Bowling pin and method of making same

Claim 1

A BOWLING PIN OF STANDARD SIZE AND SHAPE INCLUDING A CORE HAVING HEAD, NECK, AND BASE PORTIONS, POSITIONED SUCCESSIVELY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PIN, AND A LAYER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTIGUOUSLY ARRANGED FIRST FILAMENTS WOUND IN THE HOOP DIRECTION OVER SAID BELLY PORTION, WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES: (A) A PLURALITY OF LAYERS OF SECOND FILAMENTS WOUND SUCCESSIVELY OVER AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID FIRST FILAMENTS AND EXTENDING ONTO SAID NECK AND BASE PORTIONS, THE FILAMENTS OF EACH SUCCESSIVE LAYER LYING ACROSS THE FILAMENTS OF THE NEXT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED LAYER AND HELICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PIN; AND (B) THERMOSETTING RESIN HOLDING SAID FILAMENTS IN POSITION AS A UNITARY STRUCTURE ON SAID PIN.

Claim 3

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A BOWLING PIN COMPRISING THE STEPS: (A) SHAPING MATERIAL TO FORM A BOWLING PIN CORE WITH HEAD, NECK, BELLY AND BASE PORTIONS; THE BELLY AND A PORTION OF THE BASE AND NECK BEING SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN SIZE THAN THAT OF A STANDARD FASHION PIN; (B) APPLYING A FIRST LAYER COMPRISED OF A FIRST PLURALITY OF RESIN IMPREGNATED CONTIGUOUSLY ARRANGED FILAMENTS TO SAID BELLY PORTION IN THE HOOP DIRECTION THEREOF; (C) APPLYING OVER SAID FIRST LAYER A PLURALITY OF LAYERS OF OTHER FILAMENTS, EACH COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF SECOND RESIN IMPREGNATED FILAMENTS, SAID SECOND FILAMENTS BEING ARRANGED HELICALLY ON SAID SHAPED MATERIAL AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID FIRST LAYER, WITH THE FILAMENTS OF SUCCESSIVE LAYERS LYING ACROSS THE FILAMENTS OF THE NEXT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED LAYER, SAID OTHER LAYERS OF FILAMENTS TERMINATING ON THE NECK AND BASE PORTIONS; (D) CURING SAID RESIN.

Claim 4

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A BOWLING PIN COMPRISING THE STEPS: (A) SHAPING MATERIAL TO FORM A BOWLING PIN CORE WITH HEAD, NECK, BELLY AND BASE PORTIONS; THE BELLY AND A PORTION OF THE BASE AND NECK BEING SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN SIZE THAN THAT OF A STANDARD FASHION PIN; (B) APPLYING A FIRST LAYER COMPRISED OF A FIRST PLURALITY OF RESIN IMPREGNATED CONTIGUOUSLY ARRANGED FILAMENTS TO SAID BELLY PORTION IN THE HOOP DIRECTION THEREOF; (C) APPLYING OVER SAID FIRST LAYER A PLURALITY OF LAYERS OF OTHER FILAMENTS, EACH COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF SECOND RESIN IMPREGNATED FILAMENTS, SAID SECOND FILAMENTS BEING ARRANGED HELICALLY ON SAID SHAPED MATERIAL AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID FIRST LAYER, WITH THE FILAMENTS OF SUCCESSIVE LAYERS LYING ACROSS THE FILAMENTS OF THE NEXT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED LAYER, SAID OTHER LAYERS OF FILAMENTS TERMINATING ON THE NECK AND BASE PORTIONS; (D) CURING SAID RESIN.