Abstract: A snake barrier includes a plurality of barrier sections forming a boundary, each barrier section includes material in the form of an upright portion and an overhang portion extending generally perpendicular to the upright portion. A first support brace is removably coupled to a first base plate using a first retainer pin and is secured to the material at a first end of the barrier section. The first support brace includes a first upright member supporting the upright portion and a first overhang support member supporting the overhang portion. A second support brace is removably coupled to a second base plate using a second retainer pin and is secured to the material at a second end of the barrier section opposite the first end, the second support brace includes a second upright member supporting the upright portion and a second overhang support member supporting the overhang portion.

Abstract: An automatic real-time game scoring device and golf club swing analyzer which may include enhanced capability based on GPS parametric and golf course specific information. One aspect of the invention includes the capability to assess a player's swing as a function of ball strike, club information, and length of an actual golf shot. In another aspect of the invention, the device provides for scoring a game as a function of the club used, the shot characteristics, and specific course parameter such as the hole played, game conditions, which may be analyzed during game play, as well as post game. The system presented according to the present invention is capable of adding to an individual's score only actual golf ball shots while ignoring practice swings. For recreational golf, the system allows for user overrides (“whiffs” and “mulligans”) at the golfer's digression.

Abstract: An inflatable barrier for simultaneously substantially enclosing several areas comprising an elongated, hollow barrier member formed of connected elements of flexible substantially fluid impervious material joined to form a continuous configuration of sufficient size and shape to simultaneously demark several areas on a substantially flat surface; and a connector to a source of a fluid and for conducting said fluid into the interior of said hollow barrier member to inflate it, said barrier member having at least one interior transverse element and a plurality of end elements for substantially encompassing at least one of the surrounded areas, and said continuous configuration in the inflated condition supported on said substantially flat surface substantially defining a perimeter surrounding said areas. The barrier is capable of holding signage, and includes enclosures for players in an area.

Abstract: An automatic pinsetter employing magnetically responsive bowling pins, an elevator mechanism for retrieving bowling pins from a pit area adjacent an end portion of a bowling alley and for transporting the same to a pin discharge station above a transfer mechanism. The pins are arranged in bowling array on a transfer mechanism which is thereafter moved horizontally beneath a pinsetting mechanism. The pinsetting mechanism employs magnetic means for elevating the pins, the transfer mechanism is retracted from beneath the pinsetting mechanism, and the latter thereupon deposits the pins on the bowling alley in bowling array. The pinsetting mechanism is also adapted to pick-up and replace remaining upright pins after a first ball has been thrown whether the pins reside in "on spot" or "off spot" positions.