.~.~ Playing surface having unconventional peripheral configuration defined by the carom rails
DEFINITION
Classification: 473/18
Playing surface having unconventional peripheral configuration defined by the carom rails:
(under subclass 4) Subject matter wherein the playing surface which is bounded and defined by the upstanding carom rail rim has, when viewed in plan, a planar shape other than rectangular, the planar shape of the playing surface of a conventional billiard or pool table or gameboard being considered to be a rectangle having two parallel sides longer than the other two parallel sides.
(1) Note. A table or gameboard having playing surface which has a square peripheral configuration is included herein, even though a plane figure having a square shape is mathematically considered to be a species of a rectangle having all of its sides of equal length.
