Patent ID: 8172231

Claim:
A shooting target comprising: a frame structure; a first active target arrangement supported by the frame structure, the active target arrangement including a blind and at least one first target operably movable between an exposed location in which the target is exposed relative to the blind such that the first target can be shot during shooting activities and a hidden location in which the first target is hidden behind the blind and cannot be shot during shooting activities, the active target arrangement including a motor operably coupled to the first target continuously transitioning the first target between the exposed and hidden locations; and a first passive auto-resetting target arrangement supported by the frame structure, the first passive auto-resetting target arrangement including a second target that is rotatable relative to the frame structure about a first axis to indicate when the second target has been hit and the second target including a passive return mechanism to automatically return the second target to an active position free of a motor; wherein the second target of the first passive auto resetting target arrangement is rotatably and slidably mounted to a vertical support for rotation about the first axis being a vertical axis; the passive return mechanism being a cam arrangement canted relative to vertical between the vertical support and the second target rotationally biasing the second target about the vertical axis toward the active position under the weight of the second target; wherein the cam arrangement includes an inverted V-shaped cam surface and a cooperating cam that cooperates with the inverted V-shaped cam; wherein the inverted V-shaped cam is fixed relative to the frame structure and the cooperating cam is fixed relative to the second target, the cooperating cam directly riding vertically on top of the inverted V-shaped cam, the inverted V-shaped cam and the frame structure defining first and second active positions, the first active position on one side of a first plane formed by the vertical axis and the apex of the inverted V-shaped cam and the second active position on the other side of the first plane; wherein the second target slides vertically upward along the corresponding side of the inverted V-shaped cam as the second target rotates about the vertical axis from the first and second active positions towards the apex; wherein the first passive auto-resetting target arrangement includes a cylindrical tube having a top end canted relative to a horizontal plane and the second target includes a mounting shaft rotatably and vertically slidably received in the cylindrical tube and a horizontal connecting rod extending laterally outward from the mounting shaft, the cooperating cam provided by the connecting rod.