Patent ID: 8607771

Claim:
An automatically-repeating, rapid-firing rubber band gun with an ammunition-powered operating system comprising: a barrel assembly for both retaining and releasing a plurality of stretched rubber bands, with said release of said rubber bands occurring in such a manner as to chronologically first affect the transformation of a portion of the elastic potential energy present in said rubber bands into mechanical work performed upon said barrel assembly, and chronologically second affect the directionally-controlled projection of said rubber bands; a deflection assembly, relative to which said barrel assembly moves in such a manner as to affect temporal sequencing of said release of said rubber bands from said barrel assembly, said mechanical movement occurring as a result of said transformation of said portion of said potential energy present in said rubber bands into said mechanical work performed upon said barrel assembly; a manually-engageable trigger assembly for alternately allowing or inhibiting said release of said rubber bands from said barrel assembly; and a frame assembly for operatively supporting said barrel assembly, said deflection assembly, and said trigger assembly such that said gun may be hand-held and manually operated.