AU617618B2 - Cue rest - Google Patents

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Australia Patent Declaration Form

Forms 7 and 8

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1952

DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF A CONVENTION OR NON-CONVENTION APPLICATION FOR A PATENT OR PATENT OF ADDITION

Name(s) of In support of the application made by Charles O'Halloran Applicant(s) Title for a patent for an invention entitled Cue Rest

Name(s) and I/We, Charles O'Halloran of 41 Elmswood Road, Aiqburth, address(es) Liverpool 17, England. oi person(s) making declaration do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:- 0 1. I am/we are the applicant(s) for the patent, or am/are authorised by the abovementioned applicant to make this declaration on its behalf.

2. The basic application(s) as defined by Section 141 of the Act was/were made in the following country or countries on the following date(s) by the following applicant(s) namely:- Country,filing date and name in United Kinqdom on 7th September of Applicant(s) by Charles O'Halloran for ,the or in United Kingdom on 1t. Marrh 19_90 each basic by Charles O'Halloran applsication

3. The said basic application(s) was/were the first application(s) made in a Convention country in respect of the invention the subject of the application. Nae(s). and 4. The actual inventor(s) of the said invention is/are address(es) of the or Charles O'Halloran each actual inventor See reverse 5. The facts upon which the applicant(s) is/are entitled side of this to make this application are as follows:- form for gLidance in completing this part

DECLARED atSydney, Australia this 16th day of May 19

9P kj^- Charles O'Halloran

(12) PATENT ABRIDGMENT (11) Document No. AU-B-56883/90 (19) AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE (10) Acceptance No. 617618 (54) Title CUE REST International Patent Classification(s) 5 (51) A63D 015/10 A63D 015/03 (21) Application No,: 56883/90 (22) Application Date 07.06.90 Priority Data (31) Number (32) Date (33) Country 8920282 07.09.89 GB UNITED KINGDOM 9004589 01.03.90 GB UNITED KINGDOM (43) Pubication Date: 14.03.91 (44) Publication Date of Accepted Application 28,11,91 (71) Applicant(s) CHARLES O'HALLORAN (72) Inventor(s) CHARLES O'HALLORAN (74) Attorney or Agent KELVIN LORD COMPANY, 4 Douro Place, WEST PERTH WA 6005 (56) Prior Art Documents GB 2151932 AU 224731 30537/57 A63D15/10 AU 138784 21911/48 A63D15/10 (57) Claim

1. A cue rest for use in snooker or the like

comprising a head part having two support legs and each

leg having a cue guide, the arrangement being such that,

in use, either of the legs may be positioned on top of a

table cushion with the other leg on the table playing

surface to present for use the cue guide of the leg

positioned on the cushion.

This form must be accompanied by either a provisional specification (Form 9 and true copy) or by a complete specification (Form 10 and true copy).

*These sections are to be completed only where applicable.. C. J. THOMoN.Commonweallh Government Printer

K1- PATENTS ACT 1952

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (ORIGINAL)

Application Number: FOR OFFICE USE: Class 6176 18 Int. Class Lodged:

Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published:

Priority:

Resatd Art:

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Name of Applicant(s): CHARLES O'HALLORAN

Addss of Applicant(s): 41 Elmswood Road Aigburth 5 0 S Liverpool 17 England UNITED KINGDOM Actual Inventor(s): APPLICANT

Address for Service: Kelvin Lord Co., 4 Douro Place, WEST PERTH, Western Australia 6005. Complete Specification for the invention entitled:

"CUE REST"

The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us

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*so The present invention relates to a cue rest.

Cue rests are used as a means of guidance for

snooker cues on snooker tables. The rests are used when

it is not possible, or difficult, to use both hands to

execute a shot with a cue without infringing the rules 0* C s o& of the game being played. S. S C S. Most of the commonly available cue rests are C. S 0 *SS* 10 designed for assisting a player where the cue ball is in

a position where the player cannot conveniently form a 6669 C.0. bridge with his hand. Such cues cannot always assist

with taking shots where the cue ball is close to the S

cushion.

One designed cue rest which attempts to address C this problem is described in British Patent publication S 5.* No 2151992A and shows a rest having a head with two

limbs disposed at 90 degrees to one another with one

serving as a support leg for contact with the table

playing surface, and the other having cue guides and

carrying a foot extending parallel to the support leg,

but much shorter, to contact the top of the cushion so

that in use said other limb is substantially horizontal

with one or more of the cue guides positioned over the

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cushion. Such a design is only suitable for use with

its support leg on the playing surface and the foot on

the cushion. Furthermore the rest is handed and

requires either the provision of the opposite handed

rests to facilitate directing the cue ball in the

clockwise and anticlockwise directions or means for

mounting the head the other way round on its associated

shaft.

It is an aim of the present invention to provide

S 10 a cue rest which is suitable for rest shots over the

cushion and which avoids the disadvantages of the known S..

design of cue rest for that purpose.

