Patent ID: 11874094
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A method of target training with a laser-based firearm, comprising the steps of:
providing a handheld target structure of a paper-based material with an outer surface configured to generate a visually perceivable indicia when subjected to a laser light with a frequency range of 220-380 nm;
providing a handheld firearm assembly having a body with a grip portion, with a barrel portion defining a muzzle, and defining an internal laser housing channel, having a laser emission module disposed within the internal laser housing channel, with an emission aperture facing and aligned with the muzzle, having a trigger translatably coupled to the body and with a firing position along a trigger translation path and with a static position along the trigger translation, and having a battery power source electrically coupled to the laser emission module and coupled to the body;
providing the body of the handheld firearm assembly that defines an internal magazine housing and a magazine body selectively removably coupled to the body and disposed within the internal magazine housing;
placing the handheld target structure in an upright configuration;
aiming the muzzle of the handheld firearm assembly toward the outer surface of the handheld target structure;
placing the trigger in the firing position to emit a pulsed laser light emission with a frequency range of 220-380 nm through the emission aperture and the muzzle to generate the visually perceivable indicia on the outer surface of the handheld target structure;
placing the trigger in the static position to cease emission of the pulsed laser light emission when the trigger is in the static position; and
defining, with the electronic controller, a defined frequency limit of the pulsed laser light emission and operably configured to cause the laser emission module to emit the pulsed laser light emission through the emission aperture and the muzzle when placing the trigger in the firing position and when the magazine body is selectively removably coupled to the body.