Amf Bowling, Inc.

Kenneth L Hixson

A bowling alley approach section includes a pair of horizontally disposed rectangular panels which are wider than the width of a corresponding lane section. A first of the panels which is adjacent to and abutting the lane section were separated therefrom by a foul line covers an area where a bowler slides in delivering a bowling ball to the lane section of the alley. The first panel is asymmetrical along its longitudinal axis and symmetrical along its transverse axis and includes a graphic representation on its upper surface. A second generally rectangular synthetic panel is aligned with the first panel and abuts the first panel and is aligned along its longitudinal and transverse axis. The panels are supported in a common horizonal plane.

Approach section for a bowling alley

A bowling alley construction includes an approach section, a lane section and a foul line coupling between the approach and lane sections. The foul line has an elongated relatively flat base portion and an upwardly and transversely extending riser which extends across the width of the lane and/or approach section. A synthetic panel abuts one side of the riser and is fastened to one section of the alley through the base portion of the foul line coupling. A method for resurfacing bowling alleys with a synthetic panel and an L or T-shaped foul line coupling is also disclosed. In that method, a proximal end of the synthetic panel is then fastened to one section of the alley and to the base portion of the foul line coupling.

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Mechanicsville, VA, United States of America

Kenneth L Hixson