Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63D—BOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
  • A63D15/00—Billiards, e.g. carom billiards or pocket billiards; Billiard tables
  • A63D15/04—Billiard tables convertible into other tables, or the like
  • A63D15/045—Billiard tables convertible into other tables, or the like into different kinds of billiard tables, e.g. converting a pocket billiard table into a carom billiard table

Definitions

• Convertible and removable pool tables Convertible and removable pool tables.
• the present invention relates to transformable and removable pool tables.
• the technical sector of the invention is that of the construction of billiard tables.
• billiard games in particular French billiards or carom billiards and billiard games with pockets known as American billiards or English billiards. All these billiard games include balls of standard dimensions which are moved on a rectangular table covered with a carpet and framed with rubberized bands.
• An object of the present invention is to provide transformable billiard tables which can be used alternately for playing French billiards or pocket billiards.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide billiard tables composed of removable bands which can be placed on other game tables, in particular on ping-pong tables or on other table tops.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide pool tables that are easily removable and easy to store in a small volume when they are unused and easy to put back into service.
• the present invention relates to improvements in the tables described in this previous application.
• the billiard tables according to the invention comprise, in a known manner, a rectangular tray covered with a carpet and surrounded by removable flexible strips.
• the objectives of the invention are achieved by means of tables in which the carpet is a semi-rigid carpet and the strips are detachably fixed on the edges of said carpet.
• the mat is a semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride sheet having a thickness of in the range of 2 to 3 mm.
• said strips comprise six substantially equal rectilinear sections, two sections located respectively along each of the short sides and two pairs of sections located respectively along each of the long sides, which sections are juxtaposed end to end to form a closed rectangular frame.
• the invention results in new billiard tables which can be very easily transformed to play alternately French billiards or pocket billiards.
• the invention makes it possible to transform other game tables into a pool table, such as ping-pong tables or rectangular trays placed on another table or on legs.
• the embodiment of the bands and the removable fixing means thereof by glued tapes which have one side with spikes which become entangled and become blocked with other spikes of different population, which are located on one side. '' a tape stuck on the carpet, allow to fix at the same time said bands on the carpet and quickly transform any table top into a pool table and also carry out the internal transformation without the help of any tool and without damaging the table top.
• This fastening process is well known under the names of "velcro" or “dual lock.”
• said spike ribbons are glued to the carpet in a position mode which makes it possible to fix said strips to form a continuous and closed rectangular frame or a discontinuous rectangular frame with open spaces between each strip.
• the mat two to three millimeters thick is semi-rigid, for example of polyvinyl chloride material.
• Said mat is flexible enough to absorb the surface irregularities of the table top and to be rolled so easy to store.
• Said mat is rigid enough so that its upper face, serving as a rolling layer for billiard balls, has no folds or undulations and has friction and rolling characteristics identical to mats used for the game of billiards.
• the bands fixed on the carpet keep it pressed on the table top and the arrangement of said bands in a rectangular frame, improves the rigidity of the carpet.
• the invention makes it possible to make pool tables from a tray equipped with removable feet which can be fitted with jacks to adjust the horizontality of the tray, which makes it possible to obtain a pool table which meets the requirements of this game. , while being removable, so easy to store, with a small footprint when not in use.
• the billiard tables according to the invention are particularly well suited to the equipment of games rooms located in seasonal tourist resorts or to the equipment of seasonal rooms or to the equipment of rooms comprising tables which can be used alternately for play different games such as table tennis and billiards or for other purposes.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a billiard table top according to the invention, used as pocket billiards.
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of a corner of a pool table according to the invention, used as a French pool table.
• Figure 3 is a cross section along III-III of Figure 1.
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of a corner of the table.
• Figure 1 shows a rectangular table top la, which can be placed on another table, or on four legs not shown.
• the tray 1a is covered with a mat 10 which is made of a semi-rigid synthetic material, for example semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride.
