| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 273378000 | Indication by movement of target or target having indicating means | 46 |
| 20080277875 | Target Shooting Game - A target shooting game including a shooting device for projecting a signal or projectile; a target having a target surface including a target area; and at least one indicator associated with a portion of the target area and for indicating an interaction with the signal or projectile. A method of playing a target shooting game is also disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100044964 | Game Apparatus - A game playing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is configured to facilitate playing a game. The apparatus includes a body including at least one first column including at least one receptacle and a second column coupled to the at least one first column. The second column has an upper surface having a plurality of openings such that a member may be tossed into at least one of the openings. The apparatus also includes a game surface coupled to the body, and a backboard coupled substantially perpendicular to the game surface. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20130038020 | Shooting Target and Method of Manufacture - A shooting target comprising a target body having a front skin having a front face; a backing; an interior cavity; one or more fluid carriers adjacent the front skin and carrying colored fluid. Upon penetration of the front skin and the one or more fluid carriers, colored fluid is emitted from the one or more fluid carriers and onto the front face. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130228974 | Shooting Target, Method of Use, and Method of Manufacture - A shooting target comprising a target body including an outer skin having a front face and an inner surface; an interior cavity; one or more fluid carriers disposed in the interior cavity, adjacent the outer skin, and carrying colored fluid; and a carrier backing urging the one or more fluid carriers against the inner surface of the outer skin. Upon penetration of the outer skin and the one or more fluid carriers, colored fluid is emitted from the one or more fluid carriers and onto the front face. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130328268 | FIREARM TARGET - A firearm target assembly includes a mounting base, upright support and forwardly tilted target surface. The target surface has a plurality of target zones or openings which are covered on the backside by hingedly or pivotally connected target plates that pivot between open and closed positions when struck by a round of ammunition. Each pivotally connected target plate pivots between one position in which it covers the target opening and may be struck by a round of ammunition and a second position in which it becomes a visible target outside the periphery of the main target surface. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140131950 | Reactive Target With Point Of Impact Feedback - 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. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140175746 | SHOOTING TARGET - A shooting target is disclosed herein. The shooting target includes a plurality of containers that are filled with a colored liquid. The shooting target also includes a front surface that conceals the plurality of containers so that they are not visible when looking at a front side of the shooting target. When someone shoots a projectile at the shooting target, the projectile may puncture the front surface and one or more of the liquid-filled containers, releasing the liquid from the containers and causing the liquid to ooze onto and mark the front surface of the shooting target. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20160169637 | IMPACT ACTIVATED EXPLOSION SIMULATOR | 06-16-2016 |
| 273380000 | Frangible or formed from a plurality of separable interconnected elements (e.g., explosion simulating) | 4 |
| 20110316234 | Re-useable reactive target for air/gas guns firing non-metallic bbs. - This invention is a target that uses the kinetic energy stored in a plastic bb after it has been launched and transfers that energy into the target mass in order to cause a colored particulate matter to be expelled in such a manner as to make a mark on the target surface and to expel the same particulate matter into the surrounding area. This target reacts to the energy in order to visually inform the user that the target has been hit and, in the preferred embodiment, the point at which the impact occurred. Again, in the preferred embodiment, the colored particulate matter will be expelled both in front and back of the target. Additionally, the target faces can be machine-washed, dried, and hand-ironed for re-use. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120286475 | Launching Toy Game - A skills game includes a game set with a deck of cards, various-shaped building blocks, a projectile launcher, projectiles, and target pieces. Players take turns selecting a card, building structures, launching projectiles, and knocking down targets. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20150069706 | COUPLED FRANGIBLE TARGET SUSPENSION APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A frangible target suspension apparatus wherein the frangible targets are secured to one or more support cords by passing the support cord through slots in the side edges of a sleeve and friction to keep the frangible targets in place on the support cord. In an alternative embodiment, the frangible target engages a cover with side slots that is placed over the frangible target from the rear retaining the support cord in place within the side slots. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150084282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED DISPLAYS FOR COLORED POWDER - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for pneumatically actuated displays for colored powder. In one illustrative embodiment, an indicator unit includes a hopper into which a dispersible indication powder can be loaded. An air inlet at the bottom of the hopper aligns with a hollow downpipe extending upwards to the top of the hopper. Upon receiving a signal, a burst of air is sent through the air inlet, lifting a portion of the indication powder through the downpipe and into the air above the indicator unit. For use as part of a reactive target system, one or more sensors that can be attached to the back of a target are in communication with the indicator unit and can generate a signal upon sensing a desired condition. | 03-26-2015 |
