ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,486, issued on April 7.
"Billiards ball rack" was invented by Robert Matthew Holfels (Jasper, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball rack for positioning and arranging billiards balls is disclosed. The ball rack includes a formation-shaping frame, having a pair of frame arms. Further the formation-shaping frame is coupled to a billiards-ball door. The ball rack further includes a pair of rear portions provided on each respective frame arm. Further a pair of door supports are provided on the pair of the rear portions. Each door support extends upwardly from the pair of frame arms and is configured to receive a door shaft, a door pa...