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Abstract

A dart board assembly for use in an electronic dart game. The assembly includes a frame having an inner end, an outer end, and an axis and including a generally annular central wall defining a bull's-eye. The frame includes a number of radial walls extending away from the central wall and a circular wall, concentric with the central wall, with each of the walls extending between the frame ends and the walls defining the plurality of spaces. A target segment is disposed in each of the spaces and includes a target plate having a great plurality of closely spaced apertures for receiving the pointed shaft of a dart. The plate is shaped to engage an enlarged rib forming a constricted throat of its space to prevent movement of the target out through the outer end of the frame. Each target segment includes at least a pair of space legs extending from the target plate toward the inner end of the frame with each leg being engageable with a pair of the walls forming the frame. The target segment is open between the legs, with each leg terminating in a small protuberance. The assembly also includes a switching matrix having contact means associated with each of the legs and aligned with the protuberance carried by the corresponding leg.

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