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US 7,114,725 B2Granted
Rotary shooting target
AssigneeBetter Bilt Products, Inc.
InventorsScott A Camp, Steven A Camp
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Abstract
A vertical rotary shooting target having a stand with a horizontally extending axial which supports a rotary target structure. The vertical rotary target structure includes a hub rotatably mounted on the axial, a pair of target impact plates, and a support structure connecting the impact plates radially outwardly on diametrically opposed sides of the said hub and in horizontally spaced relation for enhanced shooting difficulty. Alternative embodiments of impact plate support structures are disclosed which minimize potentially harmful and damaging splashback of bullets striking the impact plates.
Claims14
A vertical rotary shooting target apparatus comprising:
- a stand having a horizontally extending axle;
- a target structure mounted on said axle for rotational movement;
- said target structure including a mounting hub mounted on the axle for free relative rotation and a pair of target impact plates, each impact plate having a respective support structure which supports a single impact plate for rotational movement with said mounting hub;
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- said support structures for said impact plates fixedly support the impact plates radially outwardly of said hub on opposite diametrically opposed sides thereof and in laterally offset relation to each other in a direction parallel to the axis of said axle without any other impact plate being disposed at a common lateral position with respect to the mounting hub such that impact upon said impact plates as an incident to shooting will cause rotation of said target structure about said axle with a shooter being required to shoot in laterally-offset directions to shoot different impact plates of the rotary target.
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A vertical rotary shooting target apparatus comprising:
- a stand having a horizontally extending axle;
- a target structure mounted on said axle for rotational movement in a vertical plan about a horizontal axis of said axle;
- said target structure including a mounting hub rotatably mounted on the axle and a pair or target impact plates, each impact plate having a respective support structure connected to said mounting hub;
- each said impact plate and its respective support structure comprising a common plate with a coplanar surface that in part defines a bullet impact face of said impact plate;
- each said common plate including a mounting section, said plate mounting sections being disposed on opposite sides of said hub and coupled together by removable fasteners, and
- tubular members welded on opposite sides of said mounting hub in interposed relation between the impact plate mounting sections.
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A vertical rotary shooting target apparatus comprising:
- a stand having a horizontally extending axle;
- a target structure mounted on said axle for rotational movement in a vertical plane;
- said target structure including a mounting hub rotatably mounted on the axle and a pair of target impact plates, a respective support structure connected to said mounting hub fixedly supporting each impact plate on said hub;
- said support structures each including mounting portions disposed on opposite sides of said hub and secured together by removable fasteners;
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- said support structures support said impact plates radially outwardly of said hub on opposite diametrically opposed sides thereof in laterally offset relation to each other in a direction parallel to the axis of said axle such that impact upon said impact plates a an incident to shooting will cause rotation of said target structure about said axle.
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A vertical rotary shooting target apparatus comprising:
- a stand having a horizontally extending axle;
- a target structure mounted on said axle for rotational movement;
- said target structure including a mounting hub mounted on the axle and a pair of target impact plates, each impact plate having a support structure connecting the impact plate to said mounting hub;
- said support structures for said impact plates fixedly support the impact plates radially outwardly of said hub on opposite diametrically opposed sides thereof and in laterally offset relation to each other in a direction parallel to the axis of said axle such that impact upon said impact plates a an incident to shooting will cause rotation of said target structure about said axle,
- said supporting structure for each impact plate being a connecting rod, each said connecting rod having a horizontally extending section, and said impact plates each being fixed to an outer radial side of the horizontal connecting rod section in relation to the axle.
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A vertical rotary shooting target apparatus comprising:
- a stand having a horizontally extending axle;
- a target structure mounted on said axle for rotational movement;
- said target structure including a mounting hub mounted on the axle and a pair of target impact plates, each impact plate having a support structure connecting the impact plate to said mounting hub;
- said support structures for said impact plates fixedly support the impact plates radially outwardly of said hub on opposite diametrically opposed sides thereof and in laterally offset relation to each other in a direction parallel to the axis of said axle such that impact upon said impact plates a an incident to shooting will cause rotation of said target structure about said axle, and
- each said impact plate and its respective supporting structure comprising a common coplanar plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.