| 273381000 | Audible indication | 1 |
| 20160123708 | Audible Targeting System - An audible target system for measuring the accuracy of shooting projectiles with an air gun or other device is disclosed. The audible targeting system comprises a target component, a computer, and a software program capable of interpreting the results. The target component comprises a plurality of targets that a user attempts to hit with a projectile fired from a shooting device. Once struck, each of the plurality of targets engages a mallet that in turn strikes a resonant member which emits one of a plurality of audible tones. Furthermore, instead of a mallet and a resonant member, the plurality of targets can comprise an area switch with a momentary contact. Thus, the target when engaged by a projectile would produce a sound through the process of an electric switch engaging an electrical circuit. Once the electrical circuit is closed, a sound is emitted from speakers integrated in the target. | 05-05-2016 |
| 273383000 | Having projectile-actuated means to free indicator for movement | 5 |
| 20130009364 | SHOOTING TARGET WITH ANNUNCIATION OF ENGAGEMENT OF TARGETED REGIONS OF THE TARGET - A remotely-perceptible, impact-indicating target for a projectile, such as a bullet or the like, constructed so as to remotely perceptibly indicate and annunciate very realistically, to a target shooter at a projectile shooting location, the impact of a shot or fired projectile or bullet on a remotely located target in a manner clearly visibly perceptibly indicating not only the hit, but the impact location of the projectile or bullet on the target, by causing the effective expansion in an explosion-simulating manner of a quantity of visibly perceptible target material. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20160061570 | Portable Rotary Target Apparatus - A portable rotary target apparatus that allows a person with a projectile device to improve their accuracy. The apparatus comprises at least one projectile actuated rotary target mechanism that comprises three elements, a rotary plate, a non-rotary pressure-actuated plate, and a portable frame attached to a constant tension device and a contacting device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 273384000 | Indicator is dumped or is projected into the air (e.g., return fire) | 2 |
| 20140265133 | RECREATIONAL DEVICE - A recreational device is disclosed that includes a frame, a seat having a user supporting seat portion adapted to support a user to be displaced from the seat upon activation of a target mechanism, with the seat configured to return to a first position under the effect of gravity after the user is displaced from the seat. Embodiments of the device include a seat support configured to maintain the seat in the first position to release the seat allowing the seat to pivot upon activation of the target mechanism to displace the user from the seat The device also includes a target mechanism connected to the seat support by a force transition system configured to transfer a force applied to the target mechanism to the seat support causing the seat support to release the seat and displace a user from the seat. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140265134 | Water Dumping Target Apparatus and Method - A water dumping game apparatus and method for using the same. The apparatus consists of a water bucket type container with target adapted to be filled with water and hinged connected with a base. The base is configured for attachment with a support apparatus such as a ladder or standard having a horizontal member. The force of a projectile striking the target causes the hinge to pivot and tilt the container so as to dump water on a subject dousee positioned adjacent and below the container. | 09-18-2014 |
| 273385000 | Gravity operated indicator | 1 |
| 20150362296 | REACTIVE FIREARM TARGET - The present invention is a reactive firearm target that can be used with standard target stands, and has a body that is displaced downwardly upon a hit to either of the two fatal triangles. | 12-17-2015 |
| 273386000 | Target is moved or indicator is moved | 28 |
| 20110001292 | MILITARY TARGET SYSTEM - A target system having a base, a stationary member inclined from the base and having a cap, a rotating tube having a cap and positioned over the stationary tube, a bearing between the caps of the stationary member and the rotating tube to permit substantially free rotation of the rotating tube, and a plurality of target sides secured to the rotating tube, with impact of a fired round onto one of the target sides initiating movement of the rotating tube relative to the stationary member. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110163504 | TRAVELING TARGET - A reactive target for firearms is disclosed. The target may include a center, four legs, and four heads. Each of the four legs may comprise an exterior end and radially extending from proximate the center to the exterior end. Each of the four heads may connect to the exterior end of a different leg of the four legs. Each of the four heads may also provide at least one target surface withstanding, without degradation, multiple impacts from firearm-fired projectiles. When an appropriate head is hit by a projectile, the target may roll a discrete, incremental distance on a supporting surface. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120025468 | MILITARY TARGET SYSTEM - A target system having a base, a stationary member inclined from the base and having a cap, a rotating tube having a cap and positioned over the stationary tube, a bearing between the caps of the stationary member and the rotating tube to permit substantially free rotation of the rotating tube, and a plurality of target sides secured to the rotating tube, with impact of a fired round onto one of the target sides initiating movement of the rotating tube relative to the stationary member. