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US 8,910,943 B2Granted
Reactive target with point of impact feedback
OwnerJoseph E. Leeinventor
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Abstract
The target according to the present disclosure is configured to indicate to the shooter whether the shot hit or missed the target. The target also provides the shooter feedback as to shot placement relative to particular locations on the target. This configuration is advantageous for many types of shooting and is especially advantageous in situations where immediate and consistent shot placement feedback is desire.
Claims20
A shooting target comprising:
- a frame assembly,
- a first target component and a second target component connected to the frame assembly such that the first target component overlaps the second target component from a shooter's perspective and both the first and second target components can swing freely like a pendulum from a rest position to a raised position, wherein the first and second target components are arranged such that they will automatically move back to their respective rest positions from their respective raised position due to the force of gravity;
- and
- wherein the first and second target components are parts of a target area, the target area defining at least one desired bullet impact location that is shared by at least the first and second target components;
- wherein the first and second target components are arranged relative to each other such that at least the second target component swings independent of the first target component when impacted by a bullet such that the swinging motion of the second target component from the rest position to the raised position is viewable by the shooter and thereby provides immediate visual directional feedback to the shooter, the directional feedback including at least one of whether a bullet impact is above, below, to the left of, or to the right of the desired bullet impact location;
- wherein the immediate visual directional feedback includes information collected visually by looking only at the target itself and without also looking at a secondary bullet impact location indicator that is separate from the target;
- and
- wherein the first and second target components included a non flexible bullet resistant construction.
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A shooting target comprising:
- a frame assembly;
- a first target component supported on the frame such that the target component swings like a pendulum about a horizontal axis when impacted by a bullet such at the swinging is viewable by the shooter thereby providing immediate visual shot placement feedback to the shooter by only looking at the target itself;
- a second target component supported on the frame such that the target component swings like a pendulum about a horizontal axis when impacted by a bullet such at the swinging is viewable by the shooter thereby providing immediate visual shot placement feedback to the shooter by only looking at the target itself;
- wherein the first and second target components are constructed of metal;
- wherein the first and second target components are positioned in offset generally vertical planes and form portions of a target area, the target area defining at least one desired bullet impact location that is shared by at least the first and second target components;
- wherein the first target component includes a desired bullet impact location and the second target component is positioned adjacent the first target component in a particular direction;
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- wherein the particular direction including at least one of above, below, to the left of, or to the right of the first target component.
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A method of making a shooting target comprising:
- providing a standalone frame assembly that is configured to be assembled and disassembled;
- wherein the frame assembly supports a plurality of hanging metal target components;
- wherein the plurality of target components are parts of a target area, the target area defining at least one desired bullet impact location that is shared by at least two of the plurality of target components;
- wherein through openings within the target area amount to less than twenty percent of the total surface area of the target area,
- wherein at least two of the plurality of metal target components share a common desired bullet impact location;
- wherein the common desired bullet impact location is located on at least one of the plurality of metal target components;
- wherein the frame assembly is configured to support the plurality of target components such that at least some of the target components can swing freely about a horizontal axis independent of each other such that the shooter can determine visually what target component has been impacted by the bullet by only looking at the target itself thereby providing visual directional shot placement feedback in real time;
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- wherein the directional shot placement feedback including at least one of whether an a bullet impacted high, low, left, or right relative to the desired bullet impact location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.