High Caliber Target Plate Pivot Mounting Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current targets designed for high caliber rounds often suffer damage, are prone to ricochet, or are too bulky to be portable, making them unsuitable for realistic training scenarios that require mobility and safety.
Innovation Solution
A target system featuring a hardened steel target plate with a mounting bracket system that allows for tool-less assembly and disassembly, and a stand with spaced-apart engagement points to prevent torsional movement and minimize ricochet risk, enabling the target plate to pivot and dissipate kinetic energy upon impact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the target is made large and bulky to withstand high caliber rounds, then the target can resist damage from high caliber projectiles, but the target becomes difficult to move
Solution Approach 1:
The target system is divided into separate components: a heavy target plate for withstanding impacts and a lighter stand for portability. The mounting bracket system allows the target plate to be detached from the stand, enabling the heavy plate to be replaced with lighter targets while maintaining protective capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket system incorporates sliding mechanisms that allow the target plate to move dynamically upon impact. The bracket can slide forwardly and rearwardly on the stand, allowing the target plate to pivot and absorb kinetic energy through controlled movement rather than rigid impact resistance alone.
2Weight of moving object
If the target is made portable with smaller size, then the target is easier to move, but the target becomes prone to falling over when impacted
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket system is designed to move dynamically upon impact rather than remaining fixed. The bracket slides along the stand and allows the target plate to pivot, converting destabilizing impact forces into controlled rotational motion that maintains overall system stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket system is pre-configured with sliding mechanisms and engagement features that automatically activate upon impact. The spaced-apart engagement points on the stand are positioned to provide stabilizing moments before the target plate can fall over.
3Ease of operation
If the target uses exposed hardware or joints to achieve portability, then the target is easier to assemble and move, but the exposed hardware creates ricochet risk
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket system is designed so that the bracket itself absorbs and deflects ricochet risks. The bracket structure, positioned between the target plate and stand, serves as a sacrificial element that can be damaged or deformed to protect the exposed joints and hardware from direct projectile impact.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket acts as an intermediary element between the target plate and the stand's exposed hardware. It provides a protective barrier that prevents projectiles from directly striking the exposed joints and fasteners, thereby reducing ricochet risk while maintaining the portable, tool-less assembly capability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the target plate is rigidly fixed to the stand, then the target maintains stable position, but the target cannot dissipate kinetic energy and suffers damage
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket system transitions from a rigid fixed connection to a dynamic movable connection. The bracket slides on the stand and allows the target plate to pivot upon impact, enabling kinetic energy dissipation through controlled motion while the spaced-apart engagement points maintain sufficient positional stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding mechanism in the mounting bracket provides built-in cushioning capacity before impact occurs. The bracket can move a certain distance along the stand, creating a cushioning effect that absorbs kinetic energy and reduces the peak impact forces transmitted to both the target plate and stand.
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AI summary
A high caliber target includes a target plate and a stand. The target plate may be mounted on and removed from the stand. In accordance with one embodiment, the target plate can be mounted and removed without tools. In accordance with one embodiment, the target plate is presented to the shooter without joints or edges which could promote ricochets back toward the shooter. In accordance with another embodiment, the target plate can pivot on impact relative to the stand.