Patent ID: 7681887

Claim:
A target positioning system comprising: a) at least one shooter's round clay target having a circumferential lip of a selected thickness perpendicular to a major face of the target; and b) a hanger adapted to suspend the shooter's round clay target from a horizontal support comprising: i. an elongated shaft of unitary rigid resilient polymeric construction having a first end and a second end; ii. a horizontal support attachment means consisting of a means in the shaft for suspending the hanger from the horizontal support positioned in at least one end of the shaft; iii. a means for gripping the clay target consisting of one or more fixedly open C shaped openings in the shaft of a size adapted to accept the lip of the target and hold the target in a fixed manner, such that at least a portion of the C opening grips the target lip by forming a compressive force of the rigid resilient polymer directly on the lip placed in the C opening, the gripping means positioned in the shaft at a position selected from the group of positions consisting of in the shaft, in between the first and second end; and in the shaft at an end of the hanger not being used to suspend the hanger from the horizontal support; the gripping means C shape opening positioned in the shaft such that when the hanger is hung from a horizontal support by the attachment means the C shape opening is perpendicular to the horizontal support; and iv. the hanger comprising at least a first and second target gripping means spaced such that upon the first target gripping means gripping the lip of the clay target in a first position the second target gripping means can grip an opposite lip of the clay target at the same time.