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A hand catapult including a shaped handle designed to conform to the hand of the user, a semi-circular carriage secured to the top of the handle in offset relationship to the longitudinal axis of the handle, resilient band for hurling a missile, and swivel carriage bindings for connecting the resilient band to the carriage. The handle includes handle core to provide heft and weight for improved feel and handling and to permit various accessories to be attached easily to the handle. The accessories may include a leather carrying strap, a wrist brace to provide greater stability for better aiming, and an ammunition tube attachment.

Inventor: Rodney A. Wolf
Original Assignee: Weber Tackle Company
Current U.S. Classification: 124/20.1; 124/50
International Classification: F41B 700

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Claims

1. A hand catapult including a handle adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user, handle core means within the handle for mounting attachments to the handle, said handle core means comprising a longitudinally extending handle core, said handle core being provided with an internally threaded opening in the bottom, a carriage secured to the top of the handle, resilient band means for hurling a missile, swivel carriage bindings for swivelly connecting the resilient band means to the carriage, and attachments for steadying the hand catapult in use adapted to be selectively secured to the internally threaded opening in the bottom of the handle core.

2. A hand catapult as in claim 1 wherein one of said attachments is a wrist strap.

3. A hand catapult as in claim 1 wherein another of said attachments is a wrist brace, which comprises an angulated rod having one end threaded within the bottom internally threaded opening in the handle core, and resilient pad means on the other end adapted to contact the forearm of the user.

4. A hand catapult including a handle adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user, handle core means within the handle for mounting attachments to the handle, said handle core means comprising a longitudinally extending handle core having an internally threaded opening in the bottom and a transverse cross piece, a carriage secured to the top of the handle, resilient band means for hurling a ball, swivel carriage bindings for swivelly connecting the resilient band means to the carriage, said cross piece having an internally threaded opening at one end, and an ammunition tube attachment adapted to be connected to the handle via the openings in the cross piece and the bottom of the handle core respectively, said ammunition tube attachment retaining a supply of balls.

5. A hand catapult as in claim 4 wherein the ammunition tube includes a button for dispensing balls one at a time from the ammunition tube attachment.

6. A hand catapult including a handle adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user, a carriage secured to the top of the handle, resilient band means for hurling a missile, and swivel carriage means for swivelly connecting the resilient band means to the carriage, said carriage formed generally U-shaped and having a post at each end, each post being disposed in a generally upright position when the hand catapult is in use, a bushing non-rotatably carried on each post, the center-line axes of the posts being substantially parallel to each other and each axis forming an angle with the longitudinal axis of the hand catapult and said swivel carriage means comprises a swivel carriage binding on each bushing, each swivel carriage binding including a swivel washer rotatably carried on said bushing for rotation about the axis of each post and a lug extending therefrom, the resilient band means secured at each side to a lug, said resilient band means being pulled in line with the swivel carriage bindings, whereby the swivel washer rotates to minimize abrasion of the resilient band means in use, said swivel carriage bindings being positioned in a plane generally horizontal to the ground when the hand catapult is used.

7. A hand catapult as in claim 6 wherein the centerline axes of the posts are offset about 45.degree. from the longitudinal axis of the handle so as to position the swivel carriage bindings in a plane generally horizontal to the ground when the hand catapult is used.

8. A hand catapult as in claim 6 wherein said carriage has an opening therein offset about45.degree. from the center line between the axes of the posts that bisects the carriage and bolt means extending through the opening in the carriage for joining the carriage to the handle.

9. A hand catapult as in claim 6 including a handle core means within the handle, said handle core means comprising a longitudinally extending handle core said carriage having an opening offset from the centerline between the axes of the posts that bisects the carriage, and means extending through the opening in the carriage and cooperating with the upper end of the handle core for securing the carriage in offset relationship to the longitudinal axis of the handle.

10. A hand catapult as in claim 9, wherein the handle core is provided with internally threaded openings at each end.

11. A hand catapult as in claim 10 including bolt means for securing the carriage to the handle means, said bolt means extending through the opening in the carriage into an internally threaded opening in the top of the handle core.

12. A hand catapult as in claim 6 including complementary stop means carried on said bushing and swivel washer, respectively, to limit rotation of said swivel washer relative to said bushing.

13. A hand catapult including a handle adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user, a carriage secured to the top of the handle in an upright position, said carriage being formed generally U-shaped with a post at each end, each post being disposed in a generally upright position when held during use, the centerline axes of the posts being substantially parallel to each other and each axis forming an angle of about 45 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the hand catapult, resilient band means for hurling a missile, and a swivel carriage binding pivoted on each post about the axis of each post for swivelly connecting the resilient band means to the carriage so that the resilient band means are pulled in line with the swivel carriage bindings which pivot on the posts to minimize abrasion of the resilient band means in use, said swivel carriage bindings being positioned in a plane generally horizontal to the ground when the hand catapult is used so as to provide for a comfortable and less tiring position of the hand catapult in use.

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