Appeal No. 97-4004
Application 08/459,417
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellants’ invention pertains to a bowling apparatus, a
method of bowling in low ambient light and a method of training a
bowler. Independent claims 1, 15 and 24 are further illustrative
of the appealed subject matter and read as follows:
1. A bowling apparatus for bowling in low ambient light,
said bowling apparatus comprising:
a room containing a plurality of fluorescent
bowling lanes wherein at least a portion of a
surface of each said fluorescent bowling lane is
fluorescent;
a rack of bowling pins positioned in each said
fluorescent bowling lane, at least one of said
pins of said rack having at least a partially
fluorescent exterior surface;
a bowling ball; and
a means for subjecting said room and each said
fluorescent bowling lane and said rack of pins to
ultraviolet light.
15. A method of bowling in low ambient light in a room
containing a plurality of fluorescent bowling lanes, said
method comprising:
providing at least one bowling pin having at least
a partially fluorescent exterior of a rack of
bowling pins for each said fluorescent bowling
lane;
coating at least portions of each said fluorescent
bowling lane with fluorescent material; and
illuminating said room and each said fluorescent
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