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US 11,441,878 B2Granted
Reactive firearm training target providing visible feedback
OwnerNathan Boringinventor
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Abstract
A hit-indicating target comprising; a layer of polymer material, having a first side and a second side; and a first coating of thermally activated pigment applied to the first side of the layer of polymer material, wherein the first coating has an activation temperature.
Claims13
A method to fabricate a hit-indicating target, the method comprising:
- amalgamating, an elastomeric polymer media and a first visual feedback pigment to form a target, wherein the target has an elastic modulus of a predetermined value and the first visual feedback pigment is substantially homogeneously distributed throughout the elastomeric polymer media and is colored;
- wherein the first visual feedback pigment has a first activation trigger energy value, when the first activation trigger is activated, a visual indication greater than a point of contact is visible based on the energy value generated by an object at the point of contact, and wherein the first visual feedback pigment appears colorless after the activation of the first feedback pigment and the elastomeric polymer media becomes translucent.
A method to fabricate a hit-indicating target, the method comprising:
- forming, a self-healing polymer media, wherein the self-healing polymer media is in a predetermined shape, and has an elastic modulus of a predetermined value;
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- mixing, a visual feedback pigment within the self-healing polymer media, wherein the visual feedback pigment is homogeneously mixed through the self-healing polymer media and changing from a first color to a second color about a point of contact based on a cumulative amount of energy which is transferred from at least one object contacting the target, wherein the second color is translucent.
A method of fabricating a visual indication target, the method comprising:
- mixing a translucent self-healing polymer media with thermochromic pigment wherein the thermochromic pigment is homogeneously distributed throughout the translucent self-healing polymer media and the translucent self-healing polymer media and thermochromic pigment mixture is opaque, and wherein the thermochromic pigment is activated about a point of contact based on energy transferred from an object to the thermochromic pigment through the translucent self-healing polymer media, the thermochromic pigment becomes colorless and the translucent self-healing polymer media becomes translucent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.