Rests

Abstract

A rest for use in playing snooker, billiards and similar games comprises a shaft (12) and a head (10). The head (10) includes a fitting (11) for connection to the shaft (12) and has a configuration such that it can provide support for a cue at a number of different spacings from a support surface on which the rest is placed.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to rests and is concerned with the provision of an improved form of rest for use when playing snooker, billiards and other similar games, such games being referred to hereinafter for convenience as snooker.[0002]A typical form of snooker rest comprises a shaft and a head that is of X-form so that two limbs of the X are placed on the snooker table and the cue that is being used to make a shot passes between the other two limbs of the X. Another known form of rest is a butt rest that comprises a pair of spaced vertical limbs that are interconnected by a curved bridge or support surface on which the cue is supported.[0003]The design of the standard form of rest used when playing snooker is such that, when a player makes a shot using the rest, the butt of the cue that the player is holding is positioned in front of the player's face, rather than the player holding the cue with his normal playing stance.[0004]The cueing action that a pla...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The design of the head is thus such as to enable the player to strike the ball using his normal cueing action rather than having to lift the butt of the shaft in front of his face. A full range of shots can thus be played with an increased degree of confidence.

Problems solved by technology

The cueing action that a player adopts is thus not the same as that which he normally adopts and there are limitations on the range of shots that he can play using a rest.

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