It is a further aim to provide a cue rest which

has other more general purposes.

Accordingly the present invention provides a cue rest for use in snooker or the like, comprising a head

part having two support legs each having a cue guide,

the arrangement being such that, in use, either of the

legs may be positioned on top of a table cushion with

20 the other leg on the table playing surface to present

for use the cue guide of the leg positioned on the

cushion.

The cue rest according to the invention allows

guidance for a snooker cue to be varied. This variation

is from over the playing surface of the table and near

the edge of the cushion, to over the cushions. This

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direction of guidance for a cue, when using the cue

rest, may be taken in either general direction around

the playing surface of the table clockwise or

anticlockwise. The cue guidance provided by the rest is

especially for use when during play on a snooker table,

the object, and particularly the cue ball, are both near

to the same cushion or cushions on one of the four sides

of a snooker table.

6 In the preferred embodiment the two legs are 10 splayed apart by at least 90 degrees and more preferably S.

o. are splayed at between 110 degrees and 140 degrees. A

eeeS particularly effective angle is 115 degrees. S

.Accordingly, the more preferred splaying between the

legs is in the range 115 degrees 5 degrees.

The cue guide of each leg is in closely disposed

relation thereto so that (in use) the guide means is "e *s positioned close to the surface of the cushion.

*fee The cue rest further comprises a shaft and the

head is connected at the end <.bf the shaft and disposed

S 20 in a plane normal to the axis of the shaft. It is

particulprly advantageous for the head to be constructed

with the two legs as a mirror image of one another, say

about a plane passing through the axis of the shaft.

An advantageous construction results from having

a further cue guide disposed between the two guides and useful positioned centrally with respect to the head i.e. straddling a plane which divides the angle between the two legs. It is further preferred to have the ends of the further cue guide formed as a pair of legs for supporting the cue rest in an inverted position.

Advantageously, the angle between the two support legs

constitutes an additional guide when the rest is

inverted. The support legs and the pair of legs can each

be used to support the rest on the playing surface and

o it is preferred that the further cue guide is positioned

S. 0 at a greater distance from the playing surface than the additional cue guide when in their respective positions

of use. The further guide can be used for applying

"top" and the additional guide for applying "bottom" by

virtue of the heights relative to the playing surface.

15 Thus the cue rest has numerous uses. o

The head may be fabricated from such as brass S tubing or produced as a casting. The ends of the legs

.may be provided with suitable rounded insets especially

when formed from tubing. Alternatively the head may be

20 formed from plastics.

The present invention will now be described

further, by way of example with reference to the

accompanying drawings; in which:-

Figure 1 is an end elevation of one embodiment of

head; Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 illustrates an elevation view of the rest of Figures 1 and 2 (without handle) in a position of use with respect to the playing surface and cushion of a snooker table;

Figure 4 is an end elevation view of another embodiment of cue rest head;

Figure 5 is a sectional plan view of Figure 4 on

line AA; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cue rest 10 head of Figures 4 and go

Referring to the accompanying drawings of Figures *1 to 3, the cue rest comprises of brass tubing pieces to 15 and a brass ferrule 16 which are silver soldered together. Plastic inserts 17 and 22 fitted to the open

15 ends of the brass tubing. The wooden handle (not oooo

e.e c shown) should be firmly fitted into 16 and secured by a screw through the side of 16. Alternative securing methods for the handle in the rest and the inserts 17 to

22 into the tubing pieces such'as suitable adhesives, or 20 screw threads, may be used.

The tubes 10, 11 form two support legs which are splayed apart by approximately 115 degrees which allows for supporting the rest either with both legs on the playing surface or with one on the top of the cushion- as illustrated in Figure 3. The angle between the two support legs at 35 provides an additional cue guide.

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Each leg has a cue guide 29,31 provided

respectively by tubes 12, 13 and 14,15. Tips 19, 20 can

serve to support cue rest in an inverted position.

Referring to the drawing Figure 3, 23 is a part

cross-section of the playing surface of the table, and

24 is a part cross-section of a snooker table cushion.

The cloth covering is omitted for convenience. A part

cross-section of the table frame is shown at 25. With the cue rest in a position as shown in Figure 3 the

e0 10 point of guidance for the cue would be between 14 and

15. In the illustration the general direction of cue 00 0e

guidance, with respect to the snooker table playing

surface, would be anticlockwise. In order to provide

clockwise cue guidance, the position of the rest would

Ge 15 be such that insert 22 would be resting on the playing

surface of the table and insert 17 would be resting on a cushion. The point of guidance for the snooker cue

would now be between 12 and 13. Thus the rest can be

used for both directions of shot and the handle can be

o 20 securely fixed by way of ferrule 16 to the head part.

