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US 7,001,292 B1Granted
Safety dart with woven mesh flexible tail
OwnerMark Rappaportinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a safety, blunt end dart having a head of frusto-conical shape having first and second ends, with the first end being of a larger diameter than the second end, and the first end includes a magnet, and a longer flexible tail is fixedly and permanently secured to the second end.
Claims7
In a dart, a combination of:
- a head having first and second ends, with the first end being of a larger diameter than the second end, and the first end includes a magnet;
- and
- a flexible tail fixedly and permanently secured to the second end.
A dart comprising:
- a head having means for securing to a ferric dartboard;
- and
- a tail constructed from a woven mesh material that is flexible throughout its length, wherein the flexible tail is lighter in weight than the head and makes up a majority of a length of the head and tail.
A method of constructing a blunt end safety dart comprising:
- weaving a fiber to create a flexible tube;
- constructing a flexible tail by inwardly folding the flexible tube to create first and second ends, with all exposed ends of the fiber being placed at the first end and only a continuous weave appearing at the second end;
- constructing a head by affixing a magnet in a first end thereof and providing a hole in a second, opposite end;
- and
- affixing, in the second end of the head, the first end of the folded flexible tube, wherein the flexible tail makes up a majority of the overall length of the dart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.