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US 6,712,713 B1Granted
Fascia and shoe molding for a bowling center and method
OwnerDonald J. Lundgreninventor
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Abstract
In the form of a cover for the edge of an approach at a bowling center with a fascia or shoe molding composition in the form of a synthetic polymer, preferably black in color, suitable for use in a bowling center, a glow rod or a glow dowel may be set in the synthetic polymer, in order to permit bowling under a black system.
Claims15
A fascia and shoe molding for use in a bowling center comprising:
- (a) a high impact polymer forming the fascia and shoe molding;
- (b) the high impact polymer providing a durable version of the fascia and shoe molding;
- (c) the high impact polymer being secured next to at least one lane in a bowling center;
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- (d) the high impact polymer having a different color than the at least one lane in order to provide a safety factor and a decorative factor;
- (e) the fascia having at least one glow rod mounted therein;
- (f) the glow rod having a visible color when subjected to a black light system;
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- (g) the glow rod providing visibility in the bowling center.
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A method of forming fascia and shoe molding for use in a bowling center comprising:
- (a) cutting a piece of high impact plastic to a desired shape to form a plain fascia;
- (b) securing a glowable material adapted to glow under a black light to the piece of high impact plastic in order to convert the plain fascia into a glowable fascia;
- (c) mounting the glowable fascia in the bowling center;
- (d) forming a groove in the plain fascia;
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- (e) securing a glow rod in the groove in order to convert the plain fascia into the glowable fascia.
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A fascia and shoe molding for use in a bowling center comprising:
- (a) a high impact polymer forming the fascia and shoe molding;
- (b) the fascia and shoe molding including a face board and a molding strip;
- (c) the high impact polymer for the face board being about two to three centimeters thick, about 20 to 40 centimeters wide and about three to four meters long;
- (d) the molding strip being a shaped piece of the high impact polymer;
- (e) the fascia having a glow rod mounted therein;
- (f) the glow rod having a visible color when subjected to a black light system;
- (g) the glow rod providing visibility in the bowling center;
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- (h) the high impact polymer being next to at least one lane in a bowling center.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.