Reactive target system, method and kit
AssigneeDrts LLC
InventorsJohn Benjamin Maggio, John Damien Maggio
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Abstract
A reactive target system, method and kit. The reactive target system includes a substrate, a volumetrically variable retainer to be attached to the substrate, and a housing to receive the retainer and be attached to the substrate. The retainer may be a balloon inflatable from an unfilled or partially filled, undeployed state to a filled, deployed state. In the deployed state, the retainer exerts a retention force on the housing sufficient to hold a weight of the substrate and the retainer within the housing. Related systems, kits, methods, apparatuses, techniques and articles are also described.
Claims24
A reactive target system for a substrate, the system comprising:
- a retainer configured to be attached to the substrate;
- a housing configured to receive the retainer and be attached to the substrate,
- wherein the retainer has a volume that varies between an undeployed state and a deployed state,
- wherein in the deployed state, the retainer is configured to exert a retention force on the housing sufficient to hold a weight of at least the substrate and the retainer within the housing.
A reactive target method using a reactive target system for a substrate, the reactive target system comprising:
- a retainer configured to be attached to the substrate;
- a housing configured to receive the retainer and be attached to the substrate,
- wherein the retainer has a volume that varies between an undeployed state and a deployed state,
- wherein in the deployed state, the retainer is configured to exert a retention force on the housing sufficient to hold a weight of at least the substrate and the retainer within the housing, and
- wherein the method comprises:
- inserting the retainer in the undeployed state into a cavity within the housing;
- inflating the retainer into the deployed state;
- and
- shooting the target with a projectile until the projectile deforms or breaks the retainer.
A reactive target kit for a substrate, the kit comprising:
- a retainer configured to be attached to the substrate;
- and
- a housing configured to receive the retainer and be attached to the substrate,
- wherein the retainer has a volume that varies between an undeployed state and a deployed state,
- wherein in the deployed state, the retainer is configured to exert a retention force on the housing sufficient to hold a weight of at least the target substrate and the retainer within the housing, and
- wherein the housing is configured to lie substantially flat in an undeployed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.