Multi-section archery target

Claim 1

AN ARCHERY TARGET COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A CENTER SECTION INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONG, FLAT PAPERWRAPPED PACKETS EACH STUFFED WITH EXCELSIOR, SAID PACKETS BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LENGTH AND BEING STACKED TOGETHER TO FORM A RECTANGULAR ASSEMBLY WHOSE PLANE LIES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RESPECTIVE PLANES OF SAID PACKETS; A PLURALITY OF INNER BINDING CORDS WRAPPED ABOUT SAID CENTER SECTION PACKETS AND COMPRESIVELY BINDING THE SAME TOGETHER IN THE PLANE OF SAID ASSEMBLY; A TOP SECTION AND A BOTTOM SECTION EACH INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONG, FLAT, PAPER-WRAPPED PACKETS EACH STUFFED WITH EXCELSIOR, SAID PACKETS BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LENGTH AND BEING STACKED TOGETHER TO FORM A RECTANGULAR ASSEMBLY WHOSE PLANE LIES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RESPECTIVE PLANES OF SAID PACKETS; SAID TOP SECTION BEING PLACED ON TOP OF SAID CENTER SECTION, AND SAID BOTTOM SECTION BEING PLACED BENEATH SAID CENTER SECTION, WITH THE PLANES OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASSEMBLIES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED TOGETHER, THE COMBINATION OF SAID TOP, CENTER, AND BOTTOM SECTIONS THUS FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR TARGET; AND A PLURALITY OF OUTER BINDING CORDS EXTENDING AROUND THE ENTIRE TARGET SO AS TO COMPRESSIVELY BIND THE PACKETS OF SAID TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS TOGETHER, AND TO COMPRESSIVELY BIND SAID THREE SECTIONS TOGETHER; SAID INNER BINDING CORDS BEING UNDER GREATER TENSILE STRESS THAN SAID OUTER BINDING CORDS WHEREBY SAID PACKETS OF SAID CENTER SECTION ARE OF GREATER DENSITY THAN SAID PACKETS OF SAID TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS.