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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Applicant:
Mark Rappaport, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Rappaport, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H027/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for launching a toy rocket that includes rotating a launch tube about an axis that is parallel with a connecting tube, which is rotatably connected to the launch tube; extending the launch tube in a perpendicular direction; progressively closing a safety valve by rotating the launch tube toward a vertical position, relative to a launch pad assembly; loading the toy rocket onto a distal end of the extended launch tube; and rapidly compressing a bellows in communication with the launch tube.