Shooting target thrower
AssigneeAOB Products Company
InventorsPaul Coryell, Michael Lindsay, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon
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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.
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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;
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- 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;
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- 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 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;
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- 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.
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;
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- 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;
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- a target feeder configured to feed the plurality of clay shooting targets, one at a time, to the throwing arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.