Patent Application
20170292818
The present disclosure relates to a containerized tubular shooting range assembly used for indoor/outdoor shooting practices.
In order to maintain proficiency in the use of firearms, it is common for armed forces like the police and sportsmen to engage in target practice. While target practice has traditionally been conducted on a range in which targets were placed a distance away from the shooter, many have realized that such a scenario does not adequately train officers for many real life situations. Long ago live birds, particularly pigeons, were used to simulate actual shooting situations. Due to the expense and inconvenience involved in gathering a sufficient number of live birds to facilitate worthwhile practice, artificial targets, commonly referred to as a “clay pigeons”, were substituted for live birds. Today, shooters frequently use facilitates known as skeet, trap, sporting clays, etc., to hone their shooting skills.
Regardless of whether artificial targets are utilized to practice for shooting or for targeting shooting competitions, finding a venue suitable for artificial target shooting can be problematic. Real or imagined problems such as danger to people and property from arrant projectiles, air and water pollution, noise pollution, etc. virtually rule out artificial target shooting in heavily populated urban areas. Parcels of land of sufficient size and suitable location to facilitate artificial target shooting activities are often prohibit ably expensive even when located 100 miles or more from centres of urban areas. For these reasons fewer and fewer shooters are able to find artificial target shooting facilities that they can afford.
A similar circumstance presents itself to police and military personnel. Obviously, such individuals must practice on a continuous basis in order to be prepared when an armed combat situation arises. Because the handguns and long guns used in police and military combat have much longer ranges as compared with shotguns, projectile containment is an absolute necessity. This fact together with real or imagined concerns over air and water pollution and noise pollution virtually rule out police and military shooting practice in areas that are even remotely close to civilian populations. Also, in shooting practice for the military and police personnel indoor/outdoor shooting practices are provided by constructing such shooting equipment's in remote premises, for such shooting practice. In such shooting practice there is always a risk of participants and unauthorized persons walking in the danger zone who can get injured from accidental misfires. Also, construction of such shooting sites is expensive and also involves rental expenses for such premises.
It has been known to provide shooting ranges which are installed inside enclosed building structures or the like. A disadvantage of such shooting ranges is that they are stationary. Also, the cost of operating such ranges is high because of the necessary rental of premises.
Therefore there is a need to develop a shooting range arrangement system used for indoor/outdoor shooting practices to overcome the limitations sated above.
The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is directed towards a containerized shooting range assembly for indoor/ outdoor shooting range practices.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a shooting range which is movable or transportable so as to enable it to be operated at different locations as desired.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a shooting range in an open or in an enclosed area comprises of at least one open ended tubular element, a target assembly comprising at least one target and is placed at a rear end of the tubular element.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the shooting range comprises of a wall means placed behind the target for resisting penetration by projectiles and to inhibit rebounding of projectiles there from. The shooting range comprises of a plurality of supporting frames for holding the open ended tubular element and wall means.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises a tray at the bottom of the wall means for collecting the residues. And, the wall means comprises one or more of a rubber brick wall, a steel wall, a fibre glass panel and a sand bag.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the open ended tubular element is made of non-penetratable material like armoured steel.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises of a cabin with at least one platform at a front end that accommodates at least one shooter for his shooting practice, The cabin is provided with a pair of doors for gaining access to the said cabin. The cabin is also provided with a lighting means, ventilation means comprising one or more exhaust aids and air compressing vents to mitigate the gases created in the cabin due to shooting.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises of a plurality of sidewalls containing a plurality of impenetrable layers to arrest larger portion of the noise that arise from the tubular element.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the cabin further comprises of one or more compartments each facilitating access to a shooter.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the open ended tubular elements characterized to have a means to adjust the platform as desired by the shooter.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the supporting frames are further characterized into plurality of partitions of square or rectangular shapes for holding and supporting the said tubular elements.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the target retrieval units used by the shooters characterized to have priorities like a desired target, a desired distance of the target and a means for verifying a hit location on the target by taking the target out of the tube when desired.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the target holder is further characterized to hold the target in suspended position to the steel wire and is driven to and fro towards the shooter by using the rope and the motor is disclosed.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the target means further comprises of a projectile detection unit equipped to the target assembly for detecting the hit location of the projectile on the target.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the target means comprises of firing point equipment placed at the firer end to receive the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the firing point is characterized to compute and display the location of hit in terms of plurality of coordinates while displaying an aggregate score of the shooter on a screen associated.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the walls of the shooting range are absorbent walls that resist penetration of projectiles.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this disclosure, illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the disclosed principles. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of system and/or methods in accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter are now described, by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that any block diagrams herein represent conceptual views of illustrative systems embodying the principles of the present subject matter. Similarly, it will be appreciated that any flow charts, flow diagrams, state transition diagrams, pseudo code, and the like represent various processes which may be substantially represented in computer readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether or not such computer or processor is explicitly shown.
