ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,683, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Elastic Precision LLC (Plano, Texas).
"Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly" was invented by Brent EuDaly (Centerville, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 el...