U.S. patent application number 10/817827 was filed with the patent office on 2005-10-06 for billiard table sideboard.
This patent application is currently assigned to Pai Li Business Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Chen, Ying-Tse.
Application Number | 20050221902 10/817827 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35055078 |
Filed Date | 2005-10-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050221902 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen, Ying-Tse |
October 6, 2005 |
Billiard table sideboard
Abstract
A billiard table sideboard includes a fixing wall at the outer
circumference of a frame under a billiard table, and a sideboard
positioned at the outer side of the fixing wall. The fixing wall
has its lower edge flush with that of the frame, and the height of
the sideboard is longer than that of the fixing wall, so the
sideboard extends down below the fixing wall. The sideboard is
secured with the fixing wall contacting each other by thumb screws.
Thus the sideboard can be separated from the fixing wall so as to
save the cost for the size in packaging and transporting.
Inventors: |
Chen, Ying-Tse; (Yung Kang
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE
FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
|
Assignee: |
Pai Li Business Co., Ltd.
Yung Kang City
TW
|
Family ID: |
35055078 |
Appl. No.: |
10/817827 |
Filed: |
April 6, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/4 ;
473/33 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63D 15/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
473/004 ;
473/033 |
International
Class: |
A63D 015/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A billiard table sideboard comprising a fixing wall and a
sideboard, said upright wall fixed under a frame of a billiard
table board, said fixing wall having its lower edge flush with that
of said frame, said sideboard positioned at an outer side of said
fixing wall and having a height larger than that of the fixing
wall, said sideboard contacting said fixing wall side by side and
combined together tightly with fasteners, said sideboard possible
to be separated from said fixing wall to save cost for package and
transportation, said sideboard combined with said fixing wall in
case of using the billiard table.
2. The billiard table sideboard as claimed in claim 1, wherein said
sideboard and said fixing wall are combined together by holes bored
in said fixing wall and female-threaded holes formed in said
sideboard, said holes of said fixing wall and said female-threaded
holes of said sideboards respectively corresponding to each other
for a thumb screw to engage with through said hole of said fixing
wall to secure stably said sideboard with said fixing wall.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a billiard table sideboard,
particularly to one having a fixing wall fixed around a frame under
the billiard table and having its bottom edge flush with that of
the table frame, and a sideboard positioned at the outer side of he
fixing wall and having a higher height than the fixing wall and
combined with the fixing wall by tightening means such as thumb
screws. Then the sideboard can be separated from the fixing wall to
save the size and cost for package and transportation in case of
need. In using, the sideboard is combined with the fixing wall
tightly by the thumbscrews.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] A conventional billiard table shown in FIG. 1 includes a
table 10, and plural feet 16 to be separately packaged for
transportation to save its size and cost for package and
transportation.
[0005] The table 10 consists of an invisible frame (hidden and not
shown) made up of lateral and longitudinal boards crossing with
each other, a table board 11, four side fences 12 and four
sideboards 15. The four side fences 12 are fixed on the four outer
sides of the table board 11, defining a hollow space on the table
board 11 to prevent billiard balls from falling off the table board
11. Further, a pocket hole 13 is formed respectively at the four
corners of the table 10 and an intermediate section of each of two
longitudinal sides of the fences 12.
[0006] The four sideboards 15 are positioned at the outer sides of
the combining locations of the frame, the table board 11, and the
fences 12 to hide the combining locations to present a flat
holistic appearance.
[0007] As for the sideboards 15, they have a function of sealing
the four sides of the billiard table, with their lower edges
surpassing the lower edges of the frame. As the sideboards 15 are
fixed firmly with the table 10, the surpassing portions of the
sideboards 15 may augment the cost for package and transportation,
in spite of separate packaging of the table 10 and the feet 16.
Furthermore, the length of the surpassing portions of the
sideboards 15 may be different, depending on the demand of buyers.
If it is small, the size and cost for package and transportation
may not so large, but if large, the size and cost for package and
transportation may be larger. So the billiard table sideboards
should be improved.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] This invention has been devised to offer a billiard table
sideboard for benefit of assembling and disassembling for saving
its size and cost for package and transportation.
[0009] The feature of the invention is a fixing wall fixed around
the circumference of a frame of the billiard table and having its
lower edge flush with that of the frame, and a sideboard positioned
at the outer side of the fixing wall and fixed tightly together
with the fixing wall by thumb screws passing through holes in the
fixing wall and then engages with female-threaded holes of the
sideboard. Thus the higher sideboard than the fixing wall can be
separated from the fixing wall in case of packaging and
transporting to save the size of the billiard table and the cost
for package and transportation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0010] This invention will be better understood by referring to the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional billiard
table;
[0012] FIG. 2 is a partial exploded perspective view of a billiard
table in the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 3 is a partial exploded perspective view of a billiard
table sideboard in the present invention; and,
[0014] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the billiard
table sideboard in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0015] A preferred embodiment of a billiard table sideboard in the
present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, is combined with a table 20,
plural feet 30 under the table 20.
[0016] The table 20 consists of a frame 21 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4
and having lateral and longitudinal upright boards crossing each
other to support the table 20, a table board 22 positioned on the
frame 21 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, fences 23 fixed on the outer
circumference of the table board 22 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, and
sideboards 24 according to the present invention fixed at the
combining locations of the frame 21, the table board 22 and the
fences 23 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4.
[0017] The main improvement in the invention is plural fixing walls
25 fixed upright at the outer circumference of the frame 21 and
having its lower edge flush with that of the lower edge of the
frame 21, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, having holes 250 in preset
locations. Further, the sideboards 24 respectively has
female-threaded holes 240 corresponding to the holes 250 of the
fixing walls 25 for thumb screws 26 with a washer 260 to engage
with after passing through the holes 250 so as to secure stably the
sideboards 24 with the fixing walls 24 at its outer sides and at
the same time sealing the combining locations of the table board
22, the fences 23 and the frame 21 to hide the combining locations
invisible, as shown in FIG. 4.
[0018] In packaging, the thumbscrews 26 are screwed off, separating
the sideboards from the fixing walls 2, with the sideboards 24
placed flat on the table board 22. Thus the size of the table can
be reduced to a large extend to save the cost for package and
transportation not a little.
[0019] While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been
described above, it will be recognized and understood that various
modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are
intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the
spirit and scope of the invention.
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