Games using tangible projectile – Bowling – Ball handling or diverting means
Patent
1994-04-19
1995-07-25
Millin, V.
Games using tangible projectile
Bowling
Ball handling or diverting means
473 55, A63D 500
Patent
active
054357888
ABSTRACT:
An improved bowling lane, which is convertible from a form suitable for conventional bowling to a form suitable for bumper (carom) bowling, includes a series of lane cross-supports, a bowling bed having an approach and foul line at one end and a pin deck at the other end thereof; an elongated concave gutter abutting each side of the bed; an elongated channel within each said gutter disposed parallel to and a distance of less than one-half the diameter of a bowling ball from the edge of said bed; rigid elongated members slidably disposed within each channel; and, means to raise and lower said rigid elongated members.
In the preferred embodiment the improved bowling lane has elongated channels disposed within each gutter, abutting the lateral edges of the bowling bed. Slidably disposed in said channels are rigid elongated members having an upper surface of a matching color and contour of the gutter. In said preferred embodiment, the lower surface of said elements are notched at intersecting cross-supports, on which said elements rest. At least one side of each notch is sloped so that longitudinal movement of said elements, within the elongated channel, causes the elements to slide upward on said cross-supports, into a position suitable for bumper bowling.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3401933 (1968-09-01), Conklin et al.
patent: 4792136 (1988-12-01), Dulisse
patent: 5181716 (1993-01-01), Stephens
Lemoine, Jr. Joseph L.
Millin V.
Pierce William M.
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