Entertaining target

• US 5,222,740 A
• Filed: 03/10/1992
• Issued: 06/29/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jenn-Jia Wu, Jinn-Shing Liaw
• Original Assignee: Jenn-Jia Wu, Jinn-Shing Liaw
• Inventors: Wu, Jenn-Jia, Liaw, Jinn-Shing
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US07/848,935
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 273/371, 273/381, 273/382, 273/383, 273/389, 273/398, 273/401, 273/402, 273/403, 273/446, 273/354
• US Class Current: 273/371
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/04 Electric hit-indicating systems; Detecting hits by actuation of electric contacts or switches
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/24 Targets producing a particular effect when hit, e.g. detonation of pyrotechnic charge, bell ring, photograph

Abstract

An entertaining target comprises a box, a sound and light control device attached inside the box and a balloon. The front opening of the box is attached with an openable front lid formed with a target hole in the middle, and inside the box there is provided a touch-off switch connecting to the sound and light control device which is pressed by the balloon to disconnect the electricity to the control device. When a player takes his shot on the target, the bullet successfully hit into the target hole will pop the balloon and the front lid will be pushed to open by the explosion of the balloon to allow another balloon to be placed, meanwhile the touch-off switch is released by the explosion to start the sound and light control device to generate entertaining sound and light.

Claims

1. An entertainment target system comprising:

(a) a box housing defining an internal chamber for insert therein of a balloon, said balloon for compressively interfacing with a normal-off switch mounted within said box, said box housing having an open frontal section, said frontal section having a pair of magnets mounted thereon;

(b) a plurality of lid members anyone of which is releaseably secured to said box housing for covering said frontal section opening, each front lid member having an opening of a predetermined dimensional size formed therethrough, wherein the predetermined dimensional sizes of the openings of at least two of said plurality of front lid members being different from one another for selective purposes, each front lid member having a pair of magnetically attractive metal strip members secured thereto for alignment with said magnets mounted to said box housing, said front lid member being elastically coupled to a lower wall of said box housing by an elastic band coupling; and

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(c) audio and visual indication means electrically coupled to said normal-off switch and mounted within said internal chamber of said box housing for visually and audially indicating removal of said balloon from compressive interface with said normal-off switch, said audio and visual indication means being coupled to an on-off switch member for electrically activating and deactivating said audio and visual indication means, whereby removal of said compressive interface of said balloon with said normal-off switch electrically activates said audio and visual indication means.