Target and sign support system
AssigneeVemco Corporation
InventorVerl Law
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Abstract
A modular set of elements are nondestructively assemblable into and disassemblable out of a plurality of configurations of a system for supporting targets and signs on a hard surface or on soft ground. These elements include an upright, a base that upholds the upright and is disposable in a stable manner on a hard surface or on soft ground, a horizontal arm from which to suspend a target or sign, and a brace slidable on the outer surface of the upright that includes a tubular shoulder capable of receiving an end of the horizontal arm. A hanger of unitary molded construction is capable of suspending from a horizontal support a clay target of the type cast by trap or skeet shooting equipment.
Claims58
A base for upholding on a hard surface or on soft ground the lower end of a support for a target or sign, said base comprising:
- (a) an elongated footing having opposed longitudinally extending first and second edges;
- (b) parallel first and second stakes projecting from said first edge of said footing, said first and second stakes and said footing defining a plane of said base, and said base thereby having an upper face and a lower face on opposite sides of said plane thereof;
- (c) first capture means on said upper face of said base for receiving the lower end of the support and maintaining the support in a perpendicular orientation to said plane of said base when said lower face of said base rests on a hard surface;
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- (d) second capture means on said second edge of said footing for receiving the lower end of the support and maintaining the support in coplanar orientation with said plane of said base when said stakes are driven into soft ground.
A base for upholding on a hard surface or on soft ground the lower end of a support for a target or sign, said base comprising:
- (a) an elongated footing having opposed longitudinally extending first and second edges;
- (b) parallel first and second stakes projecting from said first edge of said footing, said first and second stakes and said footing defining a plane of said base, and said base thereby having an upper face and a lower face on opposite sides of said plane thereof;
- (c) a receiving socket upstanding from said footing perpendicular to said plane of said base, the interior cross-sectional shape of said receiving socket being similar to and larger than the exterior cross-sectional shape of the lower end of the support;
- (d) a mounting post projecting perpendicular to said footing from said second edge thereof in said plane of said base, said mounting post being slidably receivable in the lower end of the support;
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- (e) a handle projecting from said second edge of said footing in said plane of said base.
A base for upholding on a hard surface or on soft ground the lower end of a support for a target or sign, said base comprising:
- (a) an elongated footing having opposed, longitudinally extending first and second edges;
- (b) parallel first and second stakes projecting from said first edge of said footing, said first and second stakes and said footing defining a plane of said base, and said base thereby having an upper face an a lower face on opposite sides of said plane thereof;
- (c) a mounting post projecting from said footing perpendicular to said plane of said base, said mounting post being slidably receivable in the lower end of the support;
- (d) an open-ended receiving socket projecting perpendicular to said footing from said second edge thereof in said plane of said base, the interior cross-sectional shape of said receiving socket being similar to and larger than the exterior cross-sectional shape of the lower end of the support;
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- (e) a handle projecting from said second edge of said footing in said plane of said base.
A hanger for suspending from an elongated horizontal support a clay target of the type cast by trap or skeet shooting target equipment, the clay target displaying a substantially planar major surface circumscribed at the periphery thereof by a continuous perpendicular lip, said hanger comprising:
- (a) an upper lobe capable of interacting with the horizontal support to suspend said hanger and said clay target downwardly therefrom;
- (b) an elongated shaft having first and second ends, said shaft being attached at said first end thereof to said upper lobe;
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- (c) a lower lobe of unitary construction attached to said second end of said shaft, said lower lobe comprising resilient means for gripping the lip of the clay target with the major surface of the clay target extending away from said upper lobe in a vertical orientation when said hanger and said clay target are suspended from the horizontal support.
A brace for coupling to an upright of a support for a target or sign a horizontal arm to which the target or sign is attached, said brace comprising:
- (a) a sleeve proportioned to slidably encircle the outer surface of the upright;
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- (b) a tubular shoulder projecting in a perpendicular relation to said sleeve from the exterior thereof, said shoulder enclosing a horizontal arm receiving bore, said receiving bore having:
- (i) an open outer end remote from said sleeve;
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- (ii) a transverse cross section configured to slidably receive an end of the horizontal arm.
A system for supporting a target on a hard surface, said system comprising:
- (a) an upright having upper and lower ends;
- (b) a base capable of stable disposition on the hard surface, said base comprising:
- (i) an elongated footing having opposed longitudinally extending first and second edges;
- (ii) first and second stabilization feet projecting from said first edge of said footing, said first and second stakes and said footing defining a plane of said base, and said base thereby having an upper face and a lower face on opposite sides of said plane thereof;
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- (iii) capture means on said upper face of said base for receiving said lower end of said upright and maintaining said upright in a perpendicular orientation to said plane of said base when said lower face of said base rests on the hard surface;
- (c) an elongated horizontal arm from which to suspend the target;
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- (d) a brace slidable on the outer surface of said upright, said brace comprising a tubular shoulder projecting in perpendicular relation to said upright when said brace is slidably disposed thereupon, said shoulder enclosing a horizontal arm receiving bore having a transverse cross section configured to slidably receive one end of said horizontal arm.
A system for supporting a target or sign on a hard surface or on soft ground, said system comprising:
- (a) an upright having upper and lower ends;
- (b) a base capable of stable disposition on a hard surface or on soft ground, said base including alternative capture means for slidably receiving the lower end of said upright and maintaining said upright in a perpendicular orientation;
- (c) an elongated horizontal arm from which to suspend the target or sign;
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- (d) a brace slidable on the outer surface of said upright, said brace comprising a tubular shoulder projecting in perpendicular relation to said upright when said brace is slidably disposed thereupon, said shoulder enclosing a horizontal arm receiving bore having a transverse cross section configured to slidably receive one end of said horizontal arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.