The History of Soft Tip Darts

All proceeds of this book purchase go to a charitable organization A Brief History of Arachnid 360 – The Originator of Soft-Tip Darts Arachnid, Inc. was incorporated in 1975, when a company owned by Rudy Allison made a change from making balloon inflators to electronic dart games. On a trip to Ireland Allison had discovered how enjoyable the game of darts could be. With a rough idea of a game, Rudy Allison hired Dick Jones (who is still employed at Arachnid today) to help with the development of the machine. Jones took rough ideas for the board, darts, and scoring mechanics and innovated the basic scheme that Arachnid and its many imitators use today. At that time, Jones even drilled the first dartheads by hand! In the beginning, the dart game was not without its struggles, quite frankly the game did not score properly, or at all.  That was when Rudy decided to sell the company and Paul F. Beall entered the story.  With his vast knowledge of patent law and engineering background, P