Spring type projecting device

A slingshot comprising:

• a stock having front and rear ends;
• manual gripping handle means disposed at the rear end of said stock;
• a pair of sheaves rotatably mounted adjacent the front end of said stock on opposite sides of the fore-to-aft longitudinal axis of said stock;
• said sheaves being rotatable about generally upright parallel axes of rotation;
• elastic band means having outer free ends thereof anchored at points disposed adjacent the rear end of said stock on opposite sides of said fore-to-aft longitudinal stock axis;
• said elastic band means extending forwardly from said anchoring points and being wrapped around said rotatable sheaves;
• said elastic band means including a pouch capable of carrying an object to be propelled;
• said pouch disposed for manual rearward displacement in a direction parallel to said axis to stretch said elastic band means in an energy-storing fashion throughout the length thereof so as to propel said object forwardly upon release;
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• front and rear support frames mounted on opposite sides of said fore-to-aft extending stock axis;
• each front frame including:
• a front sheave mount section rotatably carrying one of said sheaves above the plane of said stock, and
• a front section extending generally at a right angle from said front mounting section generally at a right angle from said front section and fixedly connected to said stock,
• each rear frame comprising a rear section extending generally parallel to said front section and rear mounting section extending generally at a right angle from said rear section and being fixedly connected to said stock;
• each of said free ends of said elastic band means being connected to one of said rear upright sections.