US3429575A - Shuffleboard cue stick - Google Patents

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Feb. 25, 1969 E. 1.. STEVENS SHUFFLEBOARD CUE STICK Fil ed June 22, 1967 FIG.2

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INVENTOR. EDGAR L. STEVENS ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,429,575 SHUFFLEBOARD CUE STICK Edgar L. Stevens, 836 17th Ave.,

- Vero Beach, Fla. 32960 Filed June 22, 1967, Ser. No. 648,099 U.S. Cl. 273-129 Int. Cl. A63b 67/14, 71/02, 59/00 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to a cue for propelling disks upon a shufiieboard court and whereby the disks are propelled from opposite ends of the court to counting numbers arranged within a triangular box that is painted upon the court at each end.

The invention contemplates a propelling head, having blocks upon opposite sides that straddle the disk and with the blocks carrying a horizontal bar that is rotatable in a vertical plane and adapted to ride upon the surface of the disk, while the blocks engage the peripheral edge of the disks.

The invention also contemplates cue having a head portion that is angled downwardly and outwardly and terminating in ears that are seated within cavities formed in the outer sides of the blocks and held in assembled relation by a screw that passes through the block and into the ear and with the head portion being pivotally supported upon a tubular handle that is rotatable with respect to the head and biased in a direction to create a frictional connection between the head and the handle.

Novel features of construction and operation of the device will be more clearly apparent during the course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein has been illustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the several figures.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the cue head as attached to a handle portion,

FIGURE 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 3 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the mounting of the cross bar.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a tubular metallic handle that is connected to a head portion 6 of the cue. The head portion is apertured to receive a bolt 7 that extends through a sleeve 8 and threaded at one end to receive a nut 9 and with the bolt carrying a compression spring 10, whereby to frictionally engage a nut 11 against the outer side of the head 6 and to mount the head 6 for a swivel movement.

The head 6 is extended upon opposite sides and angled forwardly and downwardly, providing legs 12 and 13 that are bent at their terminal ends to form ears 14 that seat within sockets 15 cut within non-metallic blocks 16. The ears 14 are held within the recesses of the blocks 16 by screws 17 that pass through openings 18 of the lock 16 and have threaded engagement into threaded openings 19 formed in the ears 14.

3,429,575 Patented Feb. 25, 1969 "ice Adapted to span the opening between the block 16 is a cylindrical bar 20 that is bent at its opposite end to form arms 21 that extend at one end into a recess 22 and one block and the arms and the bar 20 are biased in a direction toward the Opposite block by a spring 23 disposed within the recess. The arm 21 at the opposite end of the bar 20 rides between a pair of stop pins 24 and, if the bar is shifted to the left, arm 21 at the right-hand end of the bar 20 may swing outwardly away from the pins, shown particularly in FIGURE 2.

Disposed between the end of the sleeve 8 and the head 6, is a plate 25, having upper and lower flanges 26 that engage the head 6.

In the use of the device, the cue is engaged over a disk 27 preparatory to propelling the disk upon the court. The cue head is engaged with the upper surface of the disk 27 and with the bar 20 resting upon the surface, and with the blocks 16 straddling the side edges of the disk. The handle 5 is then used to propel the disk along the court toward its opposite end. The one may be inverted to engage the disk and with the bar 20 being shifted to engage with an upper pin 24. The bar 20 thus offers no resistance to the movement of the disk from a standpoint of wind conditions and the entire cue head may be rotated upon the handle 5 and frictionally held in the suitable position for propelling the disk and with the bar 20 being shifted from engagement with the pins 24 rearwardly to permit the blocks 16 to straddle the disk 27 and to also ride upon the surface of the court in the propelling of the disk.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very novel form of shuffieboard cue stick has been provided. The parts are few and simple, have very little interference from wind and with the bar 20 when riding upon the surface of the disk, the blocks 16 will be free of contact with the service of the court, such as that illustrated in FIGURE 2.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily fall within the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A one for playing shuffieboard and with the cue adapted to engage and propel playing pieces upon the board, the one having a head portion that is supported by a tubular handle and that is swiveled thereto, the head portion having divergent arms that are connected with blocks and a cross bar supported by the blocks and pivotally mounted thereon to rise and fall when engaged with the playing pieces.

2. The structure according to claim 1 wherein the head portion is connected to the handle in a frictional manner and with the bolt passing through the head portion and a sleeve portion and extending beyond the sleeve portion to receive a spring that biases the head portion in a direction toward the handle to frictionally engage a head of the bolt upon the inner side of the head portion and to permit the cue to be rotatable with respect to the handle.

3. The structure according to claim 2 wherein the head portion is generally Y-shaped, having forwardly and outwardly angled arms that terminate in ears and with the ears being seated within a recess of the blocks to maintain the blocks in a fixed parallel relation, said cross bar adapted to engage the upper surface of the playing pieces and carried by the blocks and with the bar bent at a right angle at each end and with one right angle portion having a further right angle bent that engages in a cylindrical recess of one block and the opposite end of the bar having its arm bent at a right angle to have fitment into a recess of the opposite block and with the arms being movable between stop pins carried by the block, the second named recess having a spring mounted therein for biasing the bar toward one end block whereby the bar is swingable between the pins and whereby the cue is operable from either side of the device to ride upon the surface of the playing piece and with the bar being shiftable manually to release the arm from between the pins and to permit the blocks to ride upon the surface of the court and with the blocks engaging the playing pieces on the marginal edge thereof and to propel the playing pieces by the engagement of the blocks.

4. The structure according to claim 1 wherein the head portion is formed of aluminum and with the blocks being formed of non-metallic material and with the cross bar being cylindrical, the bolt for the rotatable mounting of the head portion with respect to the handle passing through a sleeve and with the sleeve being pressed into References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,239,391 4/1921 Krause 273129 2,432,570 12/1947 Gorsuch 273129 2,717,780 9/1955 Mantz 273-129 RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

T. ZACK, Assistant Examiner.

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