US 12,235,085 B2
Shooting target thrower
Paul Coryell, Columbia, MO (US); Michael Lindsay, Columbia, MO (US); Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US); and James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,969.
Application 18/484,969 is a continuation of application No. 18/095,997, filed on Jan. 11, 2023, granted, now 11,885,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,396, filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/266,653, filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044622 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F41J 9/22 (2006.01); F41J 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC F41J 9/22 (2013.01) [F41J 9/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shooting target thrower for throwing a shooting target, the shooting target thrower comprising:
a frame;
a throwing arm supported by the frame and rotatable about a throwing axis in a first direction, the throwing arm configured to throw the shooting target as the throwing arm rotates about the throwing axis in the first direction, the throwing arm including an engagement surface arranged to engage a side of the shooting target to impart force to the side of the shooting target to throw the shooting target from the throwing arm;
a throwing spring operatively coupled to the throwing arm, the throwing spring configured to rotate the throwing arm in the first direction to throw the shooting target;
a target feeder configured to feed the shooting target to the throwing arm; and
a throwing arm stop arranged to engage the throwing arm to stop movement of the throwing arm about the throwing axis in the first direction before the engagement surface engages the side of the shooting target.