US3902721A - Target for use in archery - Google Patents

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US3902721A
US3902721A US514048A US51404874A US3902721A US 3902721 A US3902721 A US 3902721A US 514048 A US514048 A US 514048A US 51404874 A US51404874 A US 51404874A US 3902721 A US3902721 A US 3902721A
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Carlo Piccini
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41J—TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
    • F41J3/00—Targets for arrows or darts, e.g. for sporting or amusement purposes
    • F41J3/0004—Archery targets

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  • the most commonly used targets at present in use for archery are formed as bodies of compressed straw having a covering ofjute fabric; this covering is needed in order to prevent pieces or flakes of straw from scattering each time the target is hit by an arrow or an arrow is withdrawn from the straw.
  • Targets of this known type have a serious disadvantage, which is the difficulty of withdrawing arrows driven into them, which difficulty is due partly to .the fact that the target is made of compressed straw, and partly to the fact that the arrow. upon penetrating into the straw, causes the formation of a number of burrs pointing in the direction of penetration; these burrs strongly resist the disengagement of the arrow by virtue of the wedging effect of their shape which presses them firmly against the arrow when an attempt is made to withdraw it in the direction opposite the direction of penetration.
  • burrs exert a drawing effect on the shaft of an arrow as it is being withdrawn: if the arrow is of wood such drawing effect, together with the wedging effect of the individual burrs, causes the formation of notches and incisions in the shaft, which can be of a consider able size, and which diminish the physical strength of the arrow.
  • this wedging effect of the burrs can cause the formation on the arrow of incrustations of straw which, even though of limited thickness, may give rise to perceptible deviations in the trajectories of subsequent shots of the arrow.
  • the resistance which the chipped edges offer to the removal of the arrow from the target frequently entails the risk of bending the metal shaft, consequently rendering the arrow useless and having to be discarded.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a target for use in archery, which possesses structural characteristics which are such that all the above mentioned disadvantages of a compressed straw target are avoided.
  • a target for use in archery comprises a base frame, a first subframe carried on said base frame and extending transversely with respect thereto. a second subframe carried on said base frame, said second subframe extending substantially parallel to, and spaced from said first subframe, a target face comprising at least one sheet of a material readily penetrated by an arrow shot from a bow. said target face being carried by said first subframe, a mesh fabric of resiliently deformable yarn so woven that the mesh size can be increased by resilient deformation of the yarn up to a predetermined maximum mesh size. and meansresiliently mounting the periphery of said mesh material to said second subframe.
  • said target face sheet is in the form of an endless band stretched over two parallel arms of said first base frame to form two parallel layers of said target face material.
  • said base frame, said first subframe, and said second subframe are all made of tubular metal.
  • FIG. I is a perspective view of an archery target formed as an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a sectional view taken on the line IIII Of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are sectional views similar to FIG. 2, showing the behaviour of the target of FIGS. 1 and 2 as an arrow penetrates and is withdrawn from the target face.
  • a second transverse subframe 4 is attached to the base frame 2 a short distance from and parallel to the first subframe 3.
  • the second subframe 4 is attached to the base frame 2 by known means, such as welding.
  • the subframes 3 and 4 are not perpendicular to the base frame 2 but form a small acute angle to the plane perpendicular to the plane of the base frame 2.
  • the subframe 3 supports a target face sheet 5 of a material which is easily perforated by an arrow shot from a bow, for example the material may be a single layer packing cardboard, card or the like, or a plastics material, for example, expanded polyvinyl chloride of a thickness in the region of 5 mm.
  • the target face sheet 5 is in the form of an endless belt which is fitted over the subframe 3 from one end and is supported and stretched by the uprights 3a and 3b of the subframe 3.
  • the front face 5a of the said sheet 5 is marked with, or otherwise carries, a number of concentric rings (not shown) which make a target.
  • the second subframe 4 supports, as will be described later, a mesh fabric 6 of known type in which each stitch is locked to form a closed loop.
  • the mesh is woven of triple nylon threads, of 840 denier, of high tenacity, and densely woven l2 loops per square inch).
  • the said mesh fabric 6 is of a commercially available type in which each loop is resiliently deformable to a given size which it cannot exceed without breaking the yarn.
  • the maximum size of the loops of the mesh is less than the area of the crosssection of the shaft of an arrow 12 normally used in the sport of archery and the tensile strength of the threads is such that the force applied by the impact of an arrow is less than the breaking strain of the threads.
  • the advantages of the target of this invention lie essentially in the almost complete absence of strain on the shaft of the arrow as it passes through the target face, and by the ease with which the arrow can be extracted from the target.
  • the tubes may be formed as individual component parts, which can be connected together, for example by fitting into each other, perhaps with the assistance of bolts or clamps or other known locking means to hold them in place. In this way the framework, when it is not in use, can be dismantled into its component parts, and packed flat. This provides considerable advantages for storage and transport.
  • a target for use in archery comprising:
  • a first subframe carried on said base frame and extending transversely with respect thereto, said subframe being comprised of two parallel spaced apart arms,
  • a target face sheet comprised of a material readily penetrated by an arrow shot from a bow, said target face sheet being in the form of an endless band stretched over said arms of said first subframe to form two parallel layers of said target face material

