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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
May. 10, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard F Jones, Rockford, IL (US);
Ernest L Ping, Loves Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Arachnid, Incorporated, Rockford, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ; A63B / ; A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 2731 / ; 273D / ; 2731 / ;
Abstract
A dart includes a flexible plastic tip having a comparatively blunt point and is adapted to be thrown at a dart board having an array of target plates formed with holes for receiving and holding the tip. Each target plate shifts inwardly upon being struck by a dart and effects closing of a switch for producing a scoring signal.