Amf Bowling, Inc.

Innovative Products Incorporated

Kent L Widrick

Winston Sanders

John H Ross

Darrin Bryant

John Madsen

John D Ross

Leonard Pauley

An ice rink defines a predetermined shape and includes a source of black and/or white light for illuminating the surface of the rink. In one form, the rink includes a plurality of rectangular synthetic panels and a plurality of adjusting elements for forcing the panels tightly together and for compensating for changes in temperature. The panels also include a plurality of grooves and a plurality of metal splines which are dimensioned to fit into the grooves of adjacent panels to provide a smooth skating surface.

Ice rink

A bowling alley bumper system includes a pair of elongated bumpers extending along the length of an alley for guarding the gutters of a bowling alley when the bumpers are in an extended or guarding position. Each of the bumpers also includes a string of lights within a clear plastic rail which is disposed along an upper portion of the bumper. A controller is provided for pulsing the lights along each of the bumpers to produce a 'chase' or other visual effect. For example, the controller may be used to illuminate the first, fourth, seventh, etc. lights in a string, followed by the illumination of the second, fifth, eighth, etc., lights, and then the third, sixth, ninth, etc., lights to give the appearance of moving down the alley. A controller may also be used to regulate the illumination of the lights across adjacent alleys.

Bowling alley bumper system for producing visual effects

A bowling alley bumper system which can be used for conventional bowling and for bumper bowling is disclosed. The bowling alley bumper system includes a pair of gutters having longitudinally extending portions and spring biased extending and retracting mechanisms for moving those portions (bumpers) into an extended position to prevent a bowling ball from falling into a gutter and downwardly into a retracted position which allows bowling balls to fall into and roll along one of the gutters. In one embodiment, the portion is moved upwardly or downwardly along an arc in an XZ plane with little or no lateral movement, and the spring biased mechanism retains the bumpers in their extended and retracted positions. The spring biased mechanism also causes the bumpers to 'pop-up' when moved out of the recessed position.

Spring biased bumper bowling system

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Castorland, NY, United States of America

Kent L Widrick