US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 22
.~.~.~ With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack

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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

1  DF  BILLIARDS OR POOL {8}
4  DF  .~ Table or gameboard {16}
21  DF  .~.~ Table attached ball rack {1}
22.~.~.~ With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack {4}
23  DF  .~.~.~.~> With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed
24  DF  .~.~.~.~> Coin controlled
25  DF  .~.~.~.~> With means to separate or segregate store balls pocketed by each player or team
26  DF  .~.~.~.~> Ball rack also constitutes or includes spotting rack

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/22

With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack:

(under subclass 21) Subject matter wherein the playing surface has ball receiving receptacles located thereon or therein and wherein the table or gameboard includes conveying troughs, channels, guideways, or other plural chute means for

carrying balls from the receptacles to at least one ball storage rack which is common to at least two of the receptacles.

(1) Note. Usually, all of the pockets are connected by conveying chutes to a common ball storage rack.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

28, for the structural details of a ball receiving pocket located in or on a table or gameboard.