Archery gun

Sept. 30, 1958

H. R. WHEELER

2,853,992

ARCHERY GUN

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ATTORNEYS

United States Patent Office

2,853,992

Patented Sept. 30, 1958

2,853,992

ARCHERY GUN

Hugh R. Wheeler, Tucson, Ariz.

Application December 28,1956, Serial No. 631,899

Claim. (Cl. 124—22)

The present invention relates to archery guns, and more particularly to such devices projecting an arrow by means of an elastic band.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an archery gun supported on the forearm of the user so that the gun may be aimed by pointing the arm at the target.

Another object of the invention is to provide an archery gun of the class described above in which the elastic band is detachably secured to the body of the gun and may be easily changed when weak or broken.

A further object of the invention is to provide an archery gun of the class described above having an integral hand grip formed therewith associated with the forearm support to position the gun in alignment with the forearm of the user.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an archery gun of the class described above which is inexpensive to manufacture, simple to use, and which is exceedingly accurate in use.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the arm of the user shown in broken lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a transverse cross-section taken along the lin 3—3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a transverse cross-section taken along the line 4—4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal cross-section taken along the line 5—5 of Figure 2, looking in the in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference numeral 10 indicates generally an archery gun constructed in accordance with the invention.

The archery gun 10 comprises an elongated body portion 11 having a bulbous rear end portion 12 formed integrally with, the body 11. The body 11 adjacent its forward end is provided with a downwardly and rearwardly sloping support 13 having an elongated opening 14 formed therein so as to form a handle 15 to be grasped by the hand 16 of the user, as best illustrated in Figure 1.

A flexible deformable metal support 17 has one end thereof embedded in the bulbous end portion 12 of the body 11 and the other end thereof arcuately outwardly and downwardly extending terminating below the body 11 and having a resilient tip 18 engaged over the terminal end thereof.

A second support 19 is spaced rearwardly from the support 17 and has its inner end embedded in the bulbous end portion 12 of the body 11 similarly to the support 17. The support 19 extends arcuately outwardly and downwardly terminating at a point spaced well below the body 11 and on the plane with the support 17. A resilient tip 20 encompasses the terminal end portion of the support 19. The support 19 is formed of flexible deformable metal identical to the support 17.

A block 21 is positioned at the forward end of the body 11 and secured thereto either integrally or by any suitable means. The block 21 is provided with a vertically extending portion 22 projecting substantially above ⁰ the body 11 and having a central longitudinally extending notch 23 projecting downwardly therein from the top edge thereof. The block 21 is further provided with a pair of slots 24 and 25 arranged in longitudinally extending spaced parallel relation on opposite sides of the notch ¹⁰ 23, as best shown in Figure 3.

A horizontally extending pin 26 is embedded in the forward end of the block 21 and projects outwardly therefrom, as best shown in Figure 5. A continuous loop of elastic material 27 has its forward end 28 engaged over ⁷⁰ the pin 26 and the forward portions of the rearwardly extending sides 29 and 30 engage in the slots 24 and 25, respectively, as best seen in Figures 2 and 3. The elastic loop 27 may be of any form desired and molded from any suitable rubber, synthetic rubber, or other ²⁰ flexible material.

The slots 24 and 25 are sufficiently narrow so that the opposite sides 29 and 30 of the elastic band 27 are frictionally held therein and must be forcefully pulled therefrom to change the elastic band 27 when weak or ²⁰ broken.

An arrow 31 having a feathered shank 32 is positioned with its forward end portion 33 lying in the notch 23 and with the arrow generally parallel to the body 11. The elastic loop 27 is engaged over the rear end portion of ³⁰ the arrow 31, and the arrow, with the elastic loop 27, is moved rearwardly with relation to the body 11 by the hand 35 of the user until the elastic loop 27 is under tension. The arrow 31 is then released along with the elastic loop 27 and the elastic loop 27 projects the arrow ³⁰ 31 away from the archery gun 10.