Gel lauching apparatus with hydrochromic material and porous plastic
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorRobert C Maschin
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Abstract
A toy launching apparatus for hydrated super absorbent projectiles having a barrel and/or a barrel extender using porous plastic and coated with hydrochromic material where the hydrated super absorbent projectiles and the interior surface of the barrel and/or of the barrel extender are tight fitting. Launcher apparatus and methods are provided with toy projectile launching rounds expelled from an air compression source extending to position received projectiles launched through a barrel.
Claims20
A toy launching apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a dispensing compartment for storing and dispensing hydrated super absorbent polymer projectiles, the dispensing compartment being operatively connected to the housing;
- a passage from the dispensing compartment;
- a discharge mechanism mounted to the housing and operatively connected to the dispensing compartment;
- a hydrochromic material operatively connected to the discharge mechanism for indicating a status of the passage;
- an energy source mounted within the housing for causing hydrated projectiles to be ejected from the discharge mechanism;
- and
- a trigger mechanism mounted to the housing for actuating the energy source.
A toy launching apparatus, comprising:
- a launch housing for discharging hydrated projectile rounds;
- a receptacle allowing one or more of the projectile rounds to be received into the launch housing;
- a projectile rounds launching barrel including a proximal end, a distal end, an interior bore therethrough, and an exterior surface thereof, the proximal end of the projectile rounds launching barrel being mounted to the launch housing;
- a passage from the receptacle at the interior bore of the projectile rounds launching barrel enabled to position the one or more received projectiles in the passage;
- and
- an indicator for indicating a status of the passage at the interior bore of the projectile rounds launching barrel, wherein the indicator is a hydrochromic indicator at the exterior surface of the projectile rounds launching barrel.
A method for assembling a toy launching apparatus comprising the steps of:
- providing a launch housing;
- providing a dispensing compartment for storing and dispensing hydrated projectile rounds;
- operatively connecting the dispensing compartment to the housing;
- providing a discharge mechanism;
- operatively connecting the discharging mechanism to the dispensing compartment with a projectile rounds launching barrel having a proximal end mounted to a launch housing, with the projectile rounds launching barrel having interior bore therein with a passage from the interior bore of the projectile rounds launching barrel enabled to position the projectile rounds in the passage;
- providing a hydrochromic material;
- operatively connecting the hydrochromic material as an exterior indicator of the passage with the hydrochromic material operating to indicate a status of the passage at the interior bore of the projectile rounds launching barrel;
- providing an energy source;
- mounting the energy source to the housing;
- operatively connecting the energy source to the housing for launching hydrated projectile rounds;
- and
- mounting a trigger mechanism to the housing for actuating the energy source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.