Manually operated bowling apparatus

A manually operated bowling apparatus for use with a bowling lane assembly and a bowling ball, comprising:

• a support assembly which includes leg members and which includes an overhead support member which is supported in an elevated position by said leg members,
• a tether guide plate supported by said support assembly at a position below said overhead support member, wherein said tether guide plate includes ten pin-tether guide apertures arrayed in a first triangular pin-set arrangement of one, two, three, and four apertures in four respective lines,
• a first winch assembly supported by said overhead support member of said support assembly,
• a pin guide assembly supported by said first winch assembly, wherein said pin guide assembly includes a pin-guide plate suspended by a plurality of flexible support cables from said first winch assembly, wherein said pin-guide plate includes ten pin-guide apertures arrayed in a second triangular pin-set arrangement of one, two, three, and four apertures in four respective lines, wherein said pin-tether guide apertures and said pin-guide apertures are in registration with each other,
• a second winch assembly supported by said overhead support member of said support assembly, and
• a set of ten bowling pin assemblies connected to said second winch assembly, wherein each of said bowling pin assemblies includes a bowling pin member and a pin tether connected between said bowling pin member and said second winch assembly, wherein said pin tethers are threaded from said bowling pin members through said pin-guide apertures in said pin-guide plate and through said pin-tether guide apertures in said tether guide plate before connection to said overhead support member of said support assembly,
• wherein said first winch assembly is connected to said flexible support cables for controlling raising and lowering of said pin-guide plate, and
• wherein said second winch assembly is connected to said pin tethers for controlling raising said bowling pin members into said pin-guide apertures for aligning said bowling pin members in said second triangular pin-set arrangement, and wherein said second winch assembly is for lowering said bowling pin members back onto the bowling lane assembly.