Patent ID: 6077167
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A63B,A63D

Abstract:
An apparatus useful in a game of bowling, the apparatus comprising:a bowling lane having an approach area at one end for permitting a player to roll a bowling ball generally longitudinally along a surface of the lane towards a plurality of standing pins positioned in a predetermined array on a pin deck at an opposing end of the lane, and scoring means for scoring a game based on an amount pins felled by a bowling ball;illuminating means for illuminating a series of images in a transversely sequencing fashion across the lane for viewing by a player during a rolling of a bowling ball towards the standing pins;sensing means operable at a predetermined position along the lane for sensing a bowling ball at a predetermined position; anda processor operable with the illuminating means and the sensing means for enhancing a bowling score initiated by the scoring means.