Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Antebellum Billiard Table Patents

Here is a list of early Billiard Table Patents (pre-Civil War), developed from the USPTO annual reports in the New York State Library. (Click patent number to link to online patent records)

Patent Title Inventor Location Issued
6,613X Cushions for Billiard-Tables A. Bassford New York Jul 20, 1831
5,952 Cushion for Billiard-Tables A. Bassford New York Dec. 5, 1848
14,290 Billiard-Table Cushion M. Phelen New York Feb 19, 1856
15,994 Billiard-Table Cushion W.B. Carpenter New York Oct 28, 1856
18,799 Billiard-Table Cushion J.M. Brunswick Cincinnati Dec. 8, 1857
18,805 Billiard-Table Cushion H.W. Collender New York Dec. 8, 1857
18,841 Billiard-Table Cushion L. Decker Bergen, NJ Dec 15, 1857
19,074 Cushion for Billiard-Tables H.W. Collender New York Jan 12, 1858
19,101 Cushion for Billiard-Tables M. Phelen New York Jan 12, 1858
19,546 Billiard-Table Top or Bed C. Croley Cincinnati Mar. 9, 1858
19,755 Folding Billiard-Table C. Croley Cincinnati Mar 30, 1858
20,156 Billiard-Table Cushion G. W. Holman New York May 4, 1858
20,548 Pocket-Supporter for Billiard-Tables J. E. Came Boston Jun 15, 1858
21,159 Billiard-Cushion W. K. Winant Brooklyn Aug 10, 1858
22,001 Billiard-Table D. D. Winant New York Nov. 2, 1858
22,020 Cushions for Billiard-Tables L. Decker Bergen, NJ Nov. 9, 1858
22,064 Billiard-Table H.W. Collender New York Nov 16, 1858
22,263 Billiard-Table Cushion J. E. Came Boston Dec. 7, 1858
23,340 Cushion for Billiard-Tables A. Bassford New York Mar 29, 1859
23,341 Cushion-Rail for Billiard-Tables A. Bassford New York Mar 29, 1859
23,458 Billiard-Table F. Fedderke New York Apr. 5, 1859
23,350 Improvement in Billiard-Table Cushions H.W. Collender New York Mar 29, 1859
24,279 Pocket-Handle for Billiard-Tables J.M. Brunswick Cincinnati Jun. 7, 1859
26,128 Billiard-Table Cushion G. D. Sharp New York Nov 15, 1859

List excludes Reissues. While there is at least one billiard table maker in Upstate New York during this time (Jeramiah Staats of Buffalo), all the NY patents were coming from New York City.

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