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US 9,612,079 B2Granted
Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly
OwnerBrent A. EuDalyinventor
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Abstract
An elastic rubber band launching toy gun that uses a new method to launches 24 elastic bands in rapid succession using a simple assembly of only 13 individual parts, and featuring an optional, adjustable, sliding shoulder support stock. It is designed to resemble a Heckler & Koch MP5 firearm, as manufactured by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. The rubber band gun includes a slideable, lockable stock which can be slid and locked into multiple lengths away from the butt of the firearm.
Claims2
A toy gun comprising:
- a gun frame formed from a single piece of material, the gun frame including a handle, a trigger groove, a slide cavity, a front notch, a plurality of rear notches, and a mock magazine;
- a trigger assembly including a trigger, a trigger band, a trigger stop pin, a trigger clutch, and a pair of firing wedges;
- a plurality of elastic projectiles stretched between said front notch and said plurality of rear notches while said trigger is in a first, loaded position;
- said trigger configured to be moved to a second, fired position, whereby a first of said plurality of elastic projectiles is dislodged by said pair of firing wedges and fired away from said gun frame front notch;
- a notched slide including a plurality of slide notches configured for receiving said trigger clutch;
- wherein said trigger is pulled back to said first, loaded position by said trigger band, and said trigger clutch is configured to advance to a next of said plurality of slide notches, thereby advancing said pair of firing wedges;
- said gun frame including a stock slide groove, said stock slide groove being dovetail-shaped;
- a stock assembly including a shoulder stock, a pair of stock supports, a locking cam, and a cam nut;
- said shoulder stock fastened to said pair of stock supports which slideably engage with said stock slide groove;
- said stock assembly thereby being slideably engaged with said gun frame to slide from a first, extended position to a second, collapsed position within said stock slide groove;
- and
- said stock supports including a plurality of stock notches configured for locking said stock assembly within said slide groove via said locking cam and said cam nut.
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