May 13, 2025

US12298112 - Apparatus for generating a vitals target

An apparatus for generating a vitals target may include a processor, an output device, and a non-transitory storage medium. The output device is communicatively connected to the processor. The non-transitory storage medium may include a number of module. The number of modules may include a target distance identify module, a target animal identify module, a vital zone determine module, a first distance identify module, and a target calculate module. The target distance identify module that identifies a target set distance for a target configuration. The target animal identify module identifies an animal being simulated. The first distance identify module identifying a first distance being simulated at the target set distance. The target calculate module rendering the vital zone for a target distance. The output generate module causing the output device to generate a vitals target.

Assignee: JMA Outdoors, Inc.
Inventors: David Gene Howard
Filing date: 2024-01-02

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Claim 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. 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; 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.

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