Catapult device
OwnerPeter P. Ottinventor
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Abstract
A catapult device having a main body portion, a downwardly extending pistol grip, and a pair of forwardly extending spaced arms. A pair of elastomeric members are each attached at one end to a projectile holder and at the other end to one of a plurality of spaced open slots on opposite sides of the main body portion. The elastomeric members pass about spaced rotatable pulleys mounted in each free end of the spaced arms.
Claims10
In a portable catapult device including a projectile holding member, two elongated laterally spaced elastomeric members secured to opposite ends of said holding member, a housing having spaced elongated sides and a pair of spaced arms extending outwardly from a main body portion, said free ends of said elastomeric members being attached to opposite sides of said holding member, said main body portion having an integral downwardly extending pistol-type handle, the improvement which comprises:
- a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted on the extreme forwardly extending ends of said arms, said elastomeric members extending about respective ones of said arms;
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- a plurality of spaced slotted holes provided on each side of said main body portion, a first one of said spaced slotted holes on one side of said main body portion being aligned with a first one of said spaced slotted holes on the other side of said main body portion, and at least a second one of said spaced slotted holes on one side of said main body portion being aligned with a second one of said spaced slotted holes on the other side of said main body portion, one of said free ends of said elastomeric member being secured in one of said aligned slotted holes on one side of said main body portion and the other of said free ends of said elastomeric members being secured in one of said aligned slotted holes on the other side of said main body portion.
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