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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361083 | Multimedia system and method for remote monitoring or refereeing in dart machines A system and method which comprises a plurality of amusement machines (i.e., video games, flipper games, pinball machines, prize dispensing games, arcade games, electronic darts, kiddie rides, pool tables, golf games, basketball games, billiards, redemption games, s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7316399 | Flexible magnetic dart board with the capability of automatic scoring A magnetic dart board that includes embedded conductor coils beneath scoring areas. When a dart with a magnetic head strikes a scoring area of the dart board a current is induced in the underlying conductor coil. The induced current provides an electrical signal tha... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258344 | Electronically-scored game providing audible feedback and method of use An electronically-scored game comprises an electronic controller and at least one sensor operatively connected with the controller, the at least one sensor adapted to detect at least one activity associated with the game and to generate a signal. A memory stores inf... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7204489 | Collapsible corrugated target for tank gunnery practice This invention is a new-type, full-scale, tank-target silhouette for use in tank gunnery practice with the main gun of a tank. The new target employs lightweight sheet material that is corrugated in the manner of an accordion-door (or pleated) configuration to produ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197197 | Method for detecting projectile impact location and velocity vector A method of determining the path of a projectile comprises detecting multiple time of arrivals of the projectile in multiple intersecting planes and determining the path and speed of the projectile based on the multiple times of arrivals. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195245 | Print-type magnetic dartboard A dartboard has board member, and the board member has a plurality of target blocks to be stuck by darts. The back side of the board member has an induction layer and a magnetic member. The magnetic member provides a fixed magnetic field, and the induction layer has... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163204 | Dart and dartboard set A dart and dartboard set, which includes a dart, which is a plastic dart with a flat magnet at the front end, and a dartboard, includes a front fabric panel printed with a score, ring pattern, a back fabric panel, two induction circuit membranes separated by a flexi... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7034227 | Cable trough A cable trough for installing cables alongside a railway line or other right of way is described. The cable trough is constructed using longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers coated with polymeric resin that generally aligns the reinforcing fibers with the lengt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994347 | Hit scoring apparatus for shooting practice The invention provides a hit-scoring apparatus for shooting practice, comprising a target holder consisting of a body constituting the first and second jaws of a clamping device, the first jaw and the second jaw being electrically insulated from one another, means a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6931166 | Optical sensor and method for detecting projectile impact location and velocity vector An optical sensor and method for detecting a projectile velocity vector includes optically detecting the arrival of a projectile. The sensor includes a sandwich of a transparent layer within two reflective layers, which in turn are within two opaque layers. An optic... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6554284 | Target assembly for practicing ball games A target device includes a rear sheet member and a front sheet member each having one or more conductor members aligned with each other, and an intermediate member disposed between the sheet members for separating the conductor members from each other. Th... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6196844 | Integrated target system The present invention concerns the integration of laser engagement systems such as the MITS and MILES laser systems with standard two dimensional silhouettes, thereby creating a silhouette which can be defeated by laser fire. A laser enhanced silhouette a... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155570 | Missle detection and location A system is disclosed for detecting and locating missiles such as darts in a target having a plurality of discrete target areas in which each of the areas has a conductive surface which acts as an electromagnetic signal receiving antenna, and in which a p... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5823849 | Circuit with intermittent sensing of liquid contact, and game method A toy that can sense contact with a fluid. The toy preferably contains a conductive member and an adjacent conductive screen. An indicator circuit has one terminal connected to the conductive member and another terminal connected to the conductive screen.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5669608 | Device for locating the position of impact of a projectile A device for locating a position of impact of a projectile upon a planar surface of a target. The device includes a plurality of lamina-type parallel planes, fully covering the surface of the target. Each plane has at least two windings, disposed on its s... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5193816 | Projectile and target identifying apparatus A plurality of targets comprise two spaced metal screens secured in electrical isolation. A voltage is applied to the screens such that when the screens are shorted by a penetrating metal projectile, a pulse is produced having a pulse duration representin... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4953875 | Electrically shorting target This target has a laminated structure of layered matrials. The first layer is an insulating foam which abuts the front face of a metallic foil front electrode. The front electrode has a thickness not exceeding 0.005 inches. Behind the front foil electrode... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4852888 | Electrically scoring dart board This invention relates to a target board for electrically sensing the penetration of darts and similar missiles that do not penetrate entirely through the target. More specifically, the invention relates to the construction of a target board that is adapt... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4828269 | Hit-scoring shooting target A hit-scoring target for shooting practice having several mutually bonded layers, a first layer at least the outside surface of which is electrically conductive, a second, electrically nonconductive, at least semi-rigid layer imparting mechanical strength... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4810561 | Multi-layered target A multi-layered target is provided in which the shooter's results are permanently recorded and displayed as a work of art. A metallic sheet layer is used in conjunction with a covering layer upon which target dots are imprinted in a desired design or patt... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4799688 | Live fire target system A target system includes a target comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel, electrically conductive strips disposed on a target surface. An electrically conductive backplane is provided on a back surface of the target in a plane parallel to the target s... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4786058 | Electric target and display An electric indicating target for use in shooting practice which provides a user with a display indicating the zone of the target face that has been hit by a shot. The target includes a planar surface of electrical resistance elements formed on the target... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4678194 | Target apparatus including transmitting/receiving dart The present invention relates to a target having conductive fibres in a plurality of beds into which a transmitting/receiving projectile may be embedded with a portion of the projectile remaining protruding from the target. Each bed indicates a score and ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4516781 | Dart game with two microcomputers A novel dart game which allows one or more players to participate and which has a dart board mounted over a matrix switch and with segments to actuate the matrix switch when struck by a dart thrown by a player and which uses a first microcomputer to scan ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4244583 | Self scoring target for darts and similar projectiles This invention is an electronic device for detecting, remote indicating, and accumulation of multiple penetrations of a target by conductive shafts such as hand-thrown darts, metal-tipped arrows, or similar missiles. The device utilizes a target comprised... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4240640 | Projectile penetration responsive electrically shorting target An electrical, projectile penetration sensing target includes a pair of laminated sheets including a polymer resin coated brittle, calendered aluminum, wire screen and a polymer resin coated, fiberglass web, the laminated sheets being separated by and bin... | 12/23/1980 |
