Target construction

A target for intercepting moving missiles, said target comprising a base;

• a frame composed of a plurality of 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 segments occupying said spaces and together forming a circular target face having a center, each of said segments being movable toward and away from said base;
• retaining means reacting between said segments and said frame for restricting movement of said segments in a direction away from said base, corresponding ones of said segments comprising a body having a cavity therein at a uniform distance from said center thereby defining an annulus;
• an insert slideably accommodated in each of said cavities, each of said inserts having an exposed outer face spanning the associated cavity thereby avoiding gaps in said target face;
• cooperable guide means carried by each of said corresponding segments and its associated insert for restricting substantially all movement of each such insert relative to its associated corresponding segment except movements toward and away from said base;
• and a plurality of projections carried by each of said corresponding segments and each of said inserts and extending beyond the associated segment body in a direction towards said base, each of said inserts and its projections having a combined height less than the combined height of the associated segment body and its projections, said guide means enabling movement of each of said segments toward said base a predetermined distance without causing corresponding movement of the associated insert, said guide means enabling unrestricted movement of said inserts toward said base without causing corresponding movement of the associated segment.

A target construction comprising a base;

• a plurality of conductive members secured to said base at one side thereof;
• a resilient pad overlying said base and said conductive members;
• a frame having a plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs radiating from a center and a plurality of radially spaced, concentric ribs joined to said radial ribs, the spacings between said radial ribs and said concentric ribs defining spaces for the accommodation of target segments corresponding to the shapes of said spaces, said target segments together defining a target face having a bullseye at said center and concentric scoring annuli spaced radially from said center, corresponding ones of said segments each having a uniform recess therein uniformly spaced from said center;
• a plurality of inserts accommodated in said recesses and forming an additional scoring annulus concentric with said annuli, each of said inserts being reciprocable toward and away from said base;
• means reacting between each of said segments and adjacent ones of said ribs for limiting movement of said segments away from said base;
• means reacting between said inserts and the associated segment for limiting movement of said inserts away from said base, each of said segments and each of said inserts being capable of unrestricted movement towards said base;
• and guide means reacting between each of said inserts and the associated segment for restricting all movement of each of said inserts relative to the associated segment except for said reciprocable movements, said guide means enabling movement of each segment toward said base a predetermined distance independently of the associated insert.