Bowling Ball Patent Canvas Print – Vintage Game Room Wall Art

Description

This canvas print reproduces a 1967 bowling ball patent, the hook-indicator band and finger holes drawn across ten figures on aged parchment. It comes in 11×14 and 16×20 as gallery-wrapped canvas. As a bowling ball patent canvas print it turns a small piece of the game’s equipment history into a wall-sized diagram, drawn exactly as the original plate laid it out.

A 1967 patent set out to help a bowler see a correct hooked delivery at a glance: a dark band running around the ball, with cross-sections showing how the band lines up as the ball rolls. The plate works through the idea figure by figure – the finished ball with its finger and thumb holes, the band on its own, three variations of the band’s edge, and the cutaways that show the angle it was meant to reveal. It reads as plain, patient technical drafting, the kind that turns up in a serious collector’s stack of old equipment patents.

Made in the USA and made to order in our family-owned workshop in Northeast Ohio, each canvas is printed with fade-resistant inks on gallery-wrapped canvas, so the parchment tone and fine line-work hold up on a wall for years. Hung near a trophy shelf or a scorekeeper’s table, it works as bowling decor or bowling ball wall art in a den, a game room, or a home bar, and it stands well on its own as a piece of vintage bowling ball patent print collecting.

Both sizes hang the same way: the canvas holds securely without nails or tools, and removes cleanly without holes or wall damage, so it settles into a house, an apartment, or a rental without any fuss. The classic gallery-wrapped canvas gives it a clean, simple look, and it arrives ready to hang.

A bowling ball patent canvas print like this makes an easy gift for anyone who bowls in a league or just likes the game’s history, or a fitting piece for a den or game room wall of its own. Pick the size and style that fits the space, and bring a piece of bowling history home.

Every order is made and packed by hand in our family shop in Northeast Ohio. We use premium gallery-wrapped canvas, high-quality frame material and fade-resistant inks for both prints and canvas. Each frame is made to order and shipped same or next business day.

Crossroads Home Decor is built around one simple idea: to Inspire, Encourage, and Connect. If you have any questions about this listing or your order, please send us a message — we’re happy to help. Thank you for supporting a small family business.

— Eric & Susan

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