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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Glenn Gorsiski, Racine, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
Inaccuracies in rail alignment in a billiard table are eliminated and the process of installing rails on a billiard table simplified with a rail assembly for a billiard table that includes first and second elongated rails (10, 44) which are adapted to be mounted on the upper surface of a bed (68) of a billiard table with each having an inwardly directed resilient nose (12, 46) defining a cushion. The rails (10, 44) are arranged in end-to-end relation and define an angle of 90.degree. with innermost parts (16, 42) of adjacent ends of each rail (10, 44) being at an angle of 45.degree. to the direction of elongation of the associated rail (10, 44) and generally parallel with each other and with outermost parts (14, 50) of the adjacent ends defining two sides of an outwardly opening V-shaped notch. A Y-shaped mitre (20) is sandwiched by the adjacent ends and has a leg (22) located between and engaging the innermost parts (16, 42) and diverging arms engaging respective sides (14, 50) of the V-shaped notch. Fasteners (34) secure each arm (24, 26) to its respective side (14, 50) to maintain a desired angular relationship between the rails (10, 44).