Shooting gallery with target ball supported on a column of air

Claim 1

A shooting gallery comprising: a. a bottom member having an opening therein inwardly of the edges thereof and an inwardly and downwardly sloping upper surface which slopes toward said opening, b. means supplying and directing a moving stream of air upwardly through said opening at a velocity to move to an elevation above said bottom member, c. a lightweight spherical target of a weight to move upwardly with said stream of air and float thereon above said bottom member to provide a floating target until struck by shot and moved out of the path of movement of said stream of air, d. a deflector member extending upwardly and inwardly from at least one edge of said opening to an elevation above said opening in position to impart upward and inward movement to said target so that a target moving down said inwardly sloping upper surface moves into said moving stream of air, e. an upstanding flexible sheet attached ajdacent opposite edges thereof to supports at a side of said floating target and extending across the path of movement of shot after passing said target with the length of said sheet being greater than the distance between said supports with the intermediate portion of said sheet being drawn toward said floating target by the upwardly moving stream of air so that shot are deflected downwardly onto said inwardly sloping upper surface and then move into said opening, and f. there being an opening through said flexible sheet for receiving said target.