Games using tangible projectile – Bowling – Handling of pin or pin representation
Patent
1995-09-01
1996-11-19
Pierce, William M.
Games using tangible projectile
Bowling
Handling of pin or pin representation
473116, A63D 508
Patent
active
055757189
ABSTRACT:
A manually operated bowling apparatus is provided for use with a bowling lane and a bowling ball and includes a support assembly which includes leg members which straddle an end portion of the bowling lane assembly. The apparatus also includes an overhead support member supported by the leg members. A tether guide plate is supported by the support assembly at a position between the overhead support member and the bowling lane. The tether guide plate includes ten pin-tether guide apertures arrayed in a triangular pin-set arrangement. A pin guide assembly includes a pin-guide plate suspended by a plurality of flexible support cables from a first winch assembly supported by the overhead support member. The pin-guide plate includes ten pin-guide apertures arrayed in a triangular pin-set arrangement. The pin-tether guide apertures and the pin-guide apertures are in registration with each other. A set of ten bowling pin assemblies are connected to a second winch assembly supported by the overhead support member. Each of the bowling pin assemblies includes a bowling pin member and a pin tether connected between the bowling pin member and the second winch assembly. The pin tethers are threaded from the bowling pin members through the pin-guide apertures and through the pin-tether guide apertures before connection to the second winch assembly. The first winch assembly controls raising and lowering of the pin-guide plate. The second winch assembly controls raising and lowering the bowling pin members.
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