Target providing an indicating signal upon impact by a projectile of a particular portion of the target

Claim 1

An improved target arrangement of the type adapted to emit a signal upon impingement by a preselected projectile comprising, in combination: a plurality of target rings in a preselected spaced array, and said plurality of target rings having a first target ring, a last target ring and at least one intermediate target ring between said first and said last target ring, and each of said first and intermediate target rings having an aperture therethrough, and said aperture in said first target ring having a first size, and each other aperture in said intermediate rings having a size sequentially smaller than said first size and sequentially smaller than the immediately preceding aperture, and each of said plurality of target rings having a projectile impinge portion having a projected area in the plane of a forward face in said first target ring, and said apertures in said plurality of target rings defining a projectile passageway free of obstructions from said aperture in said first target ring to said projectile impingement portion of said last target ring, and each of said plurality of target rings comprises: a holder member having first walls defining a support means engaging portion and second walls defining a stem portion, and said support means engaging portion of said holder member define a substantially flat sided edge section; a target disc member having first walls defining a retention portion and second walls defining said projectile impingeable position thereof, and said retention portion detachable coupled to said stem portion of said holder member; and retainer means engaging said holder member and said target disc for retaining said target disc in said detachable coupled relationship to said holder member; support means for supporting said plurality of target rings in said spaced array, and said support means having a plurality of V-shaped grooves therein, and each of said plurality of said target rings mounted for individual damped pivotal motion on said support means in at least one of said V-shaped grooves for the condition of each of said target rings impinged by a projectile, and each of said flat sided edge sections of said first walls of said holder member engaging at least one of said V-shaped grooves for providing said damped pivotal motion; a plurality of stop means and one of said plurality of stop means intermediate each pair of adjacent target rings of said plurality of target rings and spaced apart in target engaging relationship to the immediately preceding target ring for limiting the angular excursion of said immediately preceding target ring for the condition of said damped pivotal motion of said immediately preceding target ring; and indicating means operatively connected to said plurality of target rings for selectively indicating a projectile impingement on each of said projectile impingement portions of said plurality of target rings.