Modular slingshot

• US 9,726,451 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2016
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Simpleshot Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Simpleshot Incorporated
• Inventors: Masters, Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): RICCI, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US15/148,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20160327358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 3/02 Catapults, e.g. slingshots

Abstract

The above objectives are accomplished according to the present invention by providing A modular slingshot comprising: a handle having a spring recess; a spring attached to the handle being received in the spring recess having a serrated portion and spring tab; a fork removably attached to the handle having a tab recess for receiving the spring tab to secure the fork on the handle; and, band securing assembly including plugs that are attached to the forks.

Claims

1. A modular slingshot comprising:

a handle;

a saddle included in the handle having a convex front face and a convex rear face;

a fork having fork arms and a fork extension received into the saddle;

a fork opening included in each fork arm;

a plug received into each fork opening configured to secure a band to the fork;

a thin cone portion included in the plug configured to accommodate thin bands;

a thick cone portion included in the plug configured to accommodate thick bands disposed on an opposite of the thin cone portion;

lateral groves included in the plug configured to accommodate a tubular band;

front groves included in the plug configured to accommodate a tubular band;

a bore included in the plug configured to accommodate a hollow tubular band;

a stopper configured to be received into a cavity of a hollow tubular band to expand the diameter of the hollow tubular band to secure the hollow tubular band to the fork;

a wrist brace removably attached to the handle;

an arrow rest removably attached to the fork arms by a mounting bracket; and

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lateral stops include in the mounting bracket configured to prevent the band from entering an arrow stop prior to a projectile exiting the arrow rest.

2. The slingshot of claim 1 including a spring attached to the handle and configured to engage with a spring tab included in the fork to secure the fork to the handle when the fork is fully received into the handle.

3. The slingshot of claim 2 wherein the spring and the spring tab are operatively associated and configured to provide an audible indication that the fork is secured to the handle by the spring.

4. The slingshot of claim 1 including a thick indicator indicating the orientation of the thick cone portion when a thick band is used and a thin band indicator indicating the orientation of the thin cone portion when a thin band is used.

5. The slingshot of claim 1 including aiming points defined in the fork arms and disposed on lateral outer edges of the fork arms.

6. The slingshot of claim 1 including aiming points defined in upper distal ends of the mounting bracket.

7. The slingshot of claim 1 including a mounting rail attached to the handle.

8. The slingshot of claim 7 including a heel included in the handle wherein the mounting rail is attached to the heel.

9. The slingshot of claim 1 including a brace plate removable attached to the handle for securing the wrist brace to the handle.

10. The slingshot of claim 9 including a brace opening for received a bolt to removably secure the wrist brace to the handle.

11. The slingshot of claim 10 including a lanyard that can be attached to the brace opening.

12. The slingshot of claim 1 including a brace slot disposed horizontally, adjacent to a heel included in the handle and defined in the front of the handle for receiving the wrist brace.

13. The slingshot of claim 1 including an adjustable wrist strap attached to the wrist brace having a modifiable diameter to accommodate varying forearm diameters of the user and configured to allow the user to maintain a projectile orthogonal to the arrow rest.

14. A modular slingshot comprising:

a handle;

a fork removably attached to the handle having fork arms;

a fork opening included in each fork arm;

a plug received into each fork opening configured to secure a generally flat band to the fork;

a bore included in the plug configured to accommodate a hollow tubular band; and

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a stopper configured to be received into a cavity of a hollow tubular band to expand the diameter of the hollow tubular band to secure the hollow tubular band to the fork.

15. The slingshot of claim 14 including a wrist brace removably attached to the handle.

16. The slingshot of claim 14 wherein the stopper is generally a sphere shape.

17. The slingshot of claim 14 including:

an arrow rest removably attached to the fork arms by a mounting bracket; and

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lateral stops include in the mounting bracket configured to prevent the band from entering an arrow stop prior to a projectile exiting the arrow rest.

18. A modular slingshot comprising:

a handle;

a saddle included in the handle having a convex rear face;

a fork having fork arms and a fork extension received into the saddle;

a fork opening included in each fork arm; and

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a plug received into each fork opening configured to secure a band to the fork.

19. The slingshot of claim 18 including a convex front face.

20. The slingshot of claim 19 wherein a rear curvature included in the convex rear face is greater than a front curvature included of the convex front face.