US 12,298,112 B2
Apparatus for generating a vitals target
David Gene Howard, Lafayette, CO (US)
Assigned to JMA Outdoors, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by JMA Outdoors, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,612.
Application 18/402,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/878,447, filed on Aug. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,867,484.
Application 17/878,447 is a continuation of application No. 16/983,447, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,415,396, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Application 16/983,447 is a continuation of application No. 16/182,339, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,746,511, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,982, filed on Nov. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328759 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. F41J 1/00 (2006.01); F41J 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC F41J 1/00 (2013.01) [F41J 9/14 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a shooter's shot accuracy for an ethical shot at a target item, comprising:
positioning at a selected distance from a shooting location a vitals target apparatus for measuring a shooter's shot accuracy, wherein the vitals target apparatus comprises:
a plurality of concentric vital zones, each vital zone indicating a vital area of the target item to strike for a shot at up to a specified shot distance, wherein the plurality of concentric vital zones having a center aiming portion; and
a plurality of amulets, the amulets being an area between two vital zone outlines, the amulets representing a difference in grouping size of a plurality of shots corresponding to the shot at different shot distances, wherein a first amulet corresponds to a first shot distance and a second amulet corresponds to a second shot distance different than the first shot distance; shooting by the shooter a number of shots from the shooting location and at the center aiming portion of the vitals target apparatus;
identify shot impact locations of each of the number of shots from the shooting location on the vitals target apparatus relative to the plurality of concentric vital zones and the plurality of amulets;
determining the smallest amulet within which all of the shot impact locations are grouped; and
determining the maximum distance at which the shooter can reliably strike the target item in the vital area with the shot based on the smallest amulet within which all of the shot impact locations are grouped, wherein the smallest amulet is correlated to the shot at a designated shot distance and correlated to the vital area of the target item at that designated shot distance.