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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7199712 | System for automatically locating and manipulating positions on an object A system for automatically locating positions on an object and uniquely identifying the object employing an electronic tag positioned in or on the object. The system utilizes a plurality of sensors to locate the electronic tag and identify the object, and triangulat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7093810 | Table-mounted bowling scoring unit A generally L-shaped mounting arm has one end for coupling to a bowling scoring unit and an opposite end for extending under a table top and including a mounting flange for securing the opposite end of the arm to the undersurface of the table. In one embodiment, an ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7030736 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) pin detection system An RFID pin detection system includes bowling pins incorporating RFID tags and a pin deck incorporating reader antennas located in positions corresponding to the placement of the bowling pins. A controller energizes the reader antennas to activate RFID tags in those... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6912432 | System and method for remote bowling A bowling system and method for bowlers bowling at different locations in which scores are automatically generated for the bowlers bowling at each of the locations; the scores are communicated among the locations; and the scores are displayed at each location. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6764410 | Consoles for playing and/or scoring games, internet access, and communication A bowling scoring console is disclosed having a housing and a video display monitor mounted in the housing. The console may have one or more of a video game processor, an Internet access device, and a television receiver mounted in the housing and coupled to the dis... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6580954 | Bowling center system A system adapted for use in permitting a bowling game between bowlers at remotely located bowling centers includes pin fall sensors at each bowling center for sensing pin falls caused by balls bowled to knock down pins. Communication circuitry at each bow... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6441724 | Bowling scoring console A scoring system for a bowling center having a plurality of lanes includes scoring consoles equal in number to the number of lanes in the bowling center. Each scoring console includes a housing and an input system in the housing for receiving user input d... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430453 | Bowling center system A system adapted for use in permitting a bowling game between bowlers at remotely located bowling centers includes pin fall sensors at each bowling center for sensing pin falls caused by balls bowled to knock down pins. Communication circuitry at each bow... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6110052 | Apparatus and method for analyzing bowling technique An apparatus including a bowling lane, pins positioned on one end of the bowling lane, a bowling ball adapted to be launched down the bowling lane toward the bowling balls, and a spin detector for determining a spin rate of the bowling ball as the bowling... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6017278 | Bowling game using sets of predetermined pin fall objectives A new bowling game has as its objective, to knock down sets of predetermined pin fall objectives. Each pin fall objective may comprise first and second pin fall counts. Score grids may be used to keep track of game objectives and results. Computer control... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5719548 | Bowling scoring console A scoring system for a bowling center having a plurality of lanes includes scoring consoles equal in number to the number of lanes in the bowling center. Each scoring console includes a housing and an input system in the housing for receiving user input d... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5628692 | Automatic bowling center system A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control uni... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628693 | Automatic bowling center system A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control uni... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626523 | Automatic bowling center system A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pinsetting device for each lane, a pinsetter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control uni... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5523736 | Automated bowling scoring system An automated character-based bowling scoring display system provides voltage level encoding of separate red, green, and blue digital signals into a single analog signal for transmission at a standard transmission frequency or a reduced transmission freque... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5437576 | Combination bowling pinspotter and pinspotter control system and method therefor A combination bowling pinspotter and pinspotter control chassis system is disclosed which provides a bowling pinspotter having circuitry for permitting the spotting of bowling pins and an all solid state pinspotter control chassis coupled to the pinspotte... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5241379 | Automatic bowling scoring system An automatic bowling scoring system comprises the first video camera for taking an image of player's throwing form, the second video camera for taking an image of pins, display means for displaying at least the image of the player's throwing form, the ima... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5198976 | Multifunction interactive automatic bowling alley system utilizing a touch screen console This invention provides an interactive multifunction bowling alley system which utilizes a computer adapted to store information concerning selected bowling alley functions. A touch screen device is located at the patron area for at least selected ones of... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5118105 | Bowling statistics display system A statistical analysis package for a bowling center system provides displays used to analyze bowling ball trajectories. The bowling center system includes a central processing unit having a memory and connected to a ball trajectory unit. The ball trajecto... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5101354 | Multi-lane bowling system with remote operator control A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pin setting device for each lane, a pin setter control unit, a game control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. The game control u... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5071127 | Coin bowling game A coin bowling amusement game is provided having target pins shaped in the form of bowling pins along with a pivotal coin chute, sweeper arm and display operated by a computer program in which coins are inserted into the coin chute and rolled down an encl... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4935721 | Method and apparatus for indicating a strike at bowling alley An apparatus for indicating a strike at bowling alleys has a display board provided with a plurality of displays adapted to show a plurality of symbols thereon, a detector adapted to detect the occurrence of a strike, a microcomputer adapted to determine ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4904981 | Multifunctional basketball game monitoring unit A multifunctional basketball monitoring unit that allows visual display and print out of a total baskets made score and the percentage of total baskets made of total baskets attempted in free throw and goal shooting either under time pressure or with no t... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4824109 | Portable electronic bowling scoring device A computerized bowling device includes a microprocessor, logic and memory that drives a novel display panel. The display panel has a name display region for showing a team's name or a bowler's name and a plurality of primary regions and a final frame regi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4339128 | Bowling ball path indicator with ROM ball path selector A sparemaker display for operation in conjunction with automatic pinspotters is provided in which control signals characteristic of particular standing pin combinations are stored in a read only memory and addressed to control a ball path display upon the... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4302010 | Electronic bowling scoring system with video communication interface between manager console and lane score consoles An automatic bowling scoring system is disclosed including a central manager's console unit linked in parallel over a plurality of communication buses with a plurality of lane score processors having printing and CRT display monitor units. The manager's c... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4225924 | Manual-entry semi-automatic electronic bowling scorer Disclosed herein is a manual-entry electronic bowling scorer utilizing keyboard console. The console has a minimum number of data entry keys for supplying scoring data to a pair of individual CRT scoring displays, associated with a pair of adjacent lanes,... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4109916 | Pinball game with simultaneous projectors An electro-mechanical pinball game which includes an inclined playing board sloped downwardly toward the player which provides a surface for rollingly supporting a suitable ball. A plurality of rocking wafer-type ball repelling bumpers are mounted on the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4092727 | Bowling scorer Scorekeeping means for computing bowling scores is provided having positionable input switches, one for each possible ball to be rolled, for recording ball-by-ball pinfall, strikes and spares; a computing device selectively energized to calculate individu... | 05/30/1978 |
| 3974483 | Time-shareable automatic bowling score computer An automatic scoring system for the game of bowling utilizing 30 scratch memories arranged in 10 successive groups of three, corresponding to the three possible score additions in each of ten successive bowling frames. Input information in the form of suc... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3962699 | Switch closure responsive logic signal generation means A command signal circuit accepting switch input information from a plurality of mechanical switches introducing undesired contact bounce, and providing a single clean output command signal. The circuit accomodates the plurality of input switches with circ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3946312 | Timing apparatus and system A system and method by which antenna type loops are situated at predetermined positions about a race track in which a plurality of contestants are passed sequentially over the loops while carrying a transmitter arranged to transmit a low radio frequency s... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3943646 | Display board construction A display board construction including standards for mounting on a supporting surface, a plurality of carrier members extending between the standards generally normally oriented with respect thereto and connector assemblies removably and slidably mounting... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3931499 | Bowling game counter An apparatus for counting and indicating the number of bowling games played in a bowling establishment having a plurality of lanes, each equipped with an automatic pinsetter. A count of eleven feedback counter provides a single output signal in response t... | 01/06/1976 |
