Abstract: A bowling system comprises a pinspotter system including at least a sweep assembly and a braking system coupled thereto which provides a brake for the sweep assembly. The system further includes a plurality of sensors which sense parameters associated with the pinspotter system and the braking system. A centralized control system centralizes operational processes of the pinspotter system by receiving at least one input based on the sensed parameters from at least one of plurality of sensors and, in response to the at least one the input, produces at least one output signal to control operations of the pinspotter system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 23, 2005
Publication date:
December 29, 2005
Applicant:
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew Popielarz, LeRoy Warren, Samuel Namala, Edward Hibbard
Abstract: A furniture unit that includes a substantially triangular table and a first and second plurality of seats fixedly attached along two sides of the table. A directional view of the third side of the table is unobstructed as viewed from any of the first and second plurality of seats. A support structure is provided that maintains the table and the first and second plurality of seats at a certain distance and provides for unobstructed leg-area. A third set of seats may be provided along each of the three sides of the substantially triangular table and may be interconnected by a support structure that provides a substantially unobstructed ingress and egress to each seat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2005
Assignee:
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.
Inventors:
Gary J. Ford, William Bredlow, Brian Williamson