Hinged arm safety mechanism for foam dart launcher
AssigneeEasebon Services Limited
InventorFrancis See Chong Chia
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Abstract
A dart launcher comprises a housing, a safety arm, and a trigger. The housing includes a launching section configured to receive a dart having a minimum threshold length. The safety arm is movably attached to the housing and extends at least partially across the launching section. The safety arm is positioned so that the dart having the minimum threshold length engages at least a portion of the safety arm upon insertion into the launching section. The trigger is movable with respect to the housing and is operable to cause the dart having the minimum threshold length to launch from the launching section.
Claims20
A toy dart launcher, comprising:
- a housing comprising a loading section that receives a first dart having a threshold length, the loading section in communication with a barrel disposed along an exit path through the housing;
- a safety arm movably supported on the housing, the safety arm extends into the loading section in an initial position at the standard length along the loading section, wherein the safety arm is positioned to obstruct passage of an object having a length less than the threshold length in the initial position;
- a biasing member engaged with the safety arm, the biasing member maintains a bias on the safety arm toward the initial position;
- an internal power source supported by the housing;
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- a launching system comprising a pair of wheels and a respective pair of launch motors, each wheel is rotatably supported on the housing along the exit path and each wheel is in mechanical communication with a respective launch motor, each launch motor is in electronic communication with the internal power source, each wheel is rotatably driven by the motor to rotatably engage and launch the first dart from the housing when the first dart is advanced into engagement with the pair of wheels between the pair of wheels.
A toy dart launcher, comprising:
- a housing comprising a loading section in communication with a barrel disposed along an exit path through the housing;
- a magazine comprising a plurality of interconnected cartridges, each cartridge having an interior bore to receive a first dart having a threshold length;
- a loading system comprising a rotatable rack, the rotatable rack supports at least one cartridge of the plurality of interconnected cartridges, the rotatable rack rotatably supported on the housing to rotate the at least one cartridge into the loading section;
- a safety arm movably supported on the housing, the safety arm extends into the loading section in an initial position at the standard length along the loading section, wherein the safety arm is positioned to obstruct passage of an object having a length less than the threshold length in the initial position;
- a biasing member engaged with the safety arm, the basing member maintains a bias on the safety arm toward the initial position;
- an internal power source supported by the housing;
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- a launching system comprising a pair of wheels and a respective pair of launch motors, each wheel is rotatably supported on the housing and is in mechanical communication with a respective launch motor, each launch motor is in electronic communication with the internal power source, each wheel is rotatably driven by the motor to rotatably engage and launch the first dart from the housing when the first dart is advanced from a cartridge of the plurality of interconnected cartridges into engagement with the pair of wheels between the pair of wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.