Moving target gun training system

Abstract

A portable moving target training system includes a target member, a prime mover, and one or more cables configured to operatively couple the prime mover with the target member. The target member is configured to receive a projectile from an associate user and the prime mover is responsive to an input signal to selectively initiate relative movement between the target member and the associated user. A series or set of pulleys engage and guide the one or more cables between the prime mover and the target member, wherein the pulleys include an augured soil stake and a pulley wheel rotatably carried on the soil stake.

1 . A portable moving target training system comprising:
 a target member configured to receive a projectile from an associate user; and   a prime mover operatively coupled with the target member, the prime mover being responsive to an input signal to selectively initiate relative movement between the target member and the associated user.   
     
     
         2 . The moving target training system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the prime mover comprises an electric motor and an electric motor controller responsive to the input signal to selectively initiate the relative movement between the target member and the associated user by driving the motor in operative selective motion.   
     
     
         3 . The moving target training system according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 one or more cables configured to operatively couple the prime mover with the target member.   
     
     
         4 . The moving target training system according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a pulley apparatus configured to engage and guide the one or more cables between the prime mover and the target member.   
     
     
         5 . The moving target training system according to  claim 4 , wherein the pulley apparatus comprises:
 a soil stake; and,   a pulley wheel rotatably carried on the soil stake.   
     
     
         6 . The moving target training system according to  claim 5 , wherein the soil stake comprises:
 an elongate rod having opposite first and second ends; and,   first and second radially outwardly extending plate members carried on the elongate rod between the first and second ends thereof in a spaced apart relationship.   
     
     
         7 . The moving target training system according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the first radially outwardly extending plate member is attached with the elongate rod in a spiral conformation; and   the second plate member defines an annular surface area on a bottom side thereof wherein the bottom side is adapted to engage and rest against associated soil adjacent the soil stake when the soil stake is inserted into the soil.   
     
     
         8 . The moving target training system according to  claim 7 , wherein the first radially outwardly extending plate member comprises:
 opposite lead and trailing ends, wherein the lead end is disposed closer to the pointed tip portion of the rod than the trailing end, and wherein the trailing end of the first plate member is disposed closer to the second end of the rod than the lead end,   wherein rotation of the soil stake about a longitudinal axis L defined by a body of the rod causes the first plate member to auger into soil beneath the soil stake thereby drawing the soil stake firmly into the ground.   
     
     
         9 . The moving target training system according to  claim 1 , wherein the target member comprises:
 a base member; and,   a substantially planar target board carried relative to the base member.   
     
     
         10 . The moving target training system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the substantially planar target board is rotatably carried relative to the base member.   
     
     
         11 . The moving target training system according to  claim 9 , wherein the substantially planar target board is rotatably positionable in a plurality of selected positions relative to the base member.