Table top bowling game

• US 5,772,204 A
• Filed: 04/02/1997
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inga E. Phelps
• Original Assignee: Inga E. Phelps
• Inventors: Phelps, Inga E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US08/829,362
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 273/108, 273/108.1, 273/118 R, 273/DIG. 20, 473/594, 473/595
• US Class Current: 273/108.1
• CPC Class Codes: A63D 3/00 Table bowling games; Miniature bowling-alleys; Bowling games games of pins A63D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/20 Weighted balls

Abstract

A bowling game is made to be played on any flat, smooth table top. Nine bowling pins are arranged in a pattern on the table top in a 3×3 array. A ball is provided having one hemisphere made of lead glued to another hemisphere made of hard wood. The ball is spun toward the array of pins. Scoring is based upon knocking down a particular prescribed pattern of pins and being awarded the number of points corresponding to that pattern and varying between 5 points and 40 points. The first player to earn 100 points wins the game.

Claims

1. A bowling game, comprising:

a) a spherical ball including two hemispheres attached together, one hemisphere made of a relatively lightweight material, another hemisphere made of a relatively heavy material;

b) a plurality of pins arranged in an array on a flat surface and spaced from one another by a distance greater than a diameter of said ball;

c) said ball being spun toward said array in an arcuate path to knock down some of said pins leaving a pattern of pins standing, which pattern corresponds to a particular point award;

d) said game being won by a player achieving a preset total number of points achieved during a series of turns.

2. The game of claim 1, wherein said one hemisphere is made of wood.

3. The game of claim 2, wherein said another hemisphere is made of lead.

4. The game of claim 1, wherein said array comprises 9 pins arranged 3×

3.

5. The game of claim 4, wherein said pattern of pins standing includes 1 pin.

6. The game of claim 4, wherein said pattern of pins standing includes 2 pins.

7. The game of claim 4, wherein said pattern of pins standing includes 3 pins.

8. The game of claim 4, wherein said pattern of pins standing includes 4 pins.

9. The game of claim 4, wherein said pattern of pins standing includes 6 pins.

10. The game of claim 1, wherein said spherical ball is 1 inch in diameter.

11. The game of claim 1, wherein said distance is 2 inches.

12. The game of claim 1, wherein said flat surface comprises a table top.