Systems and methods for installing a bowling center on a ship

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.

1 . A bowling lane located on a ship. 
   
   
       1 . The bowling lane of  claim 1 , wherein the ship is a cruise ship. 
   
   
       2 . The bowling lane of  claim 1 , wherein the ship is ocean going. 
   
   
       3 . 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. 
   
   
       4 . 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.   
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the stabilization system uses solid state digital gyroscopes. 
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the stabilization system uses solid state digital accelerometers. 
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said stabilization system uses hydraulic actuators for said bowling surface frame actuators. 
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said stabilization system uses pneumatic actuators for said bowling surface frame actuators. 
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said stabilization system uses electric actuators for said bowling surface frame actuators. 
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said bowling surface frame actuator control system is loaded with a program to move said bowling surface frame actuators in response to inputs from said accelerometers and gyroscopes. 
   
   
       11 . 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.   
   
   
       12 . 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.   
   
   
       13 . A method for stabilizing a bowling lane comprising the steps of using the apparatus of  claim 5 . 
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the moving surface is a ship. 
   
   
       15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the ship is a cruise ship. 
   
   
       16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the cruise ship is ocean going. 
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the ship is a cruise ship. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the cruise ship is ocean going. 
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the ship is a cruise ship. 
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the cruise ship is ocean going.