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US4042240A (en) * 1975-12-17 1977-08-16 Gregory John Kinart Archery target
US4491328A (en) * 1982-07-23 1985-01-01 Meyer Leonard S Target having shiftably movable target structure
US4546984A (en) * 1983-01-27 1985-10-15 Sure Stop Manufacturing, Inc. Target for projectiles
GB2279137A (en) * 1993-06-17 1994-12-21 Barnett Int Ltd Target assembly
US20080067751A1 (en) * 2006-09-19 2008-03-20 Ryan Hunt Random rebound practice device
US20080099997A1 (en) * 2006-10-25 2008-05-01 All Seasons Archery, Inc. Archery target and related method of manufacture
US20090008878A1 (en) * 2007-07-06 2009-01-08 Jones Dean M Archery game
US20130269193A1 (en) * 2012-04-13 2013-10-17 David J. Eckhart Portable target
US20140054859A1 (en) * 2012-08-23 2014-02-27 Jeffrey Paul Kantor Portable support frame for archery target and backstop
US10012482B1 (en) * 2016-05-18 2018-07-03 Blake Terence Williams Sheet material for use as a curtain for capturing and retaining firearm-discharged pellets and method for recovery of firearm-discharged pellets therewith
US11135494B2 (en) * 2019-07-26 2021-10-05 D.N.J. Athletics LLC Training aid support base and assembly

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US1602441A (en) * 1925-01-08 1926-10-12 Mallery Ellis Archery target
US3227449A (en) * 1963-05-13 1966-01-04 Frederick F Schwab Draped-web target device
US3477724A (en) * 1966-05-16 1969-11-11 Stanley W Wilcox Pellet target
US3720411A (en) * 1971-03-08 1973-03-13 Vogelaere G De Portable target to receive, contain, and prevent splashback of medium velocity projectiles

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US1602441A (en) * 1925-01-08 1926-10-12 Mallery Ellis Archery target
US3227449A (en) * 1963-05-13 1966-01-04 Frederick F Schwab Draped-web target device
US3477724A (en) * 1966-05-16 1969-11-11 Stanley W Wilcox Pellet target
US3720411A (en) * 1971-03-08 1973-03-13 Vogelaere G De Portable target to receive, contain, and prevent splashback of medium velocity projectiles

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4042240A (en) * 1975-12-17 1977-08-16 Gregory John Kinart Archery target
US4491328A (en) * 1982-07-23 1985-01-01 Meyer Leonard S Target having shiftably movable target structure
US4546984A (en) * 1983-01-27 1985-10-15 Sure Stop Manufacturing, Inc. Target for projectiles
GB2279137A (en) * 1993-06-17 1994-12-21 Barnett Int Ltd Target assembly
US20080067751A1 (en) * 2006-09-19 2008-03-20 Ryan Hunt Random rebound practice device
US7581733B2 (en) 2006-10-25 2009-09-01 All Seasons Archery, Inc. Archery target and related method of manufacture
US20080099997A1 (en) * 2006-10-25 2008-05-01 All Seasons Archery, Inc. Archery target and related method of manufacture
US20090008878A1 (en) * 2007-07-06 2009-01-08 Jones Dean M Archery game
US20130269193A1 (en) * 2012-04-13 2013-10-17 David J. Eckhart Portable target
US8991063B2 (en) * 2012-04-13 2015-03-31 David J. Eckhart Portable target
US20140054859A1 (en) * 2012-08-23 2014-02-27 Jeffrey Paul Kantor Portable support frame for archery target and backstop
US10012482B1 (en) * 2016-05-18 2018-07-03 Blake Terence Williams Sheet material for use as a curtain for capturing and retaining firearm-discharged pellets and method for recovery of firearm-discharged pellets therewith
US10012483B1 (en) 2016-05-18 2018-07-03 Blake Terence Williams Method for recovery of firearm-discharged pellets
US11135494B2 (en) * 2019-07-26 2021-10-05 D.N.J. Athletics LLC Training aid support base and assembly

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CA1009678A (en) 1977-05-03
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IT998737B (it) 1976-02-20

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