Rubber band rifle
OwnerVincent LoBiondoinventor
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Abstract
A rubber band rifle for shooting one or a plurality of rubber band members generally includes a body having a forward barrel portion and a rear shoulder portion having a plurality of horizontal grooves disposed therein, one end of each of the rubber band members being disposed in one of the horizontal grooves in the forward end wall, a slide mechanism being movably disposed on the forward barrel portion, the slide mechanism including a top and a pair of downwardly extending walls, an upper surface of the top of the slide mechanism having a plurality of notches therein, the other ends of the rubber bands being disposed in the notches, and a mechanism for locking the slide mechanism in a fixed position upon the barrel portion of the body.
Claims3
A rubber band rifle for shooting one or a plurality of rubber band members comprising a body having a forward barrel portion and a rear shoulder portion, a forward end wall of said barrel portion having a plurality of horizontal grooves disposed therein, one end of each of said rubber band members being disposed in one of said horizontal grooves in said forward end wall, a slide mechanism movably disposed on said forward barrel portion, said slide mechanism comprising a top and a pair of downwardly extending walls, an upper surface of said top of the slide mechanism having a plurality of notches disposed therein, each said rubber band members being stretched rearwardly from said forward extending wall of said barrel portion, wherein the other ends of said rubber band members being disposed in one of said notches, said forward barrel portion having a pair of sidewalls, each said sidewall having a longitudinally aligned groove therein and a boss disposed on the interior surface of each downwardly extending wall of said slide mechanism, each said boss being disposed in one of said longitudinally aligned grooves in said sidewalls of said barrel portion, means for locking said slide mechanism in a fixed position on said forward barrel portion, said locking mechanism comprises said barrel portion having a plurality of transverse holes therethrough, said holes being aligned in a longitudinal aligned row along said barrel portion, a plurality of openings through each downwardly extending wall of said slide mechanism, each set of said openings being aligned in a longitudinal row along each said downwardly extending wall of said slide mechanism, one of said holes being alignable with said openings, and a pin member, said pin member being insertable into said hole being aligned with said openings.
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