Bowling target

Claim 1

A portable target for use in a bowling game, in which one or more balls are rolled by each player, the face of said target being on a plane that is inclined with respect to the horizontal surface on which the target may be placed, and the front of said target face being located towards the intersection of the plane of the target face and the plane of the surface on which the target is located, with a concave groove formed in the face of said target of an irregular circular shape thaT encircles the central target face area, with a concave recess formed in the face of said target in the central target face area, together with a first ramp located in front of a portion of said irregular circular groove so as to deflect a ball, riding up the ramp, to jump over the said irregular circular groove, with a second ramp, inclined generally parallel to the first said ramp, placed on the other side of the said irregular circular groove opposite to the first ramp so as to prevent a ball which has jumped over the second ramp from rolling back down the inclined target face into the said irregular circular groove, and with raised walls mounted to the sides and rear of the target face so as to prevent a bowled ball from rolling off the sides or rear of the target face, with the rear wall curved in the vertical plane so that the middle portion of the rear wall protrudes forward to a pointed shape in the mid-section of the rear wall, with the rear wall curving backwards from said protrusion on each side of said protrusion to the halfway point between the protrusion and either side of the target face, and then curving forwards again as the rear wall surface joins the side wall surface, so that the path of a ball which is rolled to the target face along the inner side of either side wall is curved by the shape of the rear wall to cause said ball, if it is traveling with sufficient velocity, to reverse its direction and to roll forward towards the central section of the target face.