US 12,134,026 B2
Systems and methods for masking pinsetters of bowling lanes
Michael Bovino, Cherry Hill, NJ (US)
Assigned to DFX: SOUND VISION, West Berlin, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/758,255
Filed by DFX: Sound Vision, West Berlin, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/067238
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/138281, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,891, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021367 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A63D 5/04 (2006.01); A63D 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A63D 5/04 (2013.01) [A63D 5/08 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for masking pinsetters of a bowling center, comprising:
a first modular masking unit comprising a first array of displays structurally supported by a first support frame mounted to a ground, the first array of displays masking pinsetters for a first pair of bowling lanes; and
a second modular masking unit connected to the first modular masking unit and comprising a second array of displays structurally supported by a second support frame mounted to the ground, the second array of displays masking pinsetters for a second pair of bowling lanes adjacent to the first pair of bowling lanes;
wherein each of the first and second support frames comprise:
a right side vertical support member configured to facilitate vertical support of the first or second array of displays;
a left side vertical support member configured to facilitate vertical support of the first or second array of displays;
a right side vertical mounting leg coupled to the right side vertical support member and the ground, and comprising a right-side vertically telescoping sub-post configured to facilitate a height adjustment of the right side vertical support member;
a left side vertical mounting leg coupled to the left side vertical support member and the ground, and comprising a left-side vertically telescoping sub-post configured to facilitate a height adjustment of the left side vertical support member;
a horizontal support member that extends between the right side vertical mounting leg and the left side vertical mounting leg and configured to support at least one display of the first or second array of displays from directly beneath, wherein the horizontal support member comprises a plurality of additional couplers protruding out and away from a top surface thereof and configured to mechanically couple at least one display of the first or second array of displays to the horizontal support member;
at least one elongate bar extending between the right side vertical support member and the left side vertical support member; and
at least one rigid strut bar extending forward from the at least one elongate bar and coupled between the at least one elongate bar and the rear of the first or second array of displays;
wherein the first and second modular masking units are configured for selective use as two media display systems independent of each other at a first time and for selective use collectively as a single media display system at a second different time; and
wherein the first support frame and the second support frame each comprise at least one sub-post configured to telescope in a substantially vertical direction to permit height adjustments between the respective first or second array of displays and the ground.