Abstract: A curling game apparatus including a main body, a curling table provided on the upper end of the body, and a curling ball formed in the perfect spherical shape as a rigid body and moved on the curling table. The curling table includes an upper plate provided along a bottom surface and a periphery of an upper end of the main body, a plurality of cushion bars provided inside the upper plate, and an upper plate surface portion horizontally provided on a surface of the upper plate. The upper plate surface portion is provided with at least one hit line for hitting the curling ball and at least one target to which the curling ball starts from the hit line by hitting to reach. The curling ball is reflected by the cushion bars to move to the target while the curling ball rotates with the hitting point thereof.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment the present invention can provide a modular shooting target for shooting practice having a first target component and a second target component, a trigger release element positioned adjacent to one of the first target component and the second target component and a connector element having a first end and a second end, the first end engaged with the trigger release element and the second end fixed to a secondary attachment point.

Abstract: A method has been invented for monitoring an object passing through a frame space of a light panel, the light panel having at least one light emitter on the first side, the at least one light emitter for continuously emitting a fan-shaped light beam, across the frame through which and beyond which an object may pass, and at least one light detector on the second side of the frame and associated electronic sensing apparatus connected to the at least one light detector for continuously detecting the fan-shaped light beam from the at least one light emitter, the method including detecting with the at least one light detector and associated electronic sensing apparatus interruption by an object of the fan-shaped light beam continuously emitted by the at least one light emitter; and generating with the electronic sensing apparatus a signal signalling the interruption of the fan-shaped beam by the object.

Abstract: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a targeting system for a shooter of a gun, the system having a target image created by a projector and projected on a target screen or, in one embodiment, a pre-printed target. A light panel is disposed between the target and the gun so that a bullet from the gun passes through the light panel which sends signals indicative of the bullet's location and velocity to a computer in which the signals are stored and, in one aspect, analyzed and compared with additional data such as previous bullet locations, velocity, and ballistic parameters for such a bullet. In one embodiment a light panel has one or more light emitters which emit a fan-shaped beam of light in a plane and spaced apart from the emitter(s) one or more light detectors. In one aspect such a panel has on-board electronics for calculating: object (e.g. bullet) velocity; and/or object (e.g. bullet) size. Methods are described for using such systems and such panels.

Abstract: A basketball game includes a board and a ring secured to the board, the board has an opening formed in middle portion and has a door panel pivotally coupled to the board for closing the opening, a beam has one end pivotally coupled to the board and the other end extended in the ring, and a lever couples the beam to the door panel. The door panel can be opened by the lever when the beam is depressed by a basketball, a funny face may be seen when the door panel is opened so as to cheer or greet the shot.

Abstract: Balls thrown at a target are returned to a player by a combination of a moving belt and an inclined delivery surface. The belt is out of reach of the player and, when stopped, collects the balls on its upper surface, stopping the game. A timer controls movement of the belt. Sensors positioned to detect movement of a ball toward the target and through openings in the target send signals to a sign, causing the sign to present different visual displays regarding progress of the game.

Abstract: An entertaining target comprises a box, a sound and light control device attached inside the box and a balloon. The front opening of the box is attached with an openable front lid formed with a target hole in the middle, and inside the box there is provided a touch-off switch connecting to the sound and light control device which is pressed by the balloon to disconnect the electricity to the control device. When a player takes his shot on the target, the bullet successfully hit into the target hole will pop the balloon and the front lid will be pushed to open by the explosion of the balloon to allow another balloon to be placed, meanwhile the touch-off switch is released by the explosion to start the sound and light control device to generate entertaining sound and light.

Abstract: An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with holes formed therein. Items are provided for being tossed toward and into the holes, and the game automatically keeps track of and displays running scores based on which holes the bags fall into. In some embodiments the items are bags containing pellets, "bean bags", and at least some of the pellets have magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole, disposed beneath the surface, for sensing the passage of the bag into one of the holes and producing a signal corresponding to that hole. An electronic circuit is provided for calculating and displaying a score based upon those signals.

Abstract: An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with a plurality of holes formed therein. Bags are provided, each containing pellets, at least some of those pellets having magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole and disposed beneath the game board surface, for sensing the passage of the bag into one of the holes and producing a signal corresponding to that hole. An electronic circuit is provided for receiving the signal and calculating and displaying a score based upon that hole.

Abstract: A target-type shooting toy having a target area in the rear of a housing and a transparent front wall having a swivel socket in the lower portion to mount swivelly a projectile guide member including a barrel and a projectile return channel, a handle and trigger to move and aim the barrel and actuate a spring-pressed shooting plunger, and projectile return means to return spent projectiles automatically to said return channel for successive movement into the barrel for subsequent shooting. Score recording and audible hit indicating means are actuated by returning projectiles.