Education and demonstration – Organized armed or unarmed conflict or shooting – Gunnery
Patent
1995-11-21
1997-10-14
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Organized armed or unarmed conflict or shooting
Gunnery
434 11, 434 16, 273317, G09B 900
Patent
active
056765487
ABSTRACT:
A target for use in interactive target practice by a shooter firing bullets thereat with a controller for controlling the target's operation. The target includes a target plate, indicators, such as lights, for indicating that a practice round has begun, a target sensor, such as a vibration sensor switch, for detecting when the target plate has been struck by a bullet, and a firing mechanism for firing a projectile, such as a paint ball, at the shooter if the shooter does not hit the target plate within the allotted time. The target plate is hingeably attached to a target stand, a shock absorber is provided for absorbing the impact of bullets upon the target plate, and both the target plate and the target stand are angled forwardly downwardly so as to minimize ricochet of bullets back at the shooter. The controller provides an initial delay for each practice round and then sequences through a series of states, with the progression through the states of the practice round being indicated to the shooter by the indicators on the target. If the shooter does not hit the target within the allotted time for the practice round, then the controller causes a projectile, such as a paint ball, to be fired at the shooter. If the shooter successfully hits the target within the allotted time, then another practice round is begun in which the allotted time for response is decreased.
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McAlpin Jim L.
Wilson Lyndon G.
Apley Richard J.
Richman Glenn E.
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