The described rest is used in assisting to guide

a snooker cue to strike a cue ball which, during the

proces of a game on a snooker table, is touching or

near a cushion and or that the object ball is also, as

well as the cue ball, near or touching the same cushion

or cushions which border one of the four sides of a

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snooker playing surface.

Referring now to Figures 4 to 6, a cue rest is

shown having two support legs splayed at approximately

115 degrees with contact for support at ends of limbs

110, 177, and having a respective cue guide 111, 116. A

further guide is provided at 113. The guides 111, 116

are formed by a respective limb 125, 126 extending from

the respective leg, and by the sides 127, 128 of a body

part 129. The sides 127, 128 merge with limb parts 10 131, 133 of the further guide 113. The rest is shown

o with 115 being the means by which a short wooden handle

would be fitted into the rest. The handle would be fixed SS. to the rest by means of a screw or a screw thread (not

shown).

In order to provide cue guidance to strike a cue se ball in its upper region, with reference to Figure 4,

o 110 and 117 would be resting on the playing surface of S.. the oooo' table, and the cue guidance would be via 113. In

order to provide cue guidance to strike a cue ball in %i

20 its lower region, with reference to Figure 4 the rest

should be rotated through 180 degrees so that 112 and

114, are resting on the playing surface of the table.

The cue guidance would be provided via 118.

In order to provide cue guidance from within the region of over the playing surface of the table and near

the edge of the cushion, to directly over the cushion,

_i with a cue rest, reference is made to Figure 6 where the rest is shown tilted at an angle. In this tilted position 110 would be resting on one of the cushions of the table and 117 would be resting on the playing surface of the table. The cue guidance is via 111, and the general direction of guidance for the cue around the playing surface, would be clockwise. In order to provide cue guidance as in the latter instance but, in *an anticlockwise general direction around the playing

10 surface of the table, the rest would be tilted so that

S117 would be resting on a cushion of the table, and 110

S. would be resting on the playing surface of the table.

The cue guidance would then be via 116.

The cue rest when fixed to a handle provides a

15 combination of guidance for a snooker cue, on a snooker sees

table. One guidance is provided for striking a cue ball

in its upper region via 113, when 110 and 117 are

resting on the playing surface of the table. The cue

bal,!.may be struck in its lower region via 118, with 112 S. 20 and 114 on the playing surface. With 117 on the playing

surface and 110 on the side cushion, guidance for the ii cue is via 116. These latter two means of guidances are

provided for when, in particular instances, the position

of the cue and object balls forces the direction of the

shot by the cue to be in line with and close to a

cushion, or at an acute angle to a cushion. The cue guidance via ill and 116 can be moved from over the playing surface to over a cushion.

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Claims (1)

1. The claims defining the invention are as follows:

   1. A cue rest for use in snooker or the like

   comprising a head part having two support legs and each

   leg having a cue guide, the arrangement being such that,

   in use, either of the legs may be positioned on top of a table cushion with the other leg on the table playing

   surface to present for use the cue guide of the leg S 0 S*positioned on the cushion.

   2. A cue rest as claimed in claim 1 in which the two

   legs are splayed apart by at least 90 degrees. aoe o 3. A cue rest as claimed in claim 1 in which the

   legs are splayed between 110 degrees and 140 degrees.

   4. A cue rest as claimed in claim 1 or 2 in which

   the legs are splayed at 115 degrees 5 degrees. 5. A cue rest as claimed in any one of the preceding

   t claims further comprising a shaft and wherein the head is disposed at the end of the shaft and aligned in a

   plane normal thereto. 6. A cue rest as claimed in claim 5 in which the

   head is constructed with the two legs as a mirror image of one another.

   7. A cue rest as claimed in any one of the preceding

   claims in which the head has a further pair of legs

   extending in a direction opposite to the above

   mentioned support legs.

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   8. A cue rest as claimed in claim 7 in which the

   two support legs are arranged to act as an additional

   cue guide when the head is inverted and supported on the

   further pair of legs.

   9. A cue rest as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8

   comprising a further cue guide disposed intermediate the

   cue guide of each leg.

   1G. A cue rest as claimed in claim 9 when appendant o* to claim 7 in which sides of the further cue guide are

   "oIa 10 extended to provide the further pair of legs. *o 11. A cue rest as claimed in claim 9 when appendant to claim 8 in which the further cue guide is arranged to

   be disposed further from the playing surface than said

   additional cue guide.

   12. A cue rest as claimed in any one of the preceding

   claims in which the support legs are arranged so that,

   in use, both legs may be positioned on the table playing

   surface to present one or other of the cue guides for

   use.,

   20 13. A cue rest constructed and arranged

   substantially as hereinbefore described with reference

   ito and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings of

   Figures 1 to 3 or 4 to 6.

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   DATED MAY 3-1 1990

   CHARLES O'HALLORAN

   By his Patent Attorneys

   KELVIN LORD AND COMPANY

   PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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