USD4973S - Design for a billiard-table - Google Patents

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HUGH W. OOLLENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Design No. 4,973, dated June 6, 1871.

DESIGN FOR A BILLlARD-TABLE The Schedule referred to ln these Letters Patent and making part of 'the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, HUGH W. GoLLENDnn, of New York city, county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Shape and Design of Billiard-Tables; and do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this application.

My invention relates to a new shape and design for billiard-tables.

Previous to my invention billiard-tables have generally been made with the sides to extend down ver'- tically from the lower side ofthe rail. In this shape, since the body of the table has to be rather deep to give strength to it, it is rather inconvenient for the player to get his leg in a position which will enable him to reach over the table, and hence this form of construction is objectionable.

This objection has, I believe, been partially overcome by a design of some of the French tables, the deep side pieces of which run downward in a sort of ogee form; but this shape, composed of curved surfaces, renders the cost of manufacture of the table much greater than is compensated for by the advantage of greater convenience to the player.

vI propose by my design to overcome the diilculty found in the shape of body or sides as the tables have been generally made, and render the design and appearance of the table much handsomer, while, at the same time, `the cost of manufacture shall not be increased at all.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown in elevation at Figure l, and in vertical cross-section at Figure 2, a table of my new design or shape.

In the drawing- A. is the body or main frame of the table;

B, the bed;

, c, the cushion-rails;

d, the legs; and

c, the cushions, all of which are made about as usual, except that the main frame is made so that the sides of the body of the table run under or Hare at about an angle of thirty or forty degrees, as shown at f.

The inclined sides f, it will be seen, are perfect planes, so that the expense of getting out the stuff and putting together and the veneering is no more than in the manufacture of the vertical-sided tables now generally made.

The inclined or tiared sides f may be ornamented, paneled, 85o., to any desired extent.

By reference to the figure drawn at fig. 2 it will be seen that the player can so extend his leg under the table, when made as shown, as to enable him to reach further over the bed, which is a great convenience, and enables the player to easily reach many shots which, on the table as now made, have to be played with the bridge.

Having clearly shown and described the characteristie features of my new design for billiard-tables,

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The design for ,billiard-tables, as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of February, 1871.

HUGH W. UOLLENDER. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

HENRY N. BROWN, W. M. ERNST.

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