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US 10,539,401 B2Granted
Dynamic hanging target
AssigneeChute Targets, LLC
InventorsMaribeth Jezek, Kyle Lane Albrecht
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Abstract
A disclosed hanging target may include a hanging bracket and a plurality of suspension lines coupled to the hanging bracket. The hanging target may also include a plurality of target holders. A destructible target may be disposed above and carried by a target holder allowing a portion of each suspension line to extend outward around the destructible target. When the destructible target is destroyed by a projectile that hits the destructible target, the portion of each suspension line may rebound to the generally vertical orientation.
Claims19
A hanging target, comprising:
- a hanging bracket;
- a first and a second suspension line coupled to the hanging bracket, the first and the second suspension lines generally parallel with each other in a generally vertical orientation;
- and
- a plurality of target holders including a first target holder and a second target holder, each target holder simultaneously coupled to each of the first and the second suspension lines such that the first target holder is positioned at a first position of the first and the second suspension lines and the second target holder is positioned at a second position of the first and the second suspension lines lower than the first position,
- the target holders configured and placed relative to one another to change a positioning of respective portions of each suspension line of the plurality of suspension lines with respect to one another, including such that when a destructible target is disposed above and carried by the second target holder, the respective portion of each suspension line of the plurality of suspension lines extends outward around the destructible target and such that when the destructible target is destroyed by a projectile that hits the destructible target, the respective portion of each suspension line rebounds to the generally vertical orientation,
- wherein when the destructible target is destroyed, the first target holder is configured to slide downward to abut the second target holder.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a first target holder of a plurality of target holders of a hanging target positioned at a first position of a plurality of suspension lines of the hanging target to a second position of the plurality of suspension lines higher than the first position,
- wherein the plurality of suspension lines coupled to each target holder and a hanging bracket of the hanging target, and the plurality of suspension lines generally parallel with each other in a generally vertical orientation;
- and
- disposing a destructible target at a second target holder of the plurality of target holders between the plurality of suspension lines such that a respective portion of each suspension line of the plurality of suspension lines extends outward around the destructible target and such that when the destructible target is destroyed by a projectile that hits the destructible target, the respective portion of each suspension line rebounds to the generally vertical orientation,
- wherein the second target holder is positioned at a third position of the plurality of suspension lines lower than the first position and below the first target holder.
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A hanging target, comprising:
- a hanging bracket;
- a plurality of suspension lines coupled to the hanging bracket, the plurality of suspension lines generally parallel with each other in a generally vertical orientation;
- and
- a plurality of target holders including a first target holder and a second target holder:
- each target holder coupled to the plurality of suspension lines such that the first target holder is positioned at a first position of the plurality of suspension lines above the second target holder and the second target holder is positioned at a second position of the plurality of suspension lines,
- the first target holder operable to slide downward along the plurality of suspension lines in a generally vertical direction, and
- the second target holder operable to receive destructible targets such that when a first destructible target disposed above and carried by the second target holder is destroyed by a projectile that hits the first destructible target, the first target holder slides downward to abut the second target holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.