Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-19
2001-03-13
Canfield, Robert (Department: 3635)
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
C273S403000, C273S359000, C040S617000, C040S642020, C248S317000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06199866
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the general field of firearm shooting ranges, and to the particular field of safety features for shooting ranges.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There are a wide variety of firing ranges and range equipment, often depending upon whether the range is indoor and outdoor, and on the type of firearm or target the range is designed for, i.e. small bore pistol, action pistol, small bore rifle, high power rifle, airgun, shotgun, black powder, silhouette target, moving target, and et cetera. Suggested design criteria for the various types of ranges may be found in publications such as
The Range Manual
published by the National Rifle Association of America.
The present invention is directed primarily toward an indoor range with certain safety features to accommodate the use of a wide variety of firearms, extending from airguns and handguns through high power rifles. Objects of the invention include providing a safer design of shooting booth with improved bullet stop and retention material in its walls, a target transport system which carries the target well within the protective confine of the booth, high level of sound proofing, a robust bullet trap adequate for low and high velocity bullets and for soft lead to hard jacketed bullets, good smoke removal and ventilation, an efficient lighting pattern, and an improved target carrier. Other advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following drawings and detailed description of a preferred embodiment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A preferred embodiment of the invention is found in a firing range having shooting booths with protective side walls constructed of armour plate, soft metal framing studs running vertically along the plate with insulating material disposed between the framing studs and against the plate, and a sheet of sound-proofing tile attached to the framing studs and covering the insulating material. The ceiling of the booth is constructed of an armour plate meeting the upper edge of the armour plates of the side walls, and a layer of sound-proofing tile between the side walls below and apart from the ceiling armour defines a space to accommodate the return end of a target transport system. The ceiling tile has a slot to allow a target carrier to extend through the slot and carry the target well within the protective confine of the booth. The ceiling tile is angled upward at the rear of the booth to facilitate lighting and ventilation.
Lighting in the booths is provided by a row of fluorescent light tubes and diffusion cover located in the ceiling of the range facility directly behind the booths, and provides an even, bright, non-glare illumination from above and behind the shooters. Ventilation air is blown through the booths from above and behind the shooters, and air is removed from the facility by take out ducts in front of the booths to direct and remove smoke from the booths without allowing it to spread into the range facility.
The bullet trap is a floor to ceiling damp sand backstop supported by a reflected angle support structure, and is enclosed within a cage of armour plating. The target carrier is a two-prong hook hanger with easily replaceable sections in the event that a bullet impact bends or severs a section.
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Canfield Robert
Seidel, Gondo, Lavorgna & Monaco, PC
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