Universal fitting for a cue stick
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the invention, a universal shaft fitting for a cue stick comprises a universal adapter with an extension having external threads, adapted to be bonded into the butt end of a shaft of a cue stick, and an insert adapted to be bonded to internal threads of the universal adapter. The insert also includes internal threads for detachably mating a pin attached to another segment of a cue stick. Other embodiments include universal shaft fittings with various pin configurations and universal shaft fittings that do not utilize an insert. The universal shaft fittings may be utilized as components of a kit for adapting shafts to receive segments of cue sticks with various pin configurations. The universal shaft fittings may also be utilized in a method of supplying shafts to fit segments of cue sticks.
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29. A method of supplying first segments of cue sticks to fit to second segments of cue sticks, the second segments having various threaded configurations, the method comprising:
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supplying plural first segments, each first segment having a common end configuration adapted to receive, and be bonded to, a universal fitting;
providing plural universal fittings having varying complementary threaded configurations to detachably mate the various threaded configurations of the second segments, each universal fitting having a common complementary end configuration adapted to be bonded to any of the first segments; and
fitting any of the first segments to a second segment by selecting a first segment, selecting a universal fitting having a particular complementary threaded configuration mating the threaded configuration of the second segment, and bonding the selected universal fitting to the selected first segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 35)
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30. A universal fitting kit for adapting a set of first segments of cue sticks to receive a set of second segments of cue sticks, the set of second segments having various threaded configurations, the kit comprising:
a set of universal fittings having varying complementary threaded configurations to detachably receive the various threaded configurations of the second segments, each universal fitting having a common complementary end configuration adapted to be bonded to a common end configuration of any member of the set of first segments. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36)
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31. A kit with component parts capable of being assembled to create a set of adapted first segments of cue sticks to receive a set of second segments of cue sticks, the set of second segments having various threaded configurations, the kit comprising:
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a set of first segments having a common end configuration; and
a set of universal fittings having various complementary threaded configurations to detachably mate the various threaded configurations of the second segments, each universal fitting having a common complementary end configuration adapted to be bonded to the common end configuration of any member of the set of first segments. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 37)
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32. A universal fitting for adapting a first segment of a cue stick to receive a second segment of a cue stick having a threaded configuration, the universal fitting comprising:
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a universal adapter having a common complementary end configuration adapted to receive the first segment at a common end configuration; and
an insert adapted to be bonded into the universal adapter, the insert having a complementary threaded configuration to detachably receive the second segment at the threaded configuration. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 38)
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33. An adapted first segment of a cue stick for receiving a second segment of a cue stick comprising:
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a first segment with a common end configuration;
a universal adapter having a common complementary end configuration to attach the universal adapter to the common end of the first segment; and
an insert bonded into the universal adapter, the insert having a complementary threaded configuration to detachably receive the second segment at a threaded configuration of the second segment. - View Dependent Claims (26, 39)
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34. A vibration reducing segment of a cue stick comprising:
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a first segment of a cue stick including a damping material, the damping material configured to reduce the vibration of the cue stick when a ball strikes the cue stick, the first segment also including a common end configuration;
a universal adapter having a common complementary end configuration to attach the universal adapter to the common end configuration of the first segment; and
an insert bonded into the universal adapter, the insert having a complementary threaded configuration to detachably mate a second segment of the cue stick at a threaded configuration of a second segment of the cue stick. - View Dependent Claims (28, 40)
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