# US 12,007,192 B2 · Firearm training devices and methods of use

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- Number: US 12,007,192 B2
- Document ID: US12007192B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/543,498
- Filed: 2019-08-16
- Published: 2021-02-18
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-16
- Applicants: Rashon Q Lewis
- Inventors: Rashon Q Lewis
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007192B2

## CPC

- F41A 33/00: Adaptations for training (adaptations of barrels for recoil reinforcement F41A21/26); Gun simulators (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26 {; shooting games A63F9/02; military simulation G09B9/003})
- A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand}
- F41C 27/00: Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
- F41C 33/001: {Shooting harnesses; Stabilising devices, e.g. straps on the body (balancing arrangements on the gun itself F41C27/22)}
- A63B 21/0442: {Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user}
- A63B 21/0552: {Elastic ropes or bands}
- A63B 21/4007: {to the chest region, e.g. to the back chest}
- A63B 21/4025: {Resistance devices worn on the user's body (A63B21/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B 21/4027: {Specific exercise interfaces (chairs or stools with exercising means A47C9/002)}
- A63B 21/4043: {Free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance (A63B21/00043, A63B21/072 take precedence)}
- F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- F41C: SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR

## Abstract

A firearm training device is disclosed that may include a body member having a grip. The barrel section may include a muzzle end and a rear or butt stock end. The barrel section may include a transverse aperture adjacent one of the rear/butt stock end. The firearm training device may include a stretchable loop exercise band disposed through the transverse aperture and connected to the body member. The body member may be in a variety of shapes, such as a hand gun or a rifle. The stretchable loop exercise band is adapted for being wrapped around a person's torso so it can be used to perform exercises to strengthen the person's ability to grip a firearm.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A firearm training device comprising:
a body member having a barrel section and a grip;
the barrel section having a muzzle end and a rear end;
the barrel section having a transverse aperture in the rear end of the barrel section; and
a stretchable loop member disposed through the transverse aperture and connected to the body member, the stretchable loop member forming a closed loop having sufficient length to be positioned around the torso of a user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The firearm training device of claim 1, wherein the body member is in the shape of a hand gun.

### Claim 3

A firearm training device comprising:
a body member having a grip, a muzzle end and a butt stock end;
the body member having a transverse aperture in the muzzle end of the body member; and
a stretchable loop member disposed through the transverse aperture and connected to the body member, the stretchable loop member forming a closed loop having sufficient length to be positioned around the torso of a user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The firearm training device of claim 3, wherein the body member is in the shape of a rifle.

### Claim 5

A method of performing an exercise to strengthen the ability of a person to grip a firearm comprising:
using a firearm training device to perform an exercise, the firearm training device comprising a body member having a barrel section and a grip, and a stretchable loop exercise band connected to the body member through a transverse aperture in a rear end of the barrel section of the body member;
positioning the stretchable loop exercise band around a person's torso;
the person gripping the grip of the firearm training device with at least one hand; and
the person using the firearm training device to perform an exercise.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the body member is in the shape of one of a hand gun and a rifle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the person moves the firearm training device from a first position in which the person's arms are bent with elbows adjacent the person's torso and the stretchable loop exercise band is in a slack position, to a second position in which the person's arms are straight and held away from the person's torso with the stretchable loop exercise band in a stretched position.