Appeal No. 2000-0339 Page 2
Application No. 08/911,933
scoring console is provided for each pair of lanes. Each
console includes at least one display for showing bowling
scores for both lanes and at least one input for receiving
selections related to both lanes. The appellants believe that
such an organization evolved from the manual scoring system in
which bowlers kept their own scores. (Spec. at 1.) More
specifically, they surmise that consoles were placed to
provide a short distance between the scoring area and the ball
return for each pair of lanes. (Id. at 1-2.)
In contrast, the appellants’ invention includes a number
of scoring consoles equal to the number of lanes in a bowling
center; a scoring console is provided for each lane. Each
scoring console includes a display for showing bowling scores
for the associated lane and an input for receiving data
related thereto. The invention offers flexibility in
arranging bowling centers. For example, the consoles may be
placed adjacent a table provided for each lane as shown in
Figure 1 of the appellants’ specification or mounted adjacent
a ball return as shown in Figure 2 of the specification.
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