# US 5,344,155 A · Hook and loop fastened projectile and target device

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- Number: US 5,344,155 A
- Document ID: US5344155A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/218,812
- Filed: 1994-03-28
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1994-03-28
- Inventors: Jung-Feng Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344155A

## CPC

- A63B 43/005: {with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener}
- A63B 63/00: Targets or goals for ball games (golf cups A63B57/40)
- A63B 2024/005: {Keeping track of the point of impact or entry}
- A63B 2209/10: with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
- Y10S 273/30: Hooked pile fabric fastener
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A projectile and target device includes a spherical projectile having a plurality of hook-threaded sheet members arcuately coated on a spherical core of the spherical projectile to fully cover the surface area of the projectile, and a target having a loop-threaded fabric sheet secured to a supporting screen, whereby upon throwing of the spherical projectile to the target, the projectile will be attached on the target by fastening the hook-threaded sheet members on the spherical projectile with the loop-threaded fabric sheet of the target, without loosening or releasing of the hook-threaded sheet members from the spherical projectile.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A projectile and target means comprising:
a target means 2; and
at least one spherical projectile 1 operatively thrown onto said target means 2 to be fastened to said target means;
each said spherical projectile 1 including: a spherical core 11 made of elastomer materials; a plurality of hook-threaded sheet members 10, 10a, 10b circumferentially coated on the spherical core 11 by an elastic bonding adhesive 14; each said hook-threaded sheet member 10, 10a, 10b including a hook-threaded surface portion 12 having a knitting base interlaced with a plurality of elastic rubber threads 13 with the elastic bonding adhesive 14 adhered on a back portion of the knitting base of each said hook-threaded sheet member 10, 10a, 10b and on a circumferential surface of the spherical core 11, whereby upon curing and setting of the elastic bonding adhesive 14 in between each hook-threaded sheet member 10, 10a, 10b and the core 11, the hook-threaded sheet members 10, 10a, 10b will be firmly coated on the spherical core 11; and a sealant adhesive 15 filled in a plurality of apertures, each said aperture existing at each junction portion between every two neighbouring hook-threaded sheet members 10, 10a, 10b and between two opposite end portions of the hook-threaded sheet member 10 for sealing each said aperture; and
said target means 2 including: a target blanket 20 secured to a supporting frame 24 by a plurality of fasteners 23, a screen 25 circumferentially disposed on the supporting frame 24, with the target blanket 20 having a loop-threaded surface portion 21 formed on a surface portion of a fabric sheet 22 of the target blanket 20, whereby upon throwing of the spherical projectile 1 onto the target means 2, the hook-threaded surface portion 12 on each hook-threaded sheet member 10, 10a, 10b will be fastened to the loop-threaded surface portion 21 on the target means 2 for attaching the projectile 1 on the target means 2.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A projectile and target means according to claim 1, wherein each said hook-threaded sheet member includes:
an elongate hook-threaded sheet member 10 arcuately coated on an intermediate spherical body portion 111 of the spherical core 11, and a pair of circular hook-threaded sheet members 10a respectively coated on a north-pole portion 112 and a south-pole portion 113 of the core 11 and disposed on two opposite sides of the elongate hook-threaded sheet member 10 coated on the intermediate spherical body portion 111, with the elongate and the two circular hook-threaded sheet members 10, 10a fully covering a spherical circumferential surface area of the spherical core 11 by the bonding adhesive 14.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A projectile and target means according to claim 1, wherein each said hook-threaded sheet member including:
a pair of dumbbell-shaped hook-threaded sheet members 10b, each said dumbbell-shaped hook-threaded sheet member 10b having a pair of round lobe portions L disposed on two opposite side portions of each said dumbbell-shaped hook-threaded sheet member 10b about a longitudinal axis 100 of the sheet member 10b, and a pair of arcuate recesses R each said recess R concave inwardly towards the longitudinal axis 100 in between the two round lobe portions L about a latitudinal axis 101 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 100, and one said dumbbell-shaped hook-threaded sheet member 10b arcuately wound on the spherical core 10 to engage the other dumbbell-shaped hook-threaded sheet member 10b to fully cover a spherical circumferential surface of the core 11 with each said lobe portion L of one dumbbell-shaped sheet member 10b engageable with each said recess R of the other dumbbell-shaped sheet member 10b.