Patents by Inventor David L. Mowers

David L. Mowers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6764410
    Abstract: A bowling scoring console is disclosed having a housing and a video display monitor mounted in the housing. The console may have one or more of a video game processor, an Internet access device, and a television receiver mounted in the housing and coupled to the display monitor. Methods are also disclosed for using a video game device and an Internet access device in a bowler staging area of a bowling center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Apple, Roland C. Bouchard, Gary A. Brouwers, Michael A. Cutlip, David L. Mowers, Robert J. Prinz, Troy A. Recknagel, Timothy J. Ryan
  • Publication number: 20020147514
    Abstract: A bowling scoring console is disclosed having a housing and a video display monitor mounted in the housing. The console may have one or more of a video game processor, an Internet access device, and a television receiver mounted in the housing and coupled to the display monitor. Methods are also disclosed for using a video game device and an Internet access device in a bowler staging area of a bowling center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: David L. Apple, Roland C. Bouchard, Gary A. Brouwers, Michael A. Cutlip, David L. Mowers, Robert J. Prinz, Troy A. Recknagel, Timothy J. Ryan
  • Patent number: 5709607
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control unit is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automatically operating the pinsetter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane, which patterns may comprise any array of pins. The game control unit responsive to pin fall data received from the gamesetter generates scoring information which is displayed using video graphic displays on the overhead monitors. The game control program can be any one of a plurality of different game programs which may be downloaded to the memory from a memory associated with the manager's control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, David J. Mueller, Gerald Apffel Pierce, David C. Wyland
  • Patent number: 5628692
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control unit is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automatically operating the pinsetter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane, which patterns may comprise any array of pins. The game control unit responsive to pin fall data received from the gamesetter generates scoring information which is displayed using video graphic displays on the overhead monitors. The game control program can be any one of a plurality of different game programs which may be downloaded to the memory from a memory associated with the manager's control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, Santo A. Lamantia, Bruce N. Alleshouse, Victor S. Barczyk, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland
  • Patent number: 5628693
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control unit is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automatically operating the pinsetter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane, which patterns may comprise any array of pins. The game control unit responsive to pin fall data received from the gamesetter generates scoring information which is displayed using video graphic displays on the overhead monitors. The game control program can be any one of a plurality of different game programs which may be downloaded to the memory from a memory associated with the manager's control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, Santo A. LaMantia, David J. Mueller, Victor S. Barczyk, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland
  • Patent number: 5626523
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control unit is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automatically operating the pinsetter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane, which patterns may comprise any array of pins. The game control unit responsive to pin fall data received from the gamesetter generates scoring information which is displayed using video graphic displays on the overhead monitors. The game control program can be any one of a plurality of different game programs which may be downloaded to the memory from a memory associated with the manager's control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, David J. Mueller, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland
  • Patent number: 5450318
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of bowling lanes and a plurality of bowling scoring systems each connected to a manager's control system. A video distribution system includes a memory device for storing data representing a plurality of video segments and generating video signals. A plurality of video display terminals are remotely located from the manager's control system and are operable to display video information responsive to a received video signal. A video communication network connects to the memory device and the display terminals. The manager's control system responds to a selection for a particular video segment to transmit a video signal to convey video segment information responsive to data read from the memory device to a selected one of the video display terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, Santo A. LaMantia, Bruce N. Alleshouse, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland
  • Patent number: 5255185
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pin setting device for each lane, a pin setter control unit, a game scoring control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. A manager's control system provides accounting control over the bowling center system and is operable to communicate with a selected game control unit as necessary. A plurality of remote terminals are provided associated with selected ones of the lane pair control systems. Each remote terminal system includes a keyboard and a display monitor. The remote terminal operates under the control of the game unit to allow a user thereof to enter requests for video displays. The video displays include, the example, ball trajectory displays which illustrate the path of the ball in the bowling lane, or dynamic displays, such as for training, generated by video source devices associated with the manager's control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, Santo A. Lamantia, David J. Mueller, Bruce N. Alleshouse, Victor S. Barczyk, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland, Lawrence E. Demar, Paul G. Dussault
  • Patent number: 5118105
    Abstract: A statistical analysis package for a bowling center system provides displays used to analyze bowling ball trajectories. The bowling center system includes a central processing unit having a memory and connected to a ball trajectory unit. The ball trajectory unit generates information representing the trajectory of a bowling ball in a lane which is stored in the processing unit memory. The processing unit memory is operable in response to a user request for selecting trajectory information to develop statistical graphs illustrating historical tendencies at a select trajectory position for display on a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: Ted E. Brim, Michael G. Gautraud, David L. Mowers, Gary Dudzinski
  • Patent number: 5101354
    Abstract: A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pin setting device for each lane, a pin setter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control unit is operable under the control of a game control program stored in a memory for automatically operating the pin setter control units during game play to selectively set a sequence of pin patterns on the lane. A manager's control system is coupled to each of the lane pair control systems and includes a bowler input station similar to the game control unit bowler input station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billards Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Mowers, Santo A. Lamantia, David J. Mueller, Bruce N. Alleshouse, Victor Barczyk, Gerald A. Pierce, David C. Wyland, Lawrence E. Demar, Paul G. Dussault