US3343684A - Shuffleboard cue hanger - Google Patents

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Sept. 26, 1967 v. Q. GALIER 3,343,684

SHUFFLEBOARD CUE HANGER Filed Oct. 2l, 1965 e .FH v m Fig. 3

INVENTOR. VINCENT Q. GALIER United States Patent O V3,343,684 y SHUFFLEBQARD CUE HANGER Vincent Q. Galier, 1251 Via Barranca,

San Diego, Calif. v Fied Oct. 21, 196,5, Ser. No. 499,168 1 Claim. (Cl. 2li-S9) ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates to sporting equipment and specifically to a shuleboa'rd cue hanger.

A conventional shuleboard cue has a generally U- shaped or V-shaped yoke at the end of a long handle, the yoke being of suilicient Width to embrace a playing disc.

The cues are usually hung from a rack or individual hangers with the yoke portion flat against the supporting surface. When several cues are hung in this manner a considerable space is required for proper separation and easy access of the cues.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a cue hanger which will hold a shuleboard cue securely with its yoke portion perpendicular to the supporting surface, so that several hangers can be mounted closely adjacent to each other in a minimum of space.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cue hanger which engages the handle and yoke portion of a cue, so that adjacent cues are held in spaced alignment.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cue hanger which may be made in individual or multiple units and which may be individually or collectively locked for security.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cue hanger which can be mounted on a variety of supports, fixed or movable.

The cue hanger and its use is illustrated in the drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a single hanger unit;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation view of the Single unit mounted and with a cue in place; and

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a multiple hanger unit.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar or identical elements and portions throughout the speciiication and throughout the views of the drawing.

The single hanger unit 10, illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 2, comprises a resilient open forked clip portion 12 having forwardly divergent entry arms 14, the clip portion being at the forward end of an elongated extension bracket 16. At the rear end of bracket 16 are laterally opposed lugs 18 with suitable holes 20 for screws 22, or other securing means to attach the unit to a supporting surface. The clip and extension bracket portions and lugs can be bent from a unitary strip of metal, as illustrated, or may be formed in any other suitable manner from metal, plastic, or combinations of such materials.

Immediately rearwardly of the forked clip portion 12 is an upright support member 24 having at its upper end a notched plate portion 26 in a plane transverse to the fork of the clip. The notched plate portion 26 has a notch 28 opening upwardly to cradle the yoke arm 30 of a cue, the handle 3-2 of which is held in a vertical position in the clip portion 12. In this configuration the post-like sup- 3,343,684 Patented Sept. 26, 19677 port member 24 is made from a flat metal plate secured at its lower end in the forward portion of the extension bracket, the upper end being notched and the lower end twisted into parallelism with and secured'to the bracket 16 as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. With other clip structures the support plate might take other forms and could be molded integrally with the clip and bracket in plastic material.

The supporting surface 34, on which the hanger is mounted, can be a wall, door, frame member, or even a portion of a portable rack or carrier, depending on the nature and location of the playing area. Since the cue is held perpendicular to the supporting surface, hangers can be mounted closely adjacent to each other.

For security purposes the clip portion 12 is provided with lock holes 36 at the throat of the fork where the clip merges into the entry arms 14. A suitable lock 38, indicated in broken line in FIGURE 2, can be inserted through holes 36 to prevent the clip portion from spreading sutliciently to allow removal of the cue. Since the cue handle is usually tapered or enlarged by a hand grip at the end remote from the yoke, the cue cannot be removed by lifting vertically from the locked dip.

The dip structure is readily adaptable to a rack or multiple hanger unit 40, as in FIGURE 3. In this conguration the support plate 42 is a horizontally elongated upright plate element mounted on rearwardly extending brackets 44, which have downwardly turned lugs 46 readily accessible for attachment to a supporting surface. A plurality of forked clip portions 48 are secured to the lower edge of support member 42 in spaced relation, each clip portion having rear lugs 5() riveted or otherwise xed to the support member. The forward end of each clip portion has divergent entry arms 52 and lock holes 54, as in clip portion 12. The upper edge of support member 42 has upwardly opening notches 56, one aligned above each clip portion 48, to hold the cue yoke arm. For lightness and economy of material the support member 42 may be provided with cutouts 58 of any convenient shape and the support member can be of any desirable length t0 hold as many cues as necessary.

Each clip portion 48 may be individually locked, or the row of clip portions may be collectively locked by a rod or bar, not shown, passed through the lock holes 54. The single hanger units 10, if properly aligned in a row, may also be locked in a collective manner.

It is understood that minor variation from the form of the invention disclosed herein may be made without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and that the specification and drawing are to be considered as merely illustrative rather than limiting.

I claim:

A shuleboard cue hanger, comprising:

a plurality of resilient open forked clip portions for engaging cue handles;

an upright support member including a notched plate portion extending above and transverse to the forks of the clip portions to receive the yoke elements of cues;

said clip portions being secured to one face of the support member; and

extension brackets secured to the other face of the support member for attachment to a supporting surface.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 862,505 7/ 1907 Perrin 211-8 1,057,698 4/1913 Aiken 248-316 1,262,920 4/ 1918 Chouvaldy 24-257 1,313,778 8/1919 Atkinson 24-81 X CHANCELLOR E. HARRIS, Primary Examiner.

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