• the tray 1a is surrounded by removable strips 2 which can occupy different positions depending on whether the table is used in pocket billiards or in French billiards.
• the tray la comprises four cutouts 10b which have a diameter slightly greater than that of the balls and which are arranged in the four corners of the table and two cutouts 10c placed in the middle of the long sides. These circular cutouts are used when playing pocket billiards.
• Figure 1 shows a board mounted to play billiards with pockets. We see in this figure that the tray is equipped with bands which are formed of six separate sections.
• the strips comprise two rectilinear sections 4 which are each located along a small side of the table and which are shorter than this side.
• the strip located along each long side has two rectilinear sections 3 which frame the cutout 10c located in the middle of the long side.
• the strip sections 3, 4 are placed between the cutouts 10b and 10c, as shown in Figure 1 and we see on it that it exists between the ends two neighboring sections a free space whose width is greater than the diameter of the balls, so that they can engage in this space to reach the cut 10b. or 10c, located between the ends of the strips.
• a table according to the invention can be easily transformed into a French pool table. To do this, simply move the strip sections towards the inside of the table until the ends of these sections are joined as shown in FIG. 2. In this case, the holes 10b and 10c are placed at the outside the boards therefore outside the playing area.
• FIG. 3 represents, on a larger scale, a cross section of a section of strip along line III-III of FIG. 1.
• each section of strip is composed of a rigid section 2a, by example a tubular profile, of square section in aluminum alloy.
• Each strip section comprises, in addition, a flexible strip 9, for example a butadiene strip, of square or rectangular section, which is glued against the internal face of the profile 2a and along the upper edge thereof.
• the height of the section 2a and the position of the flexible strip 9 are such that the balls strike against the lower edge 9a of the strip 9, which constitutes the return band of the balls le.
• the sections 2a are square sections having a side substantially equal to the diameter of the balls 1c and the strips 9 have a square section, the side of which is substantially equal to the radius of the balls 1c.
• the strips 3, 4 are fixed, in a removable manner directly on the semi-rigid mat 10 which allows such fixing thanks to its semi-rigidity, but which can also roll up, which allows it to be stored without taking up a lot of space when the table is dismantled.
• FIG. 3 represents a preferred embodiment of a means for fixing the strips 3, 4 to the mat 10.
• Brackets 7 are fixed by any means against the external vertical face of the sections 2a, the horizontal wing of these brackets extending outward in the same plane as the underside of the sections 2a.
• Ribbons 8a of a velvet type fastening with hooks and loops are glued under the horizontal wing of the brackets 7 and these ribbons 8a extend under the underside of the profiles 2a as seen in FIG. 3.
• ribbons 8b of velvet fabric with loops and hooks which cooperate with the ribbons 8a which come into contact with these to maintain the strips 3 and 4 in the position according to FIG. 1 where billiards is used in pocket billiards.
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view on a larger scale of a table angle according to the invention. An angle of the raised carpet 10 is shown in this view. We see in this view a hole 10b which is constituted solely by a circular cutout of the mat 10. As the mat 10 has a thickness of the order of 2 to 3 mm, this thickness is sufficient to prevent the balls which engage in a hole 10b or 10c cannot go back.
• FIG. 4 shows two sections of strip 3 and 4 in the position they occupy when the table is used as a billiard table and when the fixing tapes 8b placed under the brackets 7 are fixed to the tapes 8c glued to the carpet.
• the fixing tapes 8b which are not used in this case.
• FIG. 4 represents a preferred embodiment in which the short sides of the table do not have fixing tapes 8c for fixing the small sections 4 to the carpet.
• the strip sections 4 are fixed to the sections 3 by brackets 12 which connect the neighboring ends of the two sections 3 and 4 together.
• brackets 12 which connect the neighboring ends of the two sections 3 and 4 together.
• the juxtaposed ends of the two strip sections 3 are connected together by a flat iron 13.
• Figures 1 to 14 show an embodiment in which the mat 10 is a semi-rigid mat having an upper face which has friction and rolling characteristics identical to those of the cloth mats used in traditional billiards.
• the table top shown in Figure l can be placed on four legs equipped at their lower end with screw jacks which allow to adjust the horizontality of the table top.
• the table legs can be removable legs, which are easy to disassemble.
• the invention makes it possible to easily transform a table, for example a ping-pong table into a pocket pool table or a French pool table.
• a table according to the invention can be easily disassembled and stored.
• the billiard tables according to the invention are particularly suitable for equipping games or sports rooms having a seasonal or periodic activity.

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