Transparent Pool Cue Bridge with Telescoping Shaft
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pool cue bridges require manual setup, obstruct the player's view, and are not adjustable or suitable for players with physical limitations, leading to reduced accuracy and accessibility in playing pool or billiards.
Innovation Solution
A transparent, extendable bridge device with a telescoping shaft and wrist band, featuring a removably attached adjustable stabilizer, allowing secure attachment to the wrist or arm, enabling stable support and clear visibility of the cue tip during shots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a traditional opaque bridge head is used, then the player's hand is free to form the bridge, but the player cannot view the cue tip while addressing the cue ball
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge head is made transparent instead of opaque, allowing the player to see through it to the cue tip while maintaining the bridge structure. This resolves the contradiction by changing the optical property of the bridge head material.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-length bridge cue is used, then the structure is simple, but players with different statures or physical limitations cannot adjust the reach
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge shaft is made telescopic, allowing it to extend and retract to different lengths. This dynamic structure enables players of different statures and those with physical limitations to adjust the bridge length for optimal reach, while adding only moderate complexity through the telescopic mechanism.
3Productivity
If the bridge requires manual setup for each shot, then the bridge can be precisely positioned, but this process is time-consuming and reduces shooting speed
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge device is designed to be self-positioning through the telescopic shaft that naturally extends to the needed length and the transparent bridge head that automatically aligns with the cue tip. The player simply attaches the device to their non-dominant hand and the system self-adjusts, eliminating the need for manual setup of bridge position for each shot.
4Strength
If the bridge head is made of opaque material, then it provides structural strength, but it blocks the player's view of the cue tip and contact point
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge head material is changed from opaque to transparent, allowing visual access to the cue tip while maintaining structural integrity through appropriate material selection and design.
5Length of moving object
If a non-extendable bridge is used, then the device is simpler, but smaller individuals cannot reach the table surface effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge shaft is made telescopic, allowing it to extend to greater lengths needed by smaller individuals to reach the table surface, while retracting to a compact form when not in use. This dynamic extension capability addresses the reach limitation without requiring an overly complex mechanism.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a novel and extendable pool cue bridge device designed to provide greater stability while shooting a ball in a pool or billiards game. The cue bridge device has a transparent bridge head, a telescoping shaft with extendable segments or tubes configured to extend and retract the overall length of the shaft, a band for securing the device to a wrist or arm of a user and a removably attached adjustable stabilizer configured to move along the telescoping shaft for improved support and stability. The transparent bridge head is removably attached to a distal end of the telescoping shaft and the band is attached a proximal end of the shaft via a pivot ball. The transparent nature of the bridge head enables a player to view the end of the cue tip while making a shot.