US2031359A

US2031359A - Toy gun

Info

Publication number: US2031359A
Application number: US684585A
Authority: US
Inventors: Betty John
Original assignee: JOHN AUSTIN BETTY
Current assignee: JOHN AUSTIN BETTY
Priority date: 1933-08-10
Filing date: 1933-08-10
Publication date: 1936-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1953-02-18

Description

Feb. 1s, 1.936. J. BETTY 2,031,359 7 TOY GUN Filed Aug. 10, 1953 Patented Feb. 18, 1936 TATES TOY GUN John Betty, Corcoran, Calif., assignor to John Austin Betty, Corcoran, Calif.

Application August 10, 1933, Serial No 684,585 1 Claim. (ci.-124-14) This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a toy gun.

An object of this invention is to provide a toy which is constructed to simulate a conventional gun either a rifle or a pistol and which is adapted to shoot a projectile or a rubber band.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy of this kind wherein the means for shooting the projectile is attached to the front end of the gun and is capable of being swung out of position so that the gun can be used for the shoot ing of rubber bands.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:-

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view partly broken away and partly in section but showing a modified form of this invention;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the gun;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line G l of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral l designates generally the barrel of a gun, which in the present instance is constructed in the-form of a pistol having a stock it and a pair of segmental members l3 on opposite sides of the rear end of the barrel It which simulate the cylinder of a conventional pistol. These members l3 are securely attached to the rear end of the barrel Ill. The front end of the barrel ID has secured thereto a projectile operating member in the form of a rubber band I2 which is attached to the front end of the barrel ill as by a staple or securing member I4. When the operating member [2 is disposed in inoperative position it is looped about a hook i5 secured to the under side of the barrel [0 at a point intermediate the ends of the barrel.

The forward end of the gun stock II is provided with a longitudinally extending groove l6 within which the band i2 is adapted to seat and this band i2 is adapted to engage a trigger H which is pivotally mounted on a pin it. This trigger IT has a substantially L-shaped and rearwardly extending upper end portion l9 and a free leg of the L-shaped member I9 is obliquely disposed relative to the trigger IT. This trigger is rockable in a slot or passage 2|] provided in the stock I I and is constantly urged into set or operative position by means of a spring 2| which is disposed in a hole or passage 22 extending substantially parallel with the top of the gun stock I l. 5

The band holding portion IQ of the trigger I1 is adapted to project rearwardly of the upper end of the stock It and the band I2 is adapted to be looped about this member IS.

The gun herein disclosed is provided on the 10 upper side thereof within the groove It with a recess 23 which is adapted to receive a projectile 24 as shown in Figure 1. This projectile 24 in the present instance is constructed in the form of a fiat piece of material such as a small piece of cardboard of desired configuration, although this projectile 2% may be constructed of any desired material.

When the projectile 2 3 is disposed in the recess 23 the band I2 is adapted to engage on opposite sides of this projectile so that when the trigger I! is rocked forwardly into released position the looped rear end portion of the band IE will strike the projectile 24 and project the projectile 24 into the air in the desired direction. 25

As shown in the drawing the gun herein disclosed is provided with a transversely extending kerf or slot 25 which is positioned above the front end of the band I2 and this kerf 25 is adapted to receive a rubber band or elastic member 26 as 30 shown in Figure 2. In this manner the gun herein disclosed can be used for either a projectile 24 or for shooting a rubber band or elastic 26.

In the use of this gun where it is desired to shoot a projectile such as a projectile 24, the band or elastic member I2 is engaged with the hammer l9 and the band is disposed at the rear in the groove l6 and is positioned on opposite sides of the projectile 24. Rocking of the trigger [1 into released position will release the band I2 from the hammer l9 and thereby cause the band [2 to throw the projectile 24 into the air.

Where it is desired to use the gun herein described for the shooting of elastic members in the form of rubber bands 25 or the like, the rubber band as shown in Figure 2, may be engaged with the kerf 25 and with the hammer I9. Rocking of the trigger ll into released position will release the band 26 from the hammer l9 and the rubber band will be shot forwardly at the desired object.

The gun hereinbefore described may be constructed entirely out of sheet metal; or if desired, may be partially constructed of solid material such as wood composition or the like and the balance constructed of metal, either solid or sheet metal.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically escribed embodiment of this invention without eparting from the spirit thereof, such changes nd modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A toy gun comprising a barrel, a stock integral with the barrel, said stock having a vertically disposed slot therethrough opening through the upper end thereof at a point below the top of the barrel, a trigger, a hammer integral with the trigger and projecting through the upper end of said slot and in a rearward direction, a yieldable looped member engaging the front end of said barrel and engaging said hammer, said stock having a longitudinally extending groove therein,

said yieldable member at the rear portion thereof being disposed in said groove and engaging over the rear end of the barrel, said stock having a recess in the groove at a point intermediate the ends of said groove, a rearwardly extending hook secured to the under side of said barrel and adapted to receive said yieldable member for holding said yieldable member in inoperative position, said stock having a longitudinally extending passage therein disposed parallel with said groove, and a spring disposed in said passage and engaging against said trigger to constantly urge said trigger into operative position, the rear end of the barrel above the slot constituting an abutment engaged by the rear portion of the yieldable member to hold the yieldable member against contracting during the rocking of the trigger to released position.

JOHN BETTY.