Games using tangible projectile – Bowling
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-01
2001-11-20
Pierce, William M. (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Bowling
Reexamination Certificate
active
06319143
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a bowling game and more particularly pertains to continuing rolling bowling balls for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Bowling games of known designs and configurations are known in the prior art. More specifically, bowling games of known designs and configurations previously devised and utilized for the purpose of playing bowling games, scoring and competing through known methods and apparatus are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,834,381 to Brim relates to a Bowling Game Using Sets of Predetermined Pin Fall Objectives. U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,575 to Kosof relates to a Method of Playing a Bowling Game. Lastly, U.S. Pat. No. 6,017,278 to Benko relates to a Method of Playing a Bowling Game.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe continuing rolling bowling balls for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball.
In this respect, the bowling game according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides continuing rolling bowling balls for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved bowling game wherein a player continues rolling bowling balls for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bowling games of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved bowling game. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved bowling game and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a bowling game in which a player continues for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball. A plurality of steps are included. First, prior to initiating play, ten pins are set up in a conventional manner. Then, a player rolls a single first ball and knocks down a first number of pins. The player then records on a pad the number of pins knocked down. Then, before continuing, the pins are set up again in a conventional manner. The player then rolls a second ball and knocks down a second number of pins. The player then records on the pad the number of pins knocked down. The play of the player is then terminated if the number of pins knocked down by the second ball corresponds to the number of pins knocked down by any previous ball. Then, before continuing, the pins are against set up in a conventional manner. The player rolls a third ball and subsequent balls up to ten so long as the number of pins knocked down by any ball does not correspond to the number of pins knocked down by any other prior ball by the player. The number of pins knocked down by each ball is recorded. Any time after rolling the first ball, or any subsequent ball, the player may elect to stop playing and accept a prize in direct proportion to the number of balls rolled prior to stopping or, in the alternative continue and possibly become a loser if a subsequent ball knocks down the number of pins corresponding to a prior ball. Then, a special bonus is awarded to the player if he or she knocks down pins for ten balls in a continuous sequence from ten pins followed by nine pins followed by eight pins followed by seven pins followed by six pins followed by five pins followed by four pins followed by three pins followed by two pins followed by one pin or in the alternative, one pin followed by two pins followed by three pins followed by four pins followed by five pins followed by six pins followed by seven pins followed by eight pins followed by nine pins followed by ten pins.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved bowling game which has all of the advantages of the prior art bowling games of known designs and configurations and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved bowling game which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved bowling game which is of durable and reliable constructions.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved bowling game which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such bowling game economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a bowling game for continuing rolling bowling balls for ten balls or less until the player knocks down the number of pins which he or she has knocked down by a prior ball.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved bowling game method comprising the steps of: setting up ten pins in a conventional manner for a player prior to initiating play; the player rolling a single first ball and knowing down a first number of pins; setting up the pins again in a conventional manner for the player before continuing; the player then rolling a single second ball and knowing down a second number of pins and then terminating play of the player if the number of pins knocked down by the second ball corresponds to the number of pins knocked down by the previous ball; setting up the ten pins again and again in a conventional manner for the player before continuing; and the player rolling a single third ball and then subsequent balls up to ten so long as the number of pins knocked down by any one ball does not correspond to the number of pins knocked d
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