Pocket top pool table cover

Abstract

A pool table cover has cover pockets indexed in positions corresponding to pockets on a pool table. The cover pockets receive pool balls to hold the cover in place on the pool table surface and under its side bumpers. In another embodiment the pool table cover may have members, such as weighted tassels, oriented on the cover in positions corresponding to pockets on a pool table for holding the cover on the table.

1 . A pool table cover having cover pockets associated therewith and indexed in positions corresponding to pockets on a pool table, said cover pockets receiving pool balls to hold the cover in place on the pool table surface and under its side bumpers. 
   
   
       2 . The pool table cover of  claim 1  further comprising a decoration on a visible surface. 
   
   
       3 . A pool table cover having members of sufficient weight and length and oriented on the cover in predetermined positions corresponding to pockets on a pool table for holding the cover on a playing surface of the table interiorly of the side bumpers of the table. 
   
   
       4 . The pool table cover of  claim 3  in which the member is a tassel. 
   
   
       5 . The pool table cover of  claim 3  further comprising a decoration on a visible surface. 
   
   
       6 . In combination, a pool table having a ball surface, side cushions thereabout and ball receiving pockets, operably dispersed relative to said surface and side cushions and a pool table cover for covering said ball surface;
 said pool table cover having ball receiving pockets disposed in register with said ball receiving pockets in said table;   said cover extending across said surface and having edges disposed proximate said cushions;   said ball receiving pockets of said cover disposed in said ball receiving pockets of said table; and   at least one ball in at least one ball receiving pocket disposed in a ball receiving pocket of said table.