PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["273", "390000"]

Abstract:
A shooting target for use with high-power firearms comprising one or more movable targets moveably connected to an upstanding post. The post includes an elongate target guide structure defined by hollow cylinder with a guide slot in the cylinder wall. The target has a pivot section with a target arm extending generally perpendicularly therefrom and a distally disposed target face connected to the arm. The cylinder is sized to receive the pivot section therein so that the target arm extends outwardly though the guide slot, the guide slot configured to simultaneously direct movement of the target from one side of the guide to the other and downwardly as the target rotated in the guide structure following impact by a bullet. The target arm is configured to position the target adjacent to the upstanding post where it is visible to the shooter. The upstanding post is provided with a V-shaped impingement structure disposed facing the shooter and between the target support structure and the shooter. The upstanding post is also preferably angled toward the shooter to direct bullets downwardly upon impact with the target.

Claim (Index 1):
A shooting target system comprising:\n a ground-supported generally upstanding support; a target assembly having a target face connected by a support arm to a pivot portion; and an elongate, cylindrical target guide structure upstandingly connected to the support, the guide structure having a hollow interior portion encircled by a wall and a guide slot through the wall and spanning the entire length of the guide structure; the interior portion sized to moveably receive the pivot portion, the guide slot having a plurality of lower ramps, a plurality of upper ramps, and a plurality of landings, each of the plurality of landings having a stop which limits rotation of the target assembly so the target face positioned in one of a plurality of firing positions laterally beside the guide structure where it is visible to a shooter, each upper and lower ramp being spaced apart to permit the support arm to extend therethrough, the upper and lower ramps downwardly angled to guide the target face downwardly as the target assembly rotates the target face from one side of the guide structure to the other after being struck by a projectile, each upper ramp being angled to deflect the support arm downwardly as the target assembly rotates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14607
- Patent Class: 273.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13317890', '15062921', '15419793', '11300528', '13757500']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5035740301126738
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4833214533537888
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5015487724367853
- Mean Citation Score: 167.335774
- Max Citation Score: 180.59915
- Similarity Product: 132.49604411884548

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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