ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,835, issued on Sept. 1.
"Magazine-type slingshot" was invented by Zhongcheng Sun (Weifang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine-type slingshot includes a bow body used for mounting a pouch rubber band assembly. The bow body is provided with a magazine, which has an opening and is used for holding marbles, the bow body is further provided with a marble driving assembly used for driving at least one marble within the magazine toward the opening and causing a marble closest to the opening to be expelled from the opening; an upper side of the bow body is provided with a pouch initial position, when a rubber band of the mounted...