Sectional billiard cue with weighted handle

Claim 1

A BILLIARD CUE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A REAR BUTT PORTION COMPRISING A HANDLE AND A FORWARD SHAFT PORTION HAVING A CUE TIP AT ITS FREE END, ENDS DEFINED ON SAID PORTIONS ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING, AN AXIALLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICAL SOCKET DEFINED IN SAID REAR BUTT PORTION ADJACENT TO AND INTERSECTING SAID END DEFINED ON SAID REAR BUTT PORTION, AN AXILLAY EXTENDING PROJECTION DEFINED ON SAID END OF SAID FORWARD SHAFT PORTION CLOSELY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SOCKET, THE AXIAL LENGTH OF SAID SOCKET BEING GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID PROJECTION, A CYLINDRICAL BODIED WEIGHT WITHIN SAID SOCKET, SAID WEIGHT BODY HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID SOCKET AND PROJECTION, SAID WEIGHT BEING OF AN ELONGATED CONFIGURATION HAVING ENDS, A SCREW PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO AND PROJECTING FROM EACH END OF SAID WEIGHT, THE BODY OF SAID WEIGHT BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF SAID SCREWS, ONE OF SAID SCREWS BEING THREADED INTO SAID REAR BUTT PORTION AND THE OTHER SCREW BEING THREADED INTO SAID FORWARD SHAFT PORTION, SAID WEIGHT AN SCREWS FORMING AN INTEGRAL FASTENING MEMBER MAINTAINING SAID ENDS OF SAID REAR AND FORWARD PORTIONS IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT.