Bowling scoring apparatus and programming system therefor

Claim 1

IN A BOWLING SCORING SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A BOWLING SCORE SHEET HAVING AT LEAST ONE VERTICALLY ORIENTED PLAYER COLUMN WHICH HAS A PLURALITY OF FRAME SPACES ARRANGED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ON THE SHEET EACH INCLUDING A CUMULATIVE SCORE AREA AND FIRST AND SECOND PINFALL VALUE AREAS; (B) MEANS FOR RECEIVING PINFALL INFORMATION; (C) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID RECEIVING MEANS FOR COMPUTING A BOWLER''S SUCCESSIVE CUMULATIVE SCORES FOR EACH FRAME IN A BOWLING GAME, INCLUDING BONUS VALUES FOR STIKES AND SPARES; (D) PRINTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID COMPUTING MEANS FOR PRINTING FIRST AND SECOND BALL PINFALL VALUES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PINFALL AREAS AND FOR PRINTING THE COMPUTED CUMULATIVE SCORE AREAS ON THE SCORE SHEET; (E) MEANS FOR RELATIVELY MOVING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID PRINTING MEANS IN A DIRECTION TO RELATIVELY ADVANCE THE PRINTING MEANS AND SUPPORTING MEANS PARALLEL TO SAID COLUMN; AND (F) CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID MOVING MEANS TO CAUSE RELATIVE POSITIONING OF SAID PRINTING MEANS AND SAID SUPPORTING MEANS WHEREBY THE PRINTING OF SUCCESSIVE CUMULATIVE SCORES IN THE SUCCESSIVE CUMULATIVE SCORE AREAS MAY BE EFFECTED.