Billiards cue attachment

Abstract

A billiards cue attachment includes a cue ball having a passageway therein for receiving the tip end of a cue. This arrangement eliminates the need for a player to grasp the shaft of the cue with the bridge hand. Only one hand need be employed to grasp the butt of the cue. The billiards cue attachment also offers an alternative to using a bridge stick for short players who are unable to set a hand bridge close to the cue ball, eliminating the need to hold the cue stick with one hand and the bridge stick with the other hand.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A billiards cue attachment, comprising:
 a cue stick having a tip end and a butt end, the tip end having an internal passage formed therein;   a cue ball having a blind bore defined therein; and   a stud disposed in the blind bore, the stud being removably received in the internal passage formed in the tip end of the cue stick, wherein the cue ball is removably attached to the cue stick.   
     
     
         2 . The billiards cue attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein said internal passage is internally threaded. 
     
     
         3 . The billiards cue attachment according to  claim 2 , wherein said stud is externally threaded, said stud and the internal passage forming a threaded fastener joint. 
     
     
         4 . The billiards cue attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein said cue ball is fabricated from plastic material. 
     
     
         5 . A billiards cue attachment, comprising:
 a cue stick having a tip end and a butt end, the tip end having an internally threaded passage;   a cue ball having a blind bore defined therein;   an externally threaded stud disposed in the blind bore, the stud and the internal passage forming a threaded fastener joint for removable attachment of the cue ball to the cue stick.   
     
     
         6 . The billiards cue attachment according to  claim 5 , wherein said cue ball is fabricated from plastic material. 
     
     
         7 . A billiards kit, comprising:
 a plurality of cue balls of different diametrical sizes, each of the cue balls having a blind bore formed therein; and   an externally threaded stud disposed in the blind bore of each of the cue balls.   
     
     
         8 . The billiards kit according to  claim 7 , wherein each said cue ball is fabricated from plastic material, and wherein the diametrical sizes range from about 28.5 mm to 61.5 mm. 
     
     
         9 . The billiards kit according to  claim 7 , further comprising at least one cue stick having a butt end and a tip end, the tip end having an internally threaded socket disposed therein, the tip end being selectively insertable into the blind bore of each of said cue balls, the threaded socket releasably and alternately mating with the threaded stud of each of said cue balls, whereby said cue balls are selectively and interchangeably fastened to the tip end of the at least one cue stick.