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120274028 | Moving Target for Shooting Practice - Four paddles emanate from a central point that is substantially equidistant from the end of each of the four paddles. Three of the paddles are configured to be positioned on the ground at any one time in a three-point stance, causing the fourth paddle to be upright and perpendicular to the ground. The upright paddle serves as the target. When a shot hits the device above its center of gravity, the device flips, thus moving away from the shooter. Thus, the device automatically resets itself and moves to a new location, ready for the next hit. Preferably, each paddle is planar from near the central point to the paddle's distal end. Preferably each paddle also has a direction indicator. In a preferred embodiment, each paddle is about 5.5″ long and the target is made of AR400 steel for practice with a 0.22 caliber bullet. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20160076859 | PORTABLE TARGET SHOOTING SYSTEM WITH SENSORS AND REMOTE CONTROL - A target shooting system includes an actuator, one or more impact sensors, a controller, and can include a remote device. The actuator couples a target member to a base member and is configured to move the target member relative to the base member. The one or more impact sensors are coupled to the target member, where multiple impact sensors can be configured to identify a location of an impact on the target member and to provide a signal including the location when the target member receives the impact. The controller is communication with the actuator and the one or more impact sensors and is configured to cause the actuator to move the target member relative to the base member and to receive the signal from the impact sensor. The remote device can communicate with the controller and can receive the signal and the impact location from the controller. | 03-17-2016 |
| 273387000 | Indicator is moved | 1 |
| 273388000 | Indicator is alternate target | 1 |
| 20080277876 | ADJUSTABLE TARGET - An adjustable target has a first target section and second target section attached to a base and an adjusting device. The second target section is at least partially visible through an opening in the first target section. An adjusting device engageably attaches to the first target section providing for a reduced effective size of the target area. An adjusting device is also disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 273390000 | Target pivots | 19 |
| 20080252016 | Knock down targets game apparatus and method of play - A game device and game method of play for use in conjunction with a ball and a means for directing movement of the ball. The game device includes a number of targets, each of the targets having a target face and a target base. The target face is a flat sheet or card oriented at a 90° angle to the target base which is also a flat sheet or card. The targets may alternate between a first position with the target face upright and the target base flat and a second position with the target base upright and the target face flat. The game device further includes a tee box marker card to indicate a position from which movement of the ball may be directed, and a scorecard for tracking scores accumulated by the players during the game. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100225063 | Submachine gun target system - A submachine gun target system has a target support having a target attachment facility and a target having an attachment element. The target attachment facility may have a first position and a second position, such that the target may be suspended from the target attachment facility with the attachment element residing at the first position or the second position. The target attachment facility may have a retention surface operable to retain the target attachment facility in the first position in response to a bullet strike on the target. The retention surface may be in a forward direction from the second attachment position, such that the retention element does not prevent the target attachment element from being dislodged from the attachment facility when residing at the second position in response to a bullet strike on the target from the forward direction. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20130207347 | REACTIVE TARGET SYSTEM - A reactive target system may include a base and a target which rotates when struck by a bullet. The target may be removable from the base without tools and inverted to change the location of the target areas which are presented to a shooter. The reactive target system may also include a second target which rotates when struck by a bullet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140333027 | Impact-Displaceable Target for Sport Shooting - Impact-displaceable target ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150069707 | TARGET APPARATUS FOR HOCKEY OR OTHER SPORTS - A target apparatus for practicing hockey or other sports includes a frame comprising a forwardly inclined upright support member. The apparatus includes a plurality of independently pivoting target paddles each pivotally mounted to the forwardly inclined upright support member and independently rotatable between a first position in which the target paddle is on a first side of the frame and a second position in which the target paddle is on a second side of the frame. The apparatus includes an inclination adjustment mechanism for adjusting an angle of inclination of the inclined upright support member. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150102563 | AUTO-RESETTING SHOOTING TARGET SYSTEM - A portable target apparatus. The portable target apparatus including a base defining a interior space, an articulating armature pivotably coupled to the base and configured to mount one or more facer, a motor housed within the interior space and operably coupled to the articulating armature, a power source housed within the interior space and capable of selectively powering the motor according to one or more control functions, a microprocessor and a memory housed within the interior space, the memory configured to store the one or more control functions, and a control module housed within the interior space and capable of executing the one or more motor control functions stored in the memory. