Dart launch apparatus with an open top magazine and a dart restrainer in the launch chamber and method

A dart launch apparatus comprising:

• an outer housing, the outer housing having an opening to receive a dart magazine and a launch chamber located in the opening;
• an energy source mounted in the outer housing for launching a dart;
• a trigger mounted to the outer housing for causing a dart to be launched;
• a dart magazine removably mounted to the outer housing through the opening in the outer housing, the dart magazine including a magazine housing having an open top;
• a dart restrainer mounted to the magazine housing for blocking and unblocking biased darts at the open top wherein with the magazine inserted into the dart launch apparatus an unblocked biased dart at the open top of the dart magazine housing is biased into a launch chamber of the dart launch apparatus;
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• a dart placement structure within the launch chamber for receiving an upper-most dart from the dart magazine when the dart magazine is inserted into the outer housing.

A method for making a dart launch apparatus comprising the steps of:

• forming an outer housing, the outer housing having a launch chamber and an opening to receive a dart magazine;
• providing an energy source mounted within the outer housing for launching a dart;
• mounting a trigger to the outer housing for causing a dart to be launched;
• providing a dart magazine removably mounted to the outer housing through the opening in the outer housing, the dart magazine including a magazine housing having an open top;
• mounting a dart restrainer to the magazine housing for blocking and unblocking biased darts at the open top wherein with the magazine inserted into the dart launch apparatus an unblocked biased dart at the open top of the dart magazine housing is biased to leave the dart magazine and enter the launch chamber;
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• forming a dart placement structure within the launch chamber for receiving an upper-most dart from the dart magazine when the dart magazine is inserted into the outer housing.