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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
John Michael Falkowski, II, Norwood, MA (US);
Raymond Aaron Mead, Coventry, RI (US);
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Abstract
A toy launch apparatus for discharging soft foam darts, the launch apparatus having a cylinder, a piston, a launch spring, a dart magazine and a dart tube. The dart tube is biased by a return spring so that after a dart discharge the dart tube is moved rearward from a launch chamber to allow the magazine to spring load a fresh dart. During a cocking cycle the dart tube moves forward and receives the dart so that loading of a second dart is blocked. The automatic withdrawal of the dart tube after discharge of a dart also allows an empty magazine to be disengaged from the launch apparatus and a freshly loaded magazine to be attached. This may be accomplished without an operator having to take any other action thereby resulting in a very quick reload.