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150330748 | MODULAR AND PORTABLE TARGET SHOOTING SYSTEM - The modular target shooting system employs tubular members and fittings made from durable materials such as EMT. The members are easily secured together and broken back down by the use of simple thumb screws threaded into weld nuts. The system is based on standard target module that includes a stanchion made from a single vertical support member and a single support base. The base has at least three feet that are deployed to provide stability, but can also pivot upwardly from the deployed position to aid in portability. The module typically has at least one horizontal support member that is used to support at least one steel target rotatably coupled to the horizontal member. The standard target module also typically has a zone target that usually includes a paper depiction of an animal or a person, or a circular target. The system can then be easily expanded horizontally by adding as many target modules as desired, and coupling them together with tubular single and double T connectors to horizontal members commonly coupled between the target modules for even greater stability. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160018197 | Coil Spring Screw Mechanism and Spinning and Translating Shooting Target Using Same - In a target apparatus, a coil spring lies on a linear axis and has open space between its adjacent coils. A sleeve disposed externally and rotatably around the coil spring includes a guide feature that reaches radially inward into the open space of the coil spring in a condition slidable along the coils. At least one arm carries a respective target plate on the sleeve at a radial distance outward therefrom. Impact of the target plate rotates the sleeve about the axis in a respective rotational direction, which causes translation of the sleeve along the axis in a respective translational direction due to cooperation between the coil spring and the guide feature on the sleeve. Use of a screw mechanism employing a coil spring instead of threads to cause translation of the sleeve under rotation thereof reduces the risk of functionally-detrimental damage to the screw mechanism by a firearm projectile. | 01-21-2016 |
| 273391000 | Having restoring means | 11 |
| 20100032906 | PNEUMATIC STEEL TARGET SYSTEM - Disclosed is a pneumatically operated steel target system that incorporates a polymer-like mannequin molded to an AR500 abrasive resistant material with a 500 Brinell (460-540) rating, which can be clothed for any event, allowing users to practice on human-like targets as opposed to a target with no features where the user's real-life training would be reduced. The target system has a protective chest plate proportionately angled at approximately 12 degrees from center to deflect bullet fragmentations downward and away from the shooter. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20150130136 | PORTABLE TARGET APPARATUS - A portable target apparatus is disclosed that includes a main body and a first target plate adjacent the main body. The first target plate is operable to move independent of the main body when struck by at least one projectile. A support member is coupled to the first target plate and is operable to retain the main body in an upright position when the main body is struck by at least one projectile and move the main body from the upright position to a non-upright position when the first target plate is struck by at least one projectile. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150292843 | MECHANISM FOR RAISING AND LOWERING A WEAPONRY TARGET - A weaponry target mechanism has a base, an arm pivotally connected to the base to pivot about a lower arm axis, a platform pivotally connected to the arm to pivot about a target axis, an elongated target attached to the platform, a drive mechanism connected to the base at a first connection location and the platform at a second connection location, wherein the platform is movable with respect to the base such that the target assumes an upright position in which the target is in a first pivotal orientation and a dropped position in which the target is in a second pivotal orientation pivotally offset from the first pivotal orientation; and wherein the platform is rotationally moveable with respect to the base such that the platform is parallel to the base in the upright position and the platform is not parallel to the base in the dropped position. | 10-15-2015 |
| 273392000 | Automatic restoring | 8 |
| 20080265511 | SHOOTING TARGET APPARATUS - A shooting target apparatus has a portable base capable of staying put on a surface and a target holder for holding a target for shooting. The target holder is supported by the base for pivotal movement. There is a battery-operated drive mechanism in the base for causing movement of the target holder between a concealed position, concealing a target held by the target holder, and a revealed position, revealing the target. Also included is a control circuit controlling the drive mechanism, which includes a wireless signal receiver for receiving a wireless control signal to activate the drive mechanism to cause movement of the target holder from the concealed position to the revealed position and from the revealed position to the concealed position. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090174147 | SELF-RESETTING PADDLE TARGET - A self-resetting paddle target is comprised of at least one paddle mounted to a carrier body. The carrier body is rotatably mounted to a support rod such that the carrier body may freely rotate about the support rod. The carrier body is formed as a cam follower configured to engage the upper surface of a carrier support member fixedly fastened to the support rod and that acts as a cam. The interaction of the carrier body and the carrier support member controls the rotation of the carrier body about the support rod and allows the paddle to reset itself after being impacted by a projectile. A plurality of paddles may be disposed along the support rod. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090179382 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL TARGET SYSTEM - An omnidirectional target system includes a target movable between a retracted position and an extended position and an actuation mechanism for moving the target to the extended position, the target and the actuation mechanism being releaseable so that the target can be moved back into the retracted position despite movement of the actuation mechanism. