US4244585A
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Archery target
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-10-05
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Granted: 1981-01-13
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Expires: 1999-10-05
Abstract
Abstract An archery target wherein a thermoplastic plastic film web is randomly gathered transversely and wound spirally into a disc-like formation with successive convolutions in engagement and combining to define interstitial openings or air pockets. The spiral convolutions may be kept from unwinding in a number of different ways including heat sealing of adjacent convolutions, covering the faces of the disc with an adhesively or heat sealingly secured cover sheet extending in gathered relation through the center of the disc and splayed outwardly onto the opposite faces, or backing one disc with another having oppositely wound convolutions and securing the abutting edges of the convolutions to each other or an intermediate sheet.
Inventors
- 👤 Lionel Croll
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:52
CPC Classifications
F; F41; F41J; F41J3/00; F41J3/0004; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/906; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1028; Y10T156/103; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249922
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A target construction comprising an elongate single piece of flexible separate plastic film randomly gathered transversely and extending in a planar spiral configuration under longitudinal tension and having convolutions in adjacent engaging relation to define a disc having a random multitude of internal air pockets, and form retaining means associated with said disc to retain the configuration thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A target construction comprising an elongate single piece of flexible separate plastic film randomly gathered transversely and extending in a planar spiral configuration under longitudinal tension and having convolutions in adjacent engaging relation to define a disc having a random multitude of internal air pockets, and form retaining means associated with said disc to retain the configuration thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A target construction according to claim 1, said form retaining means comprising a covering.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A target construction according to claim 1, said form retaining means comprising stitching.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A target construction according to claim 1, said form retaining means comprising adherent means on the exterior of said disc securing together outer regions of adjacent convolutions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A target construction according to claim 4, said adherent means comprising adhesive coated flexible sheet material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A target construction according to claim 4, said film being thermoplastic, and said adherent means comprising thermoplastically heat sealed adjacent engaging portions of said convolutions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A target construction according to claim 1, said film being thermoplastic, said form retaining means comprising a thermoplastic cover on said disc, and said cover being heat sealed to said convolutions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
90 words
A target construction according to claim 1, in combination with a second elongate single piece of separate plastic film randomly gathered transversely and extending in a planar spiral configuration under longitudinal tension and having convolutions in adjacent engaging relation to define a second disc having a random multitude of internal air pockets, said first and second discs having the convolutions extending in opposite angular directions and secured together in facing relation, whereby unwinding of the convolutions of each disc is resisted by the oppositely wound convolutions of the other disc.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A target according to claim 8, said form retaining means comprising a flexible sheet extending in gathered relation centrally through at least one of said discs and splayed outwardly on opposite sides thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
A target construction comprising a coil of gathered plastic film having convolutions in adjacent engaging relation to define a disc having internal air pockets, and form retaining means associated with said disc to retain the configuration thereof, said form retaining means comprising a flexible sheet extending in gathered relation centrally through said coil and splayed outwardly onto opposite sides of said coil and secured thereto.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
A target construction comprising a coil of gathered plastic film having convolutions in adjacent engaging relation to define a disc having internal air pockets, and form retaining means associated with said disc to retain the configuration thereof, said form retaining means comprising a flexible sheet extending in gathered relation centrally through said coil and splayed outwardly onto opposite sides of said coil and secured thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A target construction according to claim 10, said flexible sheet being adherently secured to the faces of said opposite coil sides.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-01-13 | 1984-07-14 | 1985-01-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-01-13 | 1988-07-14 | 1989-01-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-01-13 | 1992-07-14 | 1993-01-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |