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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1976
Michael O'Hara Hirtle, Torrance, CA (US);
James Edward Morse, Lawndale, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
A toy airplane launcher having a launch platform adapted for supporting two toy airplanes, each of the airplanes having a rubber band engaging portion and a depending projection for abutting against an airplane engaging post positioned adjacent the surface of the launcher. A single trigger is provided for displacing the post relative to the platform for disengaging the airplane to permit it to be launched under the force of the rubber band. The platform, post, and trigger are so constructed to permit the sequential launching of the airplanes upon slow movement of the trigger and to provide virtually simultaneous launching upon rapid actuation of the trigger. In a first embodiment the airplanes are positioned along generally parallel runways with the airplane engaging posts for each airplane being offset from one another, the posts disengaging from the airplane as they move along a line perpendicular to the plane of the platform. In a second embodiment the airplanes are mounted in tandem on the platform and a launch platform is provided with ramp means adjacent the airplane projection, the lead ramp being closer than the rear ramp so that as the posts are moved in a direction parallel to the plane of the platform the depending projections on the plane are lifted from the post with the lead ramp disengaging its post first.