Billiard cue stick

Abstract

A billiard cue stick which is typically constructed of aluminum or other lightweight metal and can be fitted with removable weights for imparting a selected weight and balance to the cue stick. In a preferred embodiment, the billiard cue stick is characterized by a shaft segment which is removably attached to a hollow butt segment. The extending front end of the shaft segment is terminated by a removable shaft cue tip for striking a cue ball in a game of billiards or pool. The butt segment includes a handle fitted with an elongated weight slot or multiple weight openings for removably receiving a selected number of spherical weights. The butt segment is further characterized by multiple, adjacent, longitudinal splines typically fitted with rubber or plastic strips. The front end of the butt segment, removably attached to the rear end of the shaft segment, is fitted with a removable extra cue tip to facilitate replacing the removable shaft cue tip with the extra cue tip on the shaft segment, as needed.

Having described my invention with the particularity set forth above, what is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A billiard cue stick comprising a butt segment, a weight slot provided in said butt segment, a selected number of spherical weights removably fitted in said weight slot, a shaft segment extending from said butt segment and a shaft cue tip terminating said shaft segment.  
     
     
         2 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 1  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         3 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 1  comprising a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment and a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other.  
     
     
         4 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 3  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         5 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 1  wherein said butt segment and said shaft segment are constructed of aluminum.  
     
     
         6 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 5  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         7 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 5  comprising a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment and a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other.  
     
     
         8 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 7  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         9 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 1  wherein said butt segment and said shaft segment are constructed of titanium.  
     
     
         10 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 9  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         11 . The billiard cue stick of clam  9  comprising a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment and a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other.  
     
     
         12 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 11  wherein said shaft segment is removably attached to said butt segment and said shaft cue tip is removably attached to said shaft segment, and comprising an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         13 . A billiard cue stick comprising a butt segment, a shaft segment removably attached to said butt segment, a shaft cue tip removably attached to said shaft segment and an extra cue tip removably attached to said butt segment, whereby said shaft cue tip is selectively removable from said shaft segment for fitting said extra cue tip on said shaft segment in place of said shaft cue tip.  
     
     
         14 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 13  comprising a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment and a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other.  
     
     
         15 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 13  comprising a plurality of weight openings provided in said butt segment and spherical weights removably seated in selected ones of said plurality of weight openings, respectively.  
     
     
         16 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 15  comprising a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment and a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other.  
     
     
         17 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 13  wherein said butt segment and said shaft segment are constructed of aluminum.  
     
     
         18 . A billiard cue stick comprising a butt segment having a butt segment interior substantially traversing said butt segment, a plurality of parallel splines substantially traversing said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other, a plurality of spline spaces extending between said splines and communicating with said butt segment interior and a plurality of spline braces provided in said butt segment interior in spaced-apart relationship to each other and connected to said splines; a shaft segment extending from said butt segment; and a shaft cue tip terminating said shaft segment.  
     
     
         19 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 18  comprising a plurality of weight openings provided in said butt segment and spherical weights removably seated in selected ones of said plurality of weight openings, respectively.  
     
     
         20 . The billiard cue stick of  claim 18  wherein said butt segment and said shaft segment are constructed of aluminum.