Multi-Target Shooting Structure With Impact-Launched Moving Targets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal target practice areas lack functionality, limiting the user's experience and practice options, and existing targets do not effectively provide both stationary and moving targets, nor do they adequately prevent projectile ricochets.
Innovation Solution
A multi-target apparatus with a sturdy frame and pendulum mechanism that launches a secondary target upon impact, incorporating deflectors to prevent ricochets and support multiple primary and secondary targets of varying weights and types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single stationary target is used, then the structure is simple, but the functionality and practice options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The target apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides both stationary targets (primary targets) and moving targets (secondary targets) within a single integrated structure. The frame supports multiple primary targets at different positions, and the pendulum mechanism enables secondary targets to be launched into the air, creating a multi-functional shooting system that enhances practice options without requiring separate target systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The target system is divided into distinct functional segments: primary targets for stationary shooting, secondary targets for moving target practice, deflectors for safety, and support structures for positioning. This segmentation allows each component to serve its specific purpose while maintaining overall system versatility and managing complexity through modular design.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If no deflectors are used, then the structure is simpler, but projectile ricochets cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The deflectors are positioned to intercept and redirect ricocheting projectiles in a controlled manner, converting the harmful ricochet effect into a beneficial safety feature. By strategically placing deflectors at angles that intercept ricochets, the system safely redirects these potentially dangerous projectiles away from the shooter and surrounding areas, transforming a hazard into a protective mechanism.
3Strength
If the frame is made weaker, then the structure is simpler and lighter, but it cannot withstand projectile impact without movement
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is pre-configured with a robust structure that anticipates and prepares for impact forces. The crossbars, vertical members, and base are designed with sufficient strength and rigidity to withstand projectile impacts without excessive movement or deformation. This preliminary structural preparation ensures stability during shooting while avoiding the need for overly complex reinforcement.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances shooting experience by providing both stationary and moving targets, ensuring safety through projectile deflection, and accommodating different projectile calibers and types.
Implementation Method 1
The kinetic energy from the impact launches the secondary target as a moving target
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses an apparatus that enables a user to shoot multiple targets, both stationary and moving, consisting of a structure having three sides, optionally enclosed, and an open side to form an interior supporting primary targets and having a top supporting secondary targets. Primary targets, rotatably affixed to a target bar spanning the open side, have projections on the back which, upon impact, rotate to impact a secondary target positioned on the top of the apparatus. The impact uses the kinetic energy to launch the secondary target contained within a secondary target holder positioned on the top of the apparatus and open to the interior. The projections are dimensioned to have sufficient contact to launch the secondary target without getting embedded in the secondary target holder. The projection can be either permanently or removably affixed to the back of the targets and can, when removable, permit weight variations.