A63D 5/02
Apparatus for trapping or lifting the balls
Official title: Apparatus for trapping or lifting the balls; Separate devices for returning the balls
A63D5/02 (Apparatus for trapping or lifting the balls) appears on 43 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63D- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 3 Jan 2023
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| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for preventing ball return stops in bowling pinsetter machines3 Jan 2023US 11,541,300 B2
- Robotic device and method for setting up at least one bowling pin8 Mar 2022US 11,266,902 B2Pin Marketing Sl
- Bowling ball ramp including embedded lighting and/or sound12 Jan 2021US 10,888,765 B2
- Bowling ball and pin separator24 Nov 2015US 9,192,851 B2
- Bowling ball elevating assembly for an automatic pinsetter7 Apr 2015US 8,998,736 B2Kegel, LLC
- A Modular Bowl In One Game6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224971 A1
- Ball Accelerator Device for use with a Ball Lift Assembly12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041990 A1
- Training and/or amusement device3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108278 A1Lynxsport GmbH
- Apparatus and Method For Preventing Ball Return Stops In Bowling Pinsetter Machines16 Sep 2021US 2021/0283492 A1
- Personal Bowling Equipment29 Apr 2021US 2021/0121770 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ten pin bowling apparatus10US 5,039,095 A1991
- Method and apparatus for controlling a bowling ball lift mechanism9US 4,770,417 A1988
- Bowling ball lifting apparatus8US 5,076,582 AAMF Bowling, Inc. · 1991
- Portable bowling alley with ball return8US 5,374,220 A1994
- Offset motor mount adaptor device8US 7,104,896 B2WWM Enterprises, Inc. · 2006