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.