US Patent 7229360 Table which can be converted into a billiard table

The invention relates to a table (1) which can be converted into a billiard table, of the type comprising a rectangular fixed frame which is provided with vertical support feet (11) and which surrounds a rectangular central plate (13) which is covered with a cloth and which is carried by the fixed frame, and a rectangular movable frame (20) which is arranged above the fixed frame and which carries internally an assembly of rebound bands. The movable frame (20) can be displaced vertically between a lower position, forming a table, and two upper positions, in which the inner edge of the assembly of bands is, relative to the central plate, at a height for American billiards, then at a height for French billiards, respectively.