US 12,138,526 B2
Universal adapter assembly for use with pool cues
Michael Thomas Bennett, Bellingham, WA (US)
Assigned to QCO, LLC, Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Michael Thomas Bennett, Bellingham, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,045, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236911 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A63D 15/12 (2006.01)
CPC A63D 15/12 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pool cue assembly, comprising: a first cue handle having an insertion pin of a first size;
an adapter assembly; and
a cue shaft that is removably coupled to the cue handle by the adapter assembly, the adapter assembly including a sleeve coupled to an inner surface of the cue shaft, wherein the adapter assembly includes a first adapter having an opening that receives and mates with the insertion pin of the first cue handle, wherein the sleeve is fixed to the cue shaft, and wherein the first adapter is removable from the sleeve;
wherein an end of the sleeve includes a first internal polygonal shape while a remaining portion of the sleeve has a first cylindrical shape, wherein an end of the first adapter includes a housing having a second external polygonal shape, wherein the first internal polygonal shape of the sleeve provides alignment and limits rotation of the first adapter
wherein when the adapter assembly is in an assembled state, a retaining screw holds the first adapter to the sleeve and is a separate screw which is rotatable relative to the first adapter and is threadably connected to the sleeve to secure the first adapter to the sleeve.