US2012190466A1PendingUtilityA1

Method and apparatus for playing pool

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 29, 2010Filed: Nov 8, 2011Published: Jul 26, 2012
Est. expiryMar 29, 2030(~3.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Stewart C. GardnerJoseph Tucker
A63D 15/005A63D 15/006F21V 1/00
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Abstract

A method and apparatus for playing pool on a pool table is disclosed. A raised stand is located on the pool table and pool balls are hit into an indentation on the raised stand. For example, a plurality of pool balls is arranged in a starting position on the playing surface of the pool table. The plurality of pool balls is comprised of an object ball and a plurality of different sets of pool balls. Players alternate turns wherein each player attempts to hit balls from a set of pool balls assigned to that player into pockets in the pool table using a pool cue and a cue ball. The game ends when the object ball is hit into an indentation on a top level of the raised stand once a player has hit all of their assigned balls into the pockets

Claims

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1 - 30 . (canceled) 
     
     
         31 . A gaming device to be used on a playing surface of a pool table for playing a game of pool, comprising:
 a raised stand located on the playing surface of the pool table, the raised stand having sloped sides that lead from the playing surface up to a top level, wherein the top level comprises an indentation in which a pool ball can come to rest after advancing up the sloped sides.   
     
     
         32 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the indentation takes up a portion of the top level of the raised stand. 
     
     
         33 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the indentation takes up substantially all of the top level of the raised stand. 
     
     
         34 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand can have any number of sides and shapes. 
     
     
         35 . The gaming device according to  claim 34 , wherein the shape of the raised stand is substantially similar to a circle, triangle, square, hexagon or a pentagon. 
     
     
         36 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the at least one indentation is a dip with sloping sides. 
     
     
         37 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the at least one indentation is a substantially circular hole with substantially vertical sides. 
     
     
         38 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand is placed approximately in the center of the pool table. 
     
     
         39 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand is approximately 4 inches in diameter and the indentation is approximately 2.75 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         40 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand is approximately 5.5 inches in diameter and the indentation is approximately 4 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         41 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand is approximately 7 inches in diameter and the indentation is approximately 5.5 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         42 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand is approximately 13.5 inches in diameter and the indentation is approximately 12 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         43 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein a plurality of raised stands are located on the playing surface of the pool table. 
     
     
         44 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand is comprised of at least one of metal, metal composite, plastic, wood, glass, resin, rubber or stone. 
     
     
         45 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand has multiple levels with multiple ramps and at least one indentation on a top level of the raised stand. 
     
     
         46 . The gaming device according to  claim 45 , wherein the raised stand has at least one indentation on multiple levels. 
     
     
         47 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the top surface of the raised stand has a plurality of indentations. 
     
     
         48 . The gaming device according to  claim 47 , wherein the plurality of indentations have different sizes. 
     
     
         49 - 95 . (canceled) 
     
     
         96 . The gaming device according to  claim 33 , wherein the indentation is bottomless. 
     
     
         97 . The gaming device according to  claim 96 , wherein the raised stand is shaped like a ring with sloping sides that slope up toward the middle of the raised stand. 
     
     
         98 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand is approximately 4.5 inches in diameter and the indentation is approximately 3 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         99 . The gaming device according to  claim 37 , wherein the raised stand has a diameter between 3.25 inches and the indentation has a diameter between 1-4 inches. 
     
     
         100 . The gaming device according to  claim 44 , wherein the raised stand has a durometer value greater than 10. 
     
     
         101 . The gaming device according to  claim 44 , wherein the raised stand has a durometer value greater than 25. 
     
     
         102 . The gaming device according to  claim 44 , wherein the raised stand has a durometer value greater than 37. 
     
     
         103 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the sloping sides have a slope between 5°-70°. 
     
     
         104 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the sloping sides have a slope between 15°-45°. 
     
     
         105 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the sloping sides have a slope between 25°-30°. 
     
     
         106 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the sloping sides have a slope of approximately 26.87°. 
     
     
         107 . The gaming device according to  claim 33 , wherein the indentation has a depth of at least 0.125 inches. 
     
     
         108 . The gaming device according to  claim 33 , wherein the indentation has a depth of at least 0.26 inches. 
     
     
         109 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand has a height of at least 0.125 inches. 
     
     
         110 . The gaming device according to  claim 31 , wherein the raised stand has a height of at least 0.37 inches.

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