Billiard table apparatus for competitive play at remote locations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9861878
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13139825

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An arrangement adapted to be used with conventional billiard tables for greater utilization, versatility and/or application of said tables, said arrangement including, a multiplicity of billiard tables located at a variety of separate locations, a means to register and allow for communication between a plurality of players, such that said players need not necessarily play upon the same table nor be located at the one location, said players intended to compete against other registered players, or approve upon personal individual skill level, a timer such that competition between players or improvement of personal standings of an individual is based upon timing of pocketing a set of balls or part thereof upon the respective billiard table by said, timer, a means for having time results of the or each player transferred to a central database wherein individual player's times and standings may then be acknowledged.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grant, Stephen John Fullarton, AU 2 27
Penna, Thomas David Victor Harbor, AU 1 26

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