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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:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald P DeVale, Sycamore, IL (US);
Douglas W Adams, DeKalb, IL (US);
Robert W Van Naarden, Hinkley, IL (US);
Assignee:
Industrial Design Electronic Assoc., Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273372 ; 340552 ;
Abstract
A novel missed-hit detection and player proximity detection system for an electronic, automatically scored projectile target game apparatus wherein the scoring system thereof is automatically deactivated whenever a player comes within a proscribed distance range from the game and wherein the impact of a projectile which misses the target, yet strikes the front of the game registers as a non-scoring 'missed-hit' and is deducted from the number of remaining throws in that round.