Shooting Target with Integrated Stake

Abstract

Disclosed is a shooting target in the form of a single sheet of wood or other material that is substantially flat and comprised of a body portion and a pointed portion at the bottom end. In many embodiments the body portion has a cut that extends most or all the way through the thickness of the material. The cut may be in any shape and may not connect one end of the cut to the other such that a small piece of material is left, creating the bridge. Two key elements to most embodiments of the invention herein are the point on the lower end and the cut that creates the bridge. The bridge is present in many embodiments, in other embodiments there is not a cut and the piece is one single piece in any shape with the point at its lower end.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shooting target comprising:
 a single piece of non-splintering material, with a pointed protrusion extending downward;   and   a visual display inked, painted, stained, etched, carved, cut, attached, glued, or drawn on the surface of the target piece.   
     
     
         2 . The target of  claim 1 , wherein a cut if made along the width and height of the target, the cut extending most or all of the way through the depth of the target, and the cut made such that the two opposite ends of said cut approach but do not connect to each other and an area of the target between the two cut ends remains to form a bridge component 
     
     
         3 . The target of  claim 1  wherein the target is comprised of wood metal, aluminum, tin, or plastic. 
     
     
         4 . The target of  claim 3 , wherein the wood is HDF fiberboard. 
     
     
         5 . The target of  claim 4 , wherein the depth is between 1/32 and 3 inches. 
     
     
         6 . The target of  claim 5 , wherein the height is between 3 inches and 20 feet, and the width is between 1 inch and 100 feet. 
     
     
         7 . The target of  claim 6 , wherein the target is in the approximate shape of one of either a mammal, reptile, bird, fish, insect, cartoon character, a caricature, a celebrities, a primate, a human, a symbol, a numbers, a target, a gopher, a prairie dog, a rabbit, a woodchuck, a crow, a bottle, a can, a machine, a vehicle, a plant, a vegetable, an edifice, or a famous mark. 
     
     
         8 . The target of  claim 2  wherein the target is comprised of wood, metal, aluminum, tin, or plastic. 
     
     
         9 . The target of  claim 8 , wherein the wood is HDF fiberboard. 
     
     
         10 . The target of  claim 9 , wherein the depth is between 1/32 and 3 inches. 
     
     
         11 . The target of  claim 11 , wherein the height is between 3 inches and 20 feet, and the width is between 1 inch and 100 feet. 
     
     
         12 . The target of  claim 11 , wherein the cut design is in the approximate style of one selected from those shown in  FIG. 2 . 
     
     
         13 . The target of  claim 12 , wherein the target is in the approximate shape of one of either a mammal, reptile, bird, fish, insect, cartoon character, a caricature, a celebrities, a primate, a human, a symbol, a numbers, a target, a gopher, a prairie dog, a rabbit, a woodchuck, a crow, a bottle, a can, a machine, a vehicle, a plant, a vegetable, an edifice, or a famous mark.