US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 23
.~.~.~.~ With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed

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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  DF  .~.~.~ With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack {4}
23.~.~.~.~ With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/23

With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed:

(under subclass 22) Subject matter wherein the table or gameboard includes means associated therewith to detect that a ball has been pocketed during play of the game; the game further utilizing a set of balls in which each ball has a detectable characteristic which is different from the characteristic of every other ball of the set; and wherein the detection means further includes means to determine the particular characteristic and therefor the identity of each ball from every other ball that is pocketed.