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented herein. It will be readily understood that the aspects of the present disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated in the figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitly contemplated and make part of this disclosure.
In the present document, the word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof has been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the spirit and the scope of the disclosure.
The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a setup, device or method that comprises a list of components or steps does not include only those components or steps but may include other components or steps not expressly listed or inherent to such setup or device or method. In other words, one or more elements in a system or apparatus proceeded by “comprises... a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or apparatus.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a shooting range which is movable or transportable so as to enable it to be operated at different locations as desired is disclosed.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a shooting range in an open or in an enclosed area comprises of at least one open ended tubular element, a target assembly comprising at least one target and is placed at a rear end of the tubular element.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the shooting range comprises of a wall means placed behind the target for resisting penetration by projectiles and to inhibit rebounding of projectiles there from. The shooting range comprises of a plurality of supporting frames for holding the open ended tubular element and wall means.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises a tray at the bottom of the wall means for collecting the residues. And, the wall means comprises one or more of a rubber brick wall, a steel wall, a fibre glass panel and a sand bag.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the open ended tubular element is made of non-penetratable material like armoured steel.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises of a cabin with at least one platform at a front end that accommodates at least one shooter for his shooting practice, The cabin is provided with a pair of doors for gaining access to the said cabin. The cabin is also provided with a lighting means, ventilation means comprising one or more exhaust aids and air compressing vents to mitigate the gases created in the cabin due to shooting.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the shooting range further comprises of a plurality of sidewalls containing a plurality of impenetrable layers to arrest larger portion of the noise that arise from the tubular element.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the cabin further comprises of one or more compartments each facilitating access to a shooter.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the open ended tubular elements characterized to have a means to adjust the platform as desired by the shooter.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the supporting frames are further characterized into plurality of partitions of square or rectangular shapes for holding and supporting the said tubular elements.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the target retrieval units used by the shooters characterized to have priorities like a desired target, a desired distance of the target and a means for verifying a hit location on the target by taking the target out of the tube when desired.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the target holder is further characterized to hold the target in suspended position to the steel wire and is driven to and fro towards the shooter by using the rope and the motor is disclosed.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the target means further comprises of a projectile detection unit equipped to the target assembly for detecting the hit location of the projectile on the target.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the target means comprises of firing point equipment placed at the firer end to receive the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit.
In accordance to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the firing point is characterized to compute and display the location of hit in terms of plurality of coordinates while displaying an aggregate score of the shooter on a screen associated.
In the following description of the embodiments of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the disclosure may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.
At the rear end of the container, an absorbent wall 318 is provided which can be a rubber wall placed behind the targets as shown in
The target 404 is suspended to a steel wire and is driven to and fro towards and backwards the shooter by using a rope and a motor. A projectile detection unit equipped to the target assembly is detects a hit location of the projectile on the target. Firing point equipment 422 is placed at the shooter end to receive the projectile hit location from the projectile detection unit.
In this respect, it is to be understood that the embodiments in this application are not limited to the assemblies set forth in the description or illustrated in the drawings. Additional benefits and advantages of the present embodiments will become apparent in those skilled in the art to which the embodiments relate from the description of the preferred embodiment and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such assemblies insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments described herein.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4794/CHE/2014 | Sep 2014 | IN | national |
This application is a National Stage of PCT International Application No. PCT/IB2015/057407, filed on Sep. 26, 2015, and published in English on Mar. 31, 2016 as WO 2016/046807, which claims priority to Indian Application No. 4794/CHE/2014 filed on Sep. 27, 2014, each of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/IB2015/057407 | 9/26/2015 | WO | 00 |
