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US 4,836,556 AGranted
Dart game target construction
AssigneeKidde Recreational Products Inc.
InventorsDonald P. DeVale, Robert J. Brejcha, Gregory W. Lantz
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Abstract
A dart game target having a base on which is assembled a plurality of individual, relatively movable target members separated from one another by a frame having thin ribs interposed between adjacent members. The target members are yieldably biased in a direction away from the base. Movement of the members in a direction away from the base is limited by laterally extending projections carried by the target members which underlie the inner surfaces of the ribs. The arrangement is such that no part of any rib overlies any exposed part of any target member. Warping of the frame or of the base is compensated for by protrusions on selected ones of the ribs which extend in a direction toward the base.
Claims33
A game target comprising a base;
- a plurality of individual, relatively movable target members each of which has and inner face confronting said base and an outer face;
- a divider interposed between adjacent members;
- means securing said divider to said base;
- and cooperable retaining means reacting between said divider and each adjacent member at a level wholly inward of the outer face thereof enabling movements of each of said members in directions toward and away from said base and limiting movement of said members in a direction away from said base.
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A game target comprising a base;
- a frame composed of a plurality of interconnected rib members defining spaces therebetween;
- means securing said frame to said base in overlying relation therewith;
- a plurality of individual target members each of which has an inner face confronting said base and an outer face, each of said target members occupying a separate one of said spaces and being independently movable in directions toward and away from said base;
- and retaining means carried by one of said target or rib members and projecting into a gap formed by the other of said rib or target members at a level inward of said outer face, said retaining means permitting movements of said target members in said directions and limiting movement of said target members in a direction away from said base.
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A game target comprising a base;
- a frame composed of a plurality of interconnected ribs joined to one another and defining spaces therebetween;
- means securing said frame to said base in overlying relation therewith;
- a plurality of individual target members each of which has an inner face confronting said base and an outer face, each of said target members occupying a separate one of said spaces and conforming in shape therewith, each of said target members being movable independently of each other target member in directions toward and away from said base;
- and retaining projections carried by each of said target members and located inwardly of the outer face thereof, and said projections extending laterally of said target members a distance sufficient to be received in a space between an adjacent rib and said base and underlie such rib, whereby movement of each of said target members in a direction away from said base is limited by engagement between the projections on said target member and the adjacent rib.
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A game target comprising a base;
- a plurality of individual, relatively movable target members each of which has an inner face confronting said base and an outer face;
- a divider interposed between adjacent ones of said members;
- means securing said divider to said base in fixed position relative thereto;
- means biasing said members in a direction away from said base;
- and cooperable retaining means reacting between said divider and each adjacent member and being positioned at a level wholly inward of the outer face thereof, said retaining means enabling movements of each of said members in directions toward and away from said base and limiting movement of said members in a direction away from said base.
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A game target comprising a base;
- a frame composed of a plurality of interconnected rib members defining spaces therebetween;
- means securing said frame to said base in fixed, overlying relation therewith;
- a plurality of individual target members each of which has an inner face confronting said base and an outer face, each of said target members occupying a separate one of said spaces and being independently movable in directions toward and away from said base;
- means biasing said target members in a direction away from said base;
- and retaining means carried by one of said target or rib members and projecting into a gap formed by the other of said rib or target members at a level wholly inward of said outer face, said retaining means permitting movements of said target members in said directions and limiting movement of said target members in a direction away from said base.
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A game target comprising a base;
- a frame composed of a plurality of interconnected ribs joined to one another and defining spaces therebetween;
- means securing said frame to said base in fixed, overlying relation therewith;
- a plurality of individual target members each of which has an inner face confronting said base and an outer face, each of said target members occupying a separate one of said spaces and conforming in shape therewith, each of said target members being movable independently of each other target member in directions toward and away from said base;
- means biasing said target members in a direction away from said base;
- and retaining projections carried by each of said target members at a level wholly inward of said outer face and extending laterally of such target member a distance sufficient to be received in a space between an adjacent rib and said base and underlie such rib, whereby movement of each of said target members in a direction away from said base is limited by engagement between a projection on said target member and the adjacent rib.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.