Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly
AssigneeElastic Precision, LLC
InventorBrent A. Eudaly
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Abstract
A toy gun having a pair of sides are joined together using a number of pins inserted through pin holes passing through the pair of sides. A trigger and a slide are sandwiched between the pair of sides and are secured therein. A pivot pin allows the trigger to be pulled rearwardly such that it presses against the slide, moving it reward as well. When this occurs, the slide moves out from between the two sides, pushing the elastic bands away from static notches located on the rear end of the sides. This causes the top-most elastic band to fire away from the gun, and the remaining elastic bands to be reseated upwardly into the next adjacent respective static notch. The elastic bands pull the trigger back into its original position, allowing for semi-automatic firing.
Claims5
A toy gun comprising:
- a gun frame comprising a right handle half, a left handle half, a right slide, a left slide, and a center handle having a center slide and a front notch, said right and left slides each comprising a respective slide cavity and said center handle comprising a trigger cavity;
- each of said right slide and left slide configured to be pinned together via at least one slide pin, whereby said right and left slides are configured to be slidably engaged with said center handle about said center slide;
- a front pin joining said right slide and left slide, said front pin slidably engaged with a front slot within said center handle;
- a rear pin joining said right slide and left slide, said rear pin slidably engaged with a rear slot within said center handle, and said rear pin connected with a trigger post connected to a trigger, said trigger post and said trigger being disposed within said trigger cavity;
- said center slide comprising a plurality of static rear notches;
- each of said right and left slides comprising a respective plurality of slide notches;
- a plurality of elastic projectiles configured to be stretched between said front notch and plurality of said static rear notches, wherein each respective static rear notch receives a single elastic projectile;
- said trigger configured to be depressed rearwardly from a first position to a second position, thereby causing said right and left slides to be moved rearwardly via said rear pin and said trigger post;
- wherein said plurality of slide notches are configured to eject a top-most of said plurality of elastic projectiles in a forward velocity away from said front notch and to advance all remaining of said plurality of elastic projectiles amongst said plurality of static rear notches;
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- wherein said trigger element is reset to said first position by said plurality of elastic projectiles only, and no other element is used to reset said trigger member to said loaded position, and all elastic projectiles are capable of being fired semi-automatically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.