined room.
The switch 24 comprises a trigger 26 that is pivotally coupled to the tube 12. The trigger 26 is spring loaded so that the trigger 26 is biased to a default position wherein a terminal section 28 of the trigger 26 extends into the tube 12 through a hole 30 that is positioned in the tube 12.
A set of cutouts 32 extends into the rod 14 proximate to a first terminus 34 of the rod 14 so that each cutout 32 is selectively alignable with the hole 30, as shown in
A flare 36 is coupled to and extends radially from the first terminus 34 of the rod 14, as shown in
A ferrule 42 that is coupled to a second terminus 44 of the rod 14 is configured to bear an impact from the rod 14 contacting the cue ball. A tip 46 that is coupled to the ferrule 42 is configured to contact the cue ball as the rod 14 is forcibly extended from the tube 12.
In use, the rod 14 is pushed into the tube 12 so that a desired tension of the spring 22 is obtained when the terminal section 28 of the trigger 26 is positioned in a respective cutout. The user then grasps the tube 12 such that a digit of the hand grasping the tube 12 positioned proximate to the trigger. After aligning the tube 12 and rod 14 with the cue ball for a shot, the trigger 26 is depressed causing the terminal section 28 to withdraw from the respective cutout 32 wherein the spring 22 forcibly extends the rod 14 from the tube 12 to strike the cue ball.
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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
