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E. W. SIBLEY.

HAND TRAP FOR CLAY mums.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3,1919.

Patented J une 10, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

EDWARD W. SIBLEY, or NEW HAVEN, oonnno'rrcorr, AssIGNo-Rmo WInoHEsrEa EErEA'rme ARMS 00., 0E NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HAND- RAP FOR CLAY PIGEONS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d J one 10, 1919.

Application filed April 3, 1919. 3 Serial No. 287,308.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Traps for Clay Pigeons; and-I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection .with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this applicatiomand represent, in-

Figure 1 aplan view of a hand trap constructed in accordance with myinvention, showingtwo clay pigeons positioned therein preparatory to being thrown, and the handle being shown in itsfolded. position by broken lines.

Fig. 2 an inside view of the trap with the handle broken away.

Fig. 3 an end view of the trap showing a clay pigeon therein in broken lines.

Fig. 4 a broken detail view in side elevation of the bent and threaded inner end of the handle shank with the locking-plate mounted thereupon.

Fig. 5 a face view thereof.

Fig. 6 a broken detail perspective view of the inner end of the bottom plate of the trap showing the shoulder formed therein and the locking-notch in the shoulder.

My invention relates to an improvement in hand traps for throwing clay pigeons of the type in which one or more clay pigeons are frictionally held in a combined troughshaped carrier and guide having a handle arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the said carrier, the

object of my present invention being to pro vlde improved locking means for handles of hand-traps of the type described.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a hand trap for throwing clay pigeons, having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a trough-shaped carrier and guide of suflicient length tohold and deliver two standard clay pigeons, being open at its outer end and narrower than half the diameter of such a pigeon. The said carrier comprises a bottom plate 2 upon which the clay pigeons 3 rest face down.-

.thereto from the rear edge thereof. springs 11 encircling the pintle 8 have their ward, as'shown by broken lines in Fig. 1, and a top plate 4 yieldingly held in spaced relation to the bottom plate 2 from which it is'normally separated by a space 5 (Fig. 3) a trifle narrower than the thickness of a pigeon so that when the same is inserted between the top and bottom plates it will be pinched between them with a suflicientgrip to prevent it from accidentally falling out. As shown, the top plate 4 is formed with two' parallel arms 6 arranged at a right angle to its longitudinal axis, located near its respective ends-and having their ends bent to formknuckles 7 for the reception of a long pintle 8 passing through knuckles 9 formed by turning over the upper edge of the outer wall10of the trap, the said outer ,wall'being made integral with the bottom plate 2 and turned upward at a right angle Helical respective-ends engage with the outer face of the wall 10 and the upper face of the plate 4so as to exert a constant effort to press the same downward toward the bottom plate 2, this downward movement being limited by stop arms 12 bent inward from the wall 10 at a substantial right angle thereto so as to overhang the bottom plate 2 as shown in Fig. 3. The construction above described, forms no part of my present invention, and may be replaced by any other construction designed to effect the same purpose. My particular invention resides in the provision of a device of the character described with a folding handle 13 formed with a rod-like shank 14 the end of which is bent at a right angle to form an arm or pivot-end 15 upon which a pear-shaped locking-plate 16 is fixed at a right angle thereto, the contracted end of this plate terminating in a straight sided locking-tongue 17 adapted to be entered into a locking-slot 18 formed to receive it in a transverse shoulder 19 produced by bending the inner end of the bottom plate 2. The proiecting end of the arm or pivot end 15 is threaded as at 20 for the reception of a locking-nut 21 having a knurled edge and preferably corresponding in diameter to the main inner portion of the plate 16. The threadedend 20 of the arm 15 is passed through a hole 22 in the end of the plate 2 which turns upon the said end 20 as upon a pivot. When the hand trap is in use. the locking-tongue 17 is entered into the lock ing-slot l8 and held therein by the nut 21 A firm and strong coupling is thus established between the handle and carrieiu.

To pack the article for transportation, the nut 21 is unscrewed enoughtopermit the tongue 17 to be moved laterally out of the notch 18 after which the handle may be folded over into its closed position in the' space as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1..

I claim 1. In a hand trap for throwing clay pigeons, the combination with a combined carrier and guide adapted to receive and deliver a clay pigeon, of a pivotal handle having its shank bent to form a pivot-end which passes through said carrier, a locking-plate fixed upon the said pivot-end,'and having a locking-tongue adapted to engage with the 7 said carrier for locking the handlein its open position with respect thereto, and a shank bent to form a pivot-end which passes through'theinner end ofthe said carrier at-a point ad acent to the said "slotted Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

shoulder,a locking-plate fined upon the said pivot-end at a right angle thereto and having a locking-tongueadapted to enter the said slot for locking the said handle and carrier in the open position of the former, and a locking-nut mounted upon the said pivot end for holding the said tongue in engagement with the said slot.

In a hand" trap for throwing clay pigeons, the combination with a combined carrier and guide adapted to' receive and deliver a clay-pigeon and havingthe inner end of i'ts'bottom-plate formed withatransverse shoulder containing a locking-slot, "of a -pivotal handle having its shank bent to form a pivot-end which is threaded and which passes through the inner end of the carrier, a Y lock-ing plate fixed upon the said pivot-end at a right-angle theretoand hav- 7 ing a locking-tongueadaptedto enter the said slotinthe shoulder of the said plate, and a locking-nut-mounted upon the threaded end of the said pivot-end'for holding the said tongue in engagement with the'said slot.

In testimony whereof, -'I have signed this specification inthe pr'esence -oftwo subscribing witnesses; p g I V EDWARD WIS IBLEY;

Witnesses: I i

DANIEL H. VEADER, 1 ERIK S. PALMER.

Washington, 110.

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