Method of making a plastic-coated bowling pin

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING A PLASTIC COATED PIN COMPRISING: A. PROVIDING A WOOD BOWLING PIN HAVING, HEAD, NECK AND BELLY PORTIONS OF PREDETERMINED SIZE AND SHAPE; B. PROVIDING AN ELONGATE POROUS ELASTIC TUBULAR FABRIC COVER COMPOSED OF INTERLINKED FIBERS AND FASHIONED WITH NECK AND UPPER AND LOWE BELLY PORTIONS WITH THE NECK AND UPPER BELLY PORTIONS PREFORMED SO THAT, WHEN THEY ARE RELAXED, THEY RESPECTIVELY APPROXIMATE THE SHAPE AND DIAMETRIC SIZES OF THE NECK AND UPPER BELLY PORTIONS OF SAID BOWLING PIN, SAID COVER BEING MADE ON A SMALLER LONGITUDINAL SCALE OF SUCH PREDETERMINED PROPORTION THAT IS ELASTICITY RENDERS ITS AFORESAID NECK AND BELLY PORTIONS LONGITUDINALLY STRETCHABLE AND DIAMETRICALLY VARIABLE INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE POSITION AND SIZE OF THE CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF SAID PIN; C. MOUNTING SAID COVER OVER SAID PIN; D. STRETCHING SAID COVER LONGITUDINALLY TO CAUSE ITS NECK, UPPER AND LOWER BELLY PORTIONS TO ENGAGE THE CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF SAID PIN SNUGLY; E. ANCHORING SAID COVER IN LONGITUDINALLY STRETCHED CONDITION ON SAID PIN; AND F. APPLYING A LIQUID PLASTIC COATING TO SAID COVER.