Impact marking target blank and method for manufacturing, marketing and using same
First Claim
1. An impact marking ballistic target blank comprising:
- a substrate having forwardly and rearwardly facing surfaces, said forwardly facing surface carrying a high visibility photoreflective colored ink thereon;
a transparent film layer superposed on said forwardly facing surface of said substrate such that said photoreflective colored ink is interposed between said substrate and said film layer, said film layer having an upper surface facing forwardly of said substrate; and
a monochromatic opaque print coat layer that contrasts in color with and is visually distinguishable from said photoreflective colored ink and that extends in a continuous, uninterrupted manner across the entire upper surface of said film layer, said print coat layer covering and obscuring the entire film layer and all of the photoreflective colored ink interposed between said substrate and said film layer such that said print coat defines across and in front of the entire forwardly facing surface of said substrate a monochromatic blank surface devoid of an image, said print coat layer having an S.I.D. of at least 1.5 and being receptive of ink jet and dot matrix inks and laser toners to form printed images thereon without accompanying image degradation including bleeding, misting, tailing or scumming.
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Abstract
An impact marking ballistic target blank includes a substrate having a photoreflective colored ink applied thereto. The photoreflective colored ink is covered by a thin transparent film. An opaque monochromatic base print coat is coated onto the outer film surface to obscure the photoreflective colored ink. The blank is manufactured and sold to an end user who prints various custom target images in one or more colors or color combinations contrasting with the photoreflective colored ink on the forward surface of the target blank base print coat, either by hand or by means of a computer and related laser, ink jet or dot matrix printer, or by other suitable printing technology medium. The substrate of the impact making blank target blank may include pressure sensitive label stock, with labels that are removably attached to a backing sheet to facilitate removal of labels, after an image has been printed onto them. After the printed label is detached from the backing paper, it is ready to be applied to a target mounting assembly and used as a target.
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20 Claims
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1. An impact marking ballistic target blank comprising:
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a substrate having forwardly and rearwardly facing surfaces, said forwardly facing surface carrying a high visibility photoreflective colored ink thereon; a transparent film layer superposed on said forwardly facing surface of said substrate such that said photoreflective colored ink is interposed between said substrate and said film layer, said film layer having an upper surface facing forwardly of said substrate; and a monochromatic opaque print coat layer that contrasts in color with and is visually distinguishable from said photoreflective colored ink and that extends in a continuous, uninterrupted manner across the entire upper surface of said film layer, said print coat layer covering and obscuring the entire film layer and all of the photoreflective colored ink interposed between said substrate and said film layer such that said print coat defines across and in front of the entire forwardly facing surface of said substrate a monochromatic blank surface devoid of an image, said print coat layer having an S.I.D. of at least 1.5 and being receptive of ink jet and dot matrix inks and laser toners to form printed images thereon without accompanying image degradation including bleeding, misting, tailing or scumming. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An impact marking ballistic film blank comprising:
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a transparent film layer having upper and lower surfaces; and an opaque monochromatic print coat layer that extends in an uninterrupted manner across said upper surface of said film layer to completely cover and obscure the entire film layer and defining a monochromatic film blank devoid of an image, said print coat layer being releasably attached to said film such that when a ballistic projectile impacts said film blank, a section of said print coat layer adjacent to a point of impact of the projectile is dislodged from said upper surface of said film layer, said print coat layer having an S.I.D. of at least 1.5 and being receptive of ink let and dot matrix inks and laser toners to form printed images thereon without accompanying degradation including image bleeding, misting, tailing or scumming. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of manufacturing and marketing an impact marking ballistic target blank, said method comprising:
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providing a substrate having forwardly and rearwardly facing surfaces; applying a high visibility photoreflective colored ink layer to said forwardly facing surface of said substrate; superimposing a transparent film layer over said photoreflective colored ink layer such that said photoreflective colored ink layer is interposed between said substrate and said film layer; applying an opaque monochromatic, print medium absorbent print coat layer that contrasts in color with and is visually distinguishable from said photoreflective colored ink layer in a continuous uninterrupted manner across the entire upper surface of said film layer to completely cover and obscure said film layer and said photoreflective color ink layer in their entireties to provide an impact marking ballistic target blank wherein said print coat defines across and in front of the entire forwardly facing surface of said substrate an uninterrupted, monochromatic blank surface devoid of an image, said print coat layer having an S.I.D. of at least 1.5 and being receptive of ink jet and dot matrix inks and laser toners to form printed images thereon without accompanying degradation including image bleeding, misting, tailing or scumming; and marketing said blank to customers for forming a selected target design image on said blank. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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