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US 12,553,683 · App. 18/536,587 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly

Inventor: Brent EuDaly (Centerville, KS)
Assignee: Elastic Precision, LLC
F41B7/025
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Patent No.
US 12,553,683
App. No.
18/536,587
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (15)

1 . 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 front notch, a trigger cavity and a slide relief configured to receive a portion of at least the right slide;

each of said right slide and left slide configured to be pinned and thereby fixedly joined together via at least one slide pin, whereby said right and left slides are configured to be slidably engaged with said center handle;

a front pin further joining said right slide and left slide-while simultaneously being slidably engaged with a front slot within said center handle;

a rear pin further joining said right slide and left slide while simultaneously being 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 and said trigger pivotally pinned to at least said right handle half via a trigger pin passing through a trigger pin receiver;

said center handle comprising a plurality of static rear notches;

each of said right and left slides comprising a respective plurality of slide notches;

said trigger configured to be depressed rearwardly from a first position to a second position, thereby causing said trigger to pivot about said trigger pin and said right and left slides to be moved rearwardly via said rear pin and said trigger post.

2 . The toy gun of claim 1 , wherein said toy gun is modeled after a 9 mm handgun.

3 . The toy gun of claim 2 , wherein said right handle half includes an exterior recess.

4 . The toy gun of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of handle pin receivers comprised of holes passing through said left handle half, said center handle, and said right handle half;

a plurality of handle pins configured to be inserted through said plurality of handle pin receivers such that said left handle half, said center handle, and said right handle half are joined.

5 . The toy gun of claim 1 , further comprising:

said front and rear pins being made of metal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: EUDALY, BRENT A
To: ELASTIC PRECISION, LLC
Reel/Frame 069648/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2023
From: EUDALY, BRENT A
To: ELASTIC PRECISION, LLC
Reel/Frame 065840/0997 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17557395 · Dec 21, 2021
Continuation In Part 16952437 · Nov 19, 2020
Provisional Application 62939209 · Nov 22, 2019
Related Publication 20240102768A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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