Abstract: A hand catapult for throwing flying discs such as a Frisbee.TM. or a Flying Saucer.TM. is constructed with a yoke pivotally connected to a handle for a movement through an angle of not more than about 45 degrees to each side of the center line of the device. The yoke comprises an inner circumferentially channeled semicircular portion conforming to and adapted to receive the disc and having a long complementarily channeled arm projecting tangentially from one terminus of the semicircular portion and a short complementarily channeled arm projecting from the other terminus of the semicircular portion. The yoke is constructed of semirigid plastic material and the short arm extends beyond the semicircular portion a distance just sufficient to offer a slight resistance to the insertion and withdrawal of the disc in the channeled semicircular portion. The device is biased to the uncocked position and is provided with a pressure-releasable device for holding the yoke in the cocked position against said bias device.

Abstract: A toy or game is provided which has as an object to increase the lifting power of the forearm. It is particularly attractive to children who wish to demonstrate their ability to lift a dumbbell or other weight by retracting the forearm. It comprises a first sleeve adapted to embrace the forearm and a second sleeve adapted to embrace the upperarm. The sleeves are composed of two halves hinged together so that they can be opened and closed around the arm portion to which they are adapted. Each sleeve has a rigid plastic shell and a soft flexible-foam liner of suitable thickness to form a cushion and to compensate for different size arms. Each sleeve has a groove on the back or underside thereof which is canted toward the other sleeve. These grooves are adapted to receive the ends or bites of an endless elastic band and which, when in place, tends to pull the forearm sleeve toward the upperarm sleeve.