Cue stick bridge support
View Patent ↗Apparatus for holding and supporting a cue bridge stick while playing a game such as pool and billiards. The top of a body member holds the bridge handle, while the bottom of the body member connects to legs for supporting the body member from a flat surface such as the playing surface of a pool table. The legs extend downwardly from the body member a desired distance to rest upon the playing surface.
1. A portable bridge support snapped onto a cue stick portable bridge for supporting the cue stick portable bridge, the portable bridge having a longitudinally extending handle and a guide plate adapted to support and guide a cue stick, said portable bridge support comprising:
a body member including first and second sidewalls connected together to form a substantially U-shaped trough having flared upper ends for receiving the cue stick bridge handle which can be inserted into the body member through an opening between the flared upper ends of the U-shaped trough; and
first and second legs secured to said first and second sidewalls, respectively, said legs adapted to rest on a playing surface and to hold said body member in a position to support the bridge in a desired relationship with the playing surface,
wherein said sidewalls are formed of a resilient material and are responsive to being forced apart by the cue stick bridge handle to provide a snap fit of the cue stick bridge handle, securely retaining said bridge support on the bridge handle.
2. A bridge support as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said legs are pivotally secured to said first and second sidewalls, respectively, permitting said legs to be pivoted in planes substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the bridge handle when the bridge handle is received in said trough.
3. A bridge support as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each leg includes a cam portion for preventing said leg from pivoting in a first direction, while permitting the leg to pivot in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
4. A bridge support as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sidewalls are curved to form a concave trough.
5. A bridge support as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each sidewall includes a skirt portion, and wherein said legs are pivotally attached to said skirt portions.
6. A bridge support as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each leg includes a cam portion for preventing said leg from pivoting in a first direction, while permitting the leg to pivot in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
7. A bridge support as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each leg includes bottom ends permitting said bridge support to be slid along the playing surface without damage to the playing surface.
8. A bridge support as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said legs extend at an angle from said body member.