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20110074110 | GRAVITY RESET TARGET - A gravity reset target system that includes a target plate assembly that is removably engaged with a base plate assembly. The base plate assembly includes at least two parallel guide plates having grooves cut therein and the target plate assembly includes a target plate secured to a carrier piece having at least one guide rod. The guide rod of the carrier piece is inserted into the grooves in the guide plates to removably engage the target plate assembly with the base plate assembly. The target plate begins in a vertical resting position, rocks backward to a generally horizontal position when struck with a projectile, and then automatically returns to its vertical resting position. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110180997 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL TARGET SYSTEM - An omnidirectional target system includes a target movable between a retracted position and an extended position and an actuation mechanism for moving the target to the extended position, the target and the actuation mechanism being releaseable so that the target can be moved back into the retracted position despite movement of the actuation mechanism. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120205870 | Portable target apparatus - A portable target apparatus for use in target practice is provided. The target may be comprised of metal, for example steel. The target includes a base frame and a target plate that is attached to the base frame. Upon being struck by a projectile, the target plate rotates about the base frame into a knocked down position. One or more sensors sense the target is displaced into the knocked down position and a reset mechanism drives the target plate back to the initial position. The base frame of the target apparatus is of hollow construction, thereby making the target portable with relative ease. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20140232067 | TARGET FACTORY - The new invention in the preferred embodiment depicts a highly portable Target Factory that is intended for use in the fire arms industry. The highly portable “Target Factory” invention includes two separate “Target Factory” elements, that are intentionally molded which is internally hollow. Each “Target Factory” assembly element contributes to the combined stability, energy absorption, high portability, easy setup, high visibility of selected target shapes and the sturdy presentation of said target shapes when the combined portable “Target Factory” is deployed where the terrain is uneven, soft, sandy, firm, stony or impenetrable. Each separate “Target Factory” element operate independently but unitarily as they are joined by pivotal “hinge” mechanisms located on either side of the “Target Factory”. The embodiment of the invention is environmentally sensitive; the entire invention is recyclable with no material that can shatter to the ground such as glass bottles, TV monitors and other such objects. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140265135 | COLLAPSIBLE TARGET - A collapsible target is disclosed. The target comprises a frame that is collapsible from an open, unfolded configuration, to a closed, folded configuration. A fabric housing is mounted on the frame using a series of capped connectors and grommets. The housing comprises a plurality of panels joined together to from an inner compartment. The front panel of the compartment is formed with a window. A target assembly comprising a self-resetting spinner and a base is mounted in the compartment behind the window. The spinner may be mounted on an illuminated axle. The base is dimensioned for alternately holding a breakable clay target. The target is highly portable and easy to setup and take down. The target may be conveniently stored in a bag when not in use. | 09-18-2014 |
| 273393000 | Target separates from support | 3 |
| 20080258393 | Game imitating the catching of fish by plug casting - A fishing apparatus comprising a horizontally extending fish support, one or more flat, relatively thin fish-shaped members releaseably mounted on the fish support, each fish-shaped member having a tapered mouth at on end thereof and a circular snare opening connecting to the mouth through a guide slot, a cast-over bar supported behind the fish support in spaced parallel relation, the fish support and cast-over bar being made of floatable material, a casting line, a plug adapted to be connected to the end of the casting line so that the plug and line can be cast over the fish-shaped members and the cast-over bar, each plug being made of resilient material and being provided with a nose piece adjacent to the connection of the line to the plug, the nose piece being receivable in the snare opening, whereby, when the plug is pulled into the circular snare opening and the line is pulled thereafter, the fish-shaped member will be pulled away from the fish support in a manner simulating the catching of fish in actual water. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20130026712 | GAME WITH A FLYING OBJECT - Methods and devices, including kits, are disclosed herein for playing a flying disc game. For instance, some aspects are directed to kits for playing flying disc game that can include one or more poles (e.g., two), one or more target objects (e.g., two), and/or a flying disc. The pole can be insertable into a ground surface, or can optionally be inserted into a free standing base. The target object can be detachably placed on the a target support of the pole, which can be dislodged by a player throwing the flying disc at the target object. Various configurations for the poles, target objects, and flying disc are discussed. As well, a method for playing a flying disc game, (e.g., one using some assembly of the equipment disclosed) is also revealed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130147117 | INTELLIGENT BALLISTIC TARGET - An intelligent target comprising a target body suspended from a support structure, at least one sensor affixed to the target body that detects a hit in an area of the target body, a controller, in communication with each sensor, that records the hits detected by the sensor and the area of the target body that was hit and issues a release command when a predetermined number of hits has been reached, and a release mechanism operatively connected with the controller and which releases the target body and allows the body to fall from the support structure on receipt of the release command from the controller. | 06-13-2013 |
