Back to results
US 11,885,599 B2Granted
Shooting target thrower
AssigneeAOB Products Company
InventorsPaul Coryell, Michael Lindsay, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target includes a throwing arm rotatable about a throwing axis to throw the shooting target. A throwing spring is operatively coupled to the throwing arm and rotates the throwing arm to throw the shooting target. A drive train is operatively coupled to the throwing arm and includes a charge pedal and a fire pedal. The charge pedal rotates the throwing arm toward a cocked position. The fire pedal releases the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position to throw the shooting target.
Claims44
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring arranged to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- and
- a drive train operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the drive train including:
- a charge pedal configured to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position to the cocked position;
- and
- a fire pedal configured to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- wherein the charge pedal is selectively operable in a fire mode in which the charge pedal is configured to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target.
6 more elements
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis in a first direction from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring configured to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- and
- a drive train operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the drive train including:
- a charge pedal configured to be operated by a foot of a user to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position to the cocked position and to charge the throwing spring;
- and
- a ratchet configured to permit the throwing arm to rotate in the first direction about the throwing axis and configured to impede rotation of the throwing arm in a second direction about the throwing axis opposite the first direction.
5 more elements
A clay shooting target thrower for throwing a clay shooting target, the clay shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the clay shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring arranged to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a charge pedal supported by the frame and configured to be operated by a foot of a user to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position toward the cocked position;
- and
- a fire pedal supported by the frame and being configured to be movable by the foot of the user to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a hopper configured to be supported by the frame to store a plurality of clay shooting targets to be fed to the throwing arm;
- and
- a target feeder configured to feed the plurality of clay shooting targets, one at a time, to the throwing arm;
- wherein the charge pedal is selectively operable in a fire mode in which the charge pedal is configured to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the clay shooting target.
7 more elements
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring arranged to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- and
- a drive train operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the drive train including:
- a charge pedal configured to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position to the cocked position;
- and
- a fire pedal configured to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a throwing arm stop configured to engage the throwing arm when the throwing arm is in the cocked position.
6 more elements
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring configured to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a throwing arm stop arranged to engage the throwing arm when the throwing arm is in the cocked position to hold the throwing arm in the cocked position;
- and
- a drive train operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the drive train including:
- a charge pedal configured to be operated by a foot of a user to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position to the cocked position and to charge the throwing spring.
4 more elements
A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring configured to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- and
- a drive train operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the drive train including:
- a charge pedal configured to be operated by a foot of a user to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position to the cocked position and to charge the throwing spring;
- wherein the charge pedal is moveable downward in a charging stroke and upward in a return stroke, and the charge pedal is configured to, in the charging stroke, move the throwing arm toward the cocked position and to charge the throwing spring, and in the return stroke release the throwing arm to permit the throwing arm to rotate about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target.
4 more elements
A clay shooting target thrower for throwing a clay shooting target, the clay shooting target thrower comprising:
- a frame;
- a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis, the throwing arm rotatable to a cocked position and a thrown position, the throwing arm configured to throw the clay shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis from the cocked position toward the thrown position;
- a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring arranged to rotate the throwing arm from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a charge pedal supported by the frame and configured to be operated by a foot of a user to rotate the throwing arm from the thrown position toward the cocked position;
- and
- a fire pedal supported by the frame and being configured to be movable by the foot of the user to permit the throwing arm to rotate, under a force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the shooting target;
- a hopper configured to be supported by the frame to store a plurality of clay shooting targets to be fed to the throwing arm;
- a target feeder configured to feed the plurality of clay shooting targets, one at a time, to the throwing arm;
- and
- a fire mode selector supported by the frame, the fire mode selector being moveable between a fire position and a non-fire position to change between a first mode in which the charge pedal is operable to release the throwing arm to rotate, under force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the clay shooting target and a second mode in which the charge pedal is not operable to release the throwing arm to rotate, under force of the throwing spring, from the cocked position toward the thrown position to throw the clay shooting target.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.