Systems and methods for installing a bowling center on a ship
OwnerColin S. VEITCHinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the placement and installation of a bowling lane or bowling center on a ship. In particular, the invention relates to installing a bowling center on cruise ships.
Claims21
A bowling lane located on a ship.
The bowling lane of claim 1, wherein the ship is a cruise ship.
A bowling center located on a ship comprising a bowling lane and one or more of the group consisting of arcade games, a disk jockey booth, a full bar, a dance floor, a snack bar, and video screens.
An apparatus for stabilizing bowling lanes mounted on a moving surface comprising:
- a bowling surface;
- a bowling surface frame;
- a mounting surface frame;
- one or more bowling surface frame actuators;
- one or more accelerometers;
- one or more gyroscopes;
- and
- a bowling surface frame actuator control system;
- wherein said bowling surface is attached to said bowling surface frame;
- wherein said bowling surface frame is attached to one or more bowling surface frame actuators;
- wherein said bowling surface frame actuators are attached to said mounting surface frame;
- wherein one or more accelerometers are mounted on said bowling surface frame;
- wherein one or more gyroscopes are mounted on said bowling surface frame,
- wherein one or more accelerometers are mounted on said mounting surface frame;
- wherein one or more gyroscopes are mounted on said mounting surface frame;
- and
- wherein said bowling surface frame actuator control system maintains said bowling surface frame motionless relative to the earth using feedback from said bowling surface frame gyroscopes and accelerometers and said mounting surface frame gyroscopes and accelerometers and moving said bowling surface frame actuators.
A method for locating a bowling lane on a ship comprising the steps of:
- locating the bowling lane away from one or more of the group consisting of the bow of the ship, the stern of the ships the starboard edge of the ship, and the port edge of the ship to minimize the transfer of angular and/or translational motion from the ship to the bowling lanes.
A method for locating a bowling lane on a ship comprising the steps of
- locating the longitudinal axis of the bowling lane as close as possible to the lateral axis of the ship to minimize the transfer of angular and/or translational motion from the ship to the bowling lanes.
The method of claim 18, wherein the cruise ship is ocean going.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.