Bowling ball path indicator

Claim 1

IN A BALL PATH INDICATING SYSTEM FOR A BOWLING LANE OF THE TYPE HAVING MEANS FOR DETECTING THE IDENTITY OF STANDING PINS ON A PIN DECK, AN OPTIMUM BALL PATH SELECTION COMPUTER AND INDICATING MEANS HAVING SELECTABLE INDICIA WITH ACTUATING MEANS FOR EACH INDICIA ENERGIZED BY SAID COMPUTER TO INDICATE THE OPTIMUM BALL PATH FOR A SELECTED PIN COMBINATION, SAID COMPUTER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PIN COMBINATION CIRCUITS EACH REPRESENTATIVE OF A SELECTED STANDING PIN COMBINATION AND HAVING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE STATES WITH ONE OF SAID CIRCUITS BEING SELECTIVELY ACTIVATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PIN POSITION AND TOTALS INFORMATION FOR A CORRESPONDING DETECTED PIN COMBINATION, EACH OF SAID PIN COMBINATION CIRCUITS BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID INDICIA ACTUATION MEANS, AND OPERATIVE WHEN ACTIVATED TO ENERGIZE SAID ASSOCIATED INDICIA ACTUATING MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PIN COMBINATION CIRCUITS AND OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE DETECTED PRESENCE OF CERTAIN SELECTED STANDING PINS AMONG A GROUP OF STANDING PINS AND ABSENCE OF CERTAIN OTHER SELECTED STANDING PINS FOR CONDITIONING SAID CIRCUIT FOR ACTIVATION REGARDLESS OF THE DETECTED PRESENCE OF ADDITIONAL STANDING PINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOTH SELECTED STANDING AND FALLEN PINS.