May 1, 1951

E. |_. SIDERS

2,550,873

Toy REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL

Filed Jan. 26, 1948

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INVENTOR.

ELLIS L, EIDERS
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May 1, 1951

E. 1.. SIDERS

2,550,873

TOY REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL

Filed Jan. 26, 1948

2 Sheets-Sheet 2'

INVENTOR.

ELLIS L, 515E515

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ATTURNE:

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Patented May I, 195i

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

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2,550,873

TOY REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL

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_ Ellis L. Siders, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Application January 26, 1948, Serial No. 4,441

1 Claim.

(Cl. 124-19)
2 .

This invention relates to improvements in toy

portion of the wheel and revolvably supported

guns and has special reference to a specially

constructed gun for shooting elastic bands and
the like.

in the gun if desired. The wheel is formed with

a plurality of elongated arms l5, slightly beveled
as at. l6 for retaining a plurality of elastic bands
I1, the said bands being looped over a sight l8

An object of the present invention is to provide

a toy gun with a freely revolvable wheel and a

that is recessed as at l 9.

unique mechanism for retaining a plurality of

The trigger 20 is pivotally supported on the
elastic bands and to further provide an improved
stock of the gun as at 2| and carries a lever 22
spring controlled trigger means for releasing the
that is pivoted thereto as at 23. A second lever
said elastic bands.
10 24, notched as at 25 is pivotally secured to the
Another object of the present invention is the.
?rst mentioned lever 22 as at 26, the said second
provision of an improved combined lever means
lever being pivoted to the stock of the gun as at
associated with the trigger for controlling the
21, and is provided with an overhanging lip 28,
said mechanism.

which lip is capable of arresting the wheel [3

A further object of the present invention is to 15C by retaining a wheel arm I 5 thereon as shown to
form the body of the gun in elongated halves,
advantage in Fig. 1. A coil spring 29 is provided
which halves are made of metal or plastic re
and one end thereof is secured to the second
movably secured one to the other to facilitate
mentioned lever as at' 3B and the opposite end
the assembly of the trigger mechanism within
fastened to the gun casing as at 3|, whereby the
the gun.
20 said lever is resiliently retained in its normal
A still further object of the present invention
position. A projection 33 is ?xed on the inside
is to provide a toy gun of the character described
of the gun casing and abuts the rear upper por
that is durable, simple in construction, economi
tion of the trigger to provide a stop for limiting
cal to manufacture, and highly e?icient and
the inner movement of the trigger. The front
serviceable in use.
25 extremity of the gun is formed hollow as at 34
Other objects and advantages will be apparent
and an elongated cylindrical member 35 is pro
during the course of the following description.
vided on the bottom portion of the gun barrel
In the accompanying drawings forming a part
to assimilate the device to a regular pistol. The
of the speci?cation, wherein for the purpose of
rear portion of the recessed casing I2 is prefer
illustration, like numerals designate like parts 30 ably closed as at 36 forming a protective medium
throughout the same,
to prevent the elastic bands from ?ying back
Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the improved
wards. It will be obvious that the said casing I2
toy gun, with one of the halves of the body re
is made of a suitable width to provide su?icient
moved to illustrate the trigger mechanism within
space for accommodating any number of elastic
the gun, showing the mechanism in its closed 35 bands it is desired to shoot. For the purpose of
normal position,
clarity only two elastic bands 3'! are shown in
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improved gun,
the present illustrations, but the gun can be
Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the toy gun
completely loaded by having a band mounted
with a portion of the body broken away, showing
over each arm [5 and stretched to the recess l9
the trigger mechanism in its shooting position,
40 in the sight l8 when desired.
Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the im
From the foregoing description taken in con
proved toy gun, and
junction with the accompanying drawings it will
Fig. 5 is a rear elevational view of the gun.
be obvious that when an elastic band I! is looped
Referring in detail to the drawings and the
over the upper arm l5 nearest the sight I 8 as
numerals thereof, the numerals 1 and 8 designate 45 shown to advantage in Fig. 1 and the trigger 20
as a whole the two halves forming the body of
is pulled, as shown to advantage in Fig. 3, the
the gun, which halves are secured one to the
front horizontal arm I 5 will be released from the
other by suitable screws 9. The numeral l0
lever lip 28 and the said top arm will be moved
designates the barrel of the gun, the numeral II
forward a sufficient distance for releasing the
the handle thereof and the numeral l2 the re 50 band, the elasticity in the band causing the same
cessed stock portion forming a casing for retain
to be shot outwardly above the other bands and
ing the trigger mechanism. The numeral l3
across the sight l8 as illustrated in Fig. 3. The
designates a suitable wheel revolvably mounted
notch 25 in the lever 26 limits the movement of
on a shaft H, which shaft is'?xed in the stock
the wheel l3 and the arms thereon when shoot
of the gun. The said shaft can be an integral 55 ing. After the trigger is released by the user,

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the coil spring 29 will pull the lever 24 back to its

normal position, whereby the top lip 28 thereon

lever pivotally secured to the outer end portion

receives and holds the wheel arm nearest thereto

as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 1 and in which
position the gun is ready to shoot another band.
It is to be understood that the form of my in
vention herewith shown and described is to be

any one of the arms on the wheel for retaining

the arms in their normal positions, means pivot
ally securing the second lever to a wall of the

of the ?rst lever and adapted to extend beneath

casing, whereby the lever is capable of being

adjusted for releasing the arms from their nor

mal positions when the trigger is pulled to re
lease the bands, a notch in the lower portion of
that various changes relative to the shape, size,
material and arrangement of parts may be 10 the second lever adapted to engage any one of
the said arms to limit the movement of the arms,
resorted to without departing from the spirit of
a stop ?xed to the wall of the casing and posi
the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.
tioned against the rear portion of the trigger for
Having thus described my invention, I claim:
supporting the same in its normal position and
A toy gun in the form of a pistol for shooting
elastic bands, comprising a handle, a casing posi 15 a coil spring. having one end portion thereof
secured to the said second lever and the opposite
tioned above the same, said casing having an
taken as a preferred example of the same and

end portion secured to a wall of the casing for

opening in the top portion thereof and a second
retaining the second lever and trigger in their
opening in the bottom portion and in front of the
said handle, a barrel extending forward from the
normal positions.
ELLIS L. SIDERS.
casing, a sight on the top front end portion 20
of the barrel, a shaft horizontally positioned
REFEB'ENGES CITED
through the casing and fixed in the side walls
thereof, a- wheel within the casing revolvably
The following references are of record in the
supported on the said shaft, aplurality of radialfile of this patent:
lyexten'ding arms on the wheel, veach of the said 25
UN-ITED STATES- PATENTS
arms having an outwardly extending ?ared por~
tion forming a catch for receiving one of the
looped ends of the elastic bands, a recess in the
outer extremity of the sight on the gun barrel

for receiving the opposite looped ends of the elas

tie bands, a mechanism foricontrollin-g the wheel
to release the bands, the said mechanism includ
ing a trigger pivotally secured to a wall -of the

casing and extending downwardly through the

Nun'iber
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Date

Fisher _________ __'_ Aug. 13, 1929

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'Eis'her _____ __r_____ July .114, 1942

Number
said opening in front of the handle, a lever pivot 35
439978
ally secured to the upper portion of the trigger
and horizontally extending therefrom, a second

Name

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FOREIGN PATENTS
Country

Date

Gneat Britain ,_._-,__ .Dec. 1.8, 1935