Modular Target Frame With Elongated Projections For Rapid Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing target attachment systems require significant storage space, are cumbersome to modify for different shooting exercises, and necessitate multiple investments in equipment and time for configuration changes, limiting quick turnovers and efficiency in shooting ranges.
Innovation Solution
A modular main frame with elongated projections and target holders that allow for interchangeable target attachment systems, featuring a ricochet face and rotation mechanism to facilitate easy target positioning and repositioning, enabling quick configuration changes without specialized tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different target attachment systems are used for different shooting exercises, then shooting versatility is improved, but storage space requirements and equipment complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The main frame is designed with multiple elongated projections that can accommodate different target attachment systems (e.g., gravity plate rack, standard plate rack, overhang rack) through a universal mounting interface. This allows a single main frame to serve multiple shooting exercises and scenarios, eliminating the need for separate storage spaces for each system while maintaining full versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different target attachment systems are used for different shooting exercises, then shooting versatility is improved, but device complexity and equipment requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The main frame incorporates standardized elongated projections with channels that accept various target attachment systems through a common mounting mechanism. This universal design reduces equipment complexity by consolidating multiple specialized systems into one versatile platform, while still supporting different shooting configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The target attachment system is divided into modular components where the main frame serves as a separate, reusable unit and target holders can be independently attached or removed. This segmentation allows for easy reconfiguration and simplifies the overall system architecture, reducing complexity while maintaining versatility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If traditional target attachment systems are used, then structural stability is ensured, but time for mounting and demounting increases
Solution Approach 1:
The main frame is pre-configured with elongated projections and channels positioned to receive target holders in predetermined locations. This preliminary arrangement of mounting interfaces allows for rapid attachment and demounting of target holders without requiring complex alignment or assembly procedures, while still ensuring structural stability through the pre-engineered connection geometry.
4Adaptability or versatility
If target attachment systems are modified for different configurations, then shooting versatility is improved, but modification time and tool requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The target attachment system incorporates movable and adjustable components where target holders can be easily positioned, attached, or removed from the main frame projections. This dynamic design enables quick reconfiguration for different shooting scenarios without requiring permanent modifications or specialized tools, allowing shooters to adapt the system rapidly to varying needs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a user-friendly, efficient, and versatile target system that reduces storage needs, allows for rapid configuration changes, and supports multiple shooting scenarios with a single main frame, enhancing shooting range operations by minimizing downtime and equipment requirements.
Implementation Method 1
the elongated target receiving member comprises a ricochet face downwardly and forwardly angled, wherein the ricochet face is adapted to ricochet bullets toward a ground surface
Data Source
AI summary
A target system for receiving a target having a target body and target projection extending therefrom. The target system comprises a main frame and a target attachment system. The main frame comprises an elongated target receiving member defining an elongated target receiving member surface and two vertically distant projections extending from the elongated target receiving member surface. The target attachment system comprises pair of target attachment supports adapted for being distantly and concurrently mounted on the projections, each one of the target attachment supports having an opening therethrough. The target attachment supports are mounted as a pair, and are defining a passage defined by their openings, the passage being adapted for receiving the target projection. As a result, the target, when hit on the target body, rotates freely around a rotation axis defined by the passage.