ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,681, issued on June 3, was assigned to GDM SPORTS BV (Ranst, Belgium).
"End piece for cue" was invented by Thierry Maria Rene Carl Gabriels (Vremde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cue includes a shaft and an end piece. The shaft has a cavity at the position of a striking end of the cue, and the cavity extends along a longitudinal axis of the cue. The end piece includes a core situated in the cavity. The end piece includes at least two ribs which extend from the core in a direction radially of the longitudinal axis. The shaft includes at least two notches at the position of the cavity, each of which includes two opposite inne...