Patent ID: 8677983
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
1. A clay target trap machine comprising: a single clay target throwing machine; a target hopper or magazine connected with the single clay target throwing machine; a base; a carriage; rails or channels; and a control system; wherein the single clay target throwing machine is mounted on the base, the base being mounted on the carriage movable automatically on the rails or channels between positions in a bunker relative to a shooters firing position and; wherein the single clay target throwing machine and the target hopper or magazine moves relative to and along the rails or channels so as to emulate the fifteen standard release positions of a bunker/trench trap layout or ABT layout as defined by Rules of the International Olympic Committee, and orientation of the single clay target throwing machine is automatically adjustable by the control system so that in each of three operating positions the single clay target throwing machine replicates the heights and angles required by International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) regulations for standard fifteen clay target throwing machines in a standard competition bunker.