Patent ID: 8777226
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
1. A proxy target system for allowing two or more shooters to engage in a shootout with one another, the system comprising: a plurality of cover barriers, each cover barrier sized and configured for allowing at least one shooter to selectively take cover therebehind; a plurality of proxy barriers, each proxy barrier being associated with, and positioned a distance away from, a corresponding one of the cover barriers; each of the cover barriers providing a means for tracking and determining if and when the associated at least one shooter, when positioned behind the cover barrier, should move part or all of his body out from behind the cover barrier; and each of the proxy barriers providing an at least one target positioned therebehind and configured for mimicking the movement and exposure of the at least one shooter relative to the associated cover barrier behind which the shooter is positioned; whereby, with the proxy barriers positioned a distance downrange from the corresponding cover barriers, two or more shooters may position themselves behind respective cover barriers and engage in a shootout with one another by shooting at each other's downrange targets rather than shooting directly at one another, thereby eliminating any risk of injury or death to the shooters.