ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,252, issued on May 27.
"Billiards device and method" was invented by William Harrington (Oak Ridge, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal receiver device and system. In one embodiment, a perimeter of a device includes a pair of fixed members and one pivotable member that is pivotable between an upward and downward direction. The device includes an inner billiard ball receiving cavity that may retain fifteen billiard balls. The result is a hybrid triangle for easily, and consistently, tightly racking billiard balls."
The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/562,445.
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