Pivoting disc launching toy
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsJohn R. Rossi, Wei Bin Xie
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Abstract
A disc launching toy is disclosed comprising a main body and arms connected to the body. When one or both of the arms are pulled outwardly from the body, the body pivots upward. A disc launcher aperture is located at the bottom side of the body, such that when one or more of the arms are pulled outwardly from the body and the body pivots upward, the aperture swings up towards a generally horizontal presentation. Once the aperture reaches a substantially horizontal orientation, continued pulling of the arms causes the disc launcher to fire a disc, such that both the pivoting of the body and the launching of a disc result from a single, substantially continuous movement.
Claims20
A toy projectile launcher comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a launch actuator extendable from and pivotably mounted to the body, the launch actuator operatively engaging a projectile launcher within the body;
- wherein the toy projectile launcher is configured such that activating the launch actuator causes pivoting of the body with respect to the launch actuator and activation of the projectile launcher to launch a projectile from the body.
A toy projectile launcher comprising:
- a body configured to receive a plurality of projectiles;
- and
- a launch actuator operatively engaging a projectile launcher within the body, the launch actuator further comprising a first arm extendable from a first side of the body and a second arm extendable from a second side of the body, wherein the extension of the first and second arms away from the body causes activation of the projectile launcher to launch a projectile from the body.
A toy projectile launcher comprising:
- a body comprising a projectile launcher and a carrier shaft;
- and
- a drive shaft movably disposed within the carrier shaft, the drive shaft comprising guide pins engaging the carrier shaft such that axial movement of the drive shaft in a first direction relative to the carrier shaft causes guide pins to traverse one or both of an arc length and an axial length of the carrier shaft;
- wherein when the guide pins traverse the arc length of the carrier shaft, the guide pins cause the body to rotate a predetermined angle relative to the drive shaft from a first position to a second position;
- and
- wherein when the guide pins traverse the axial length of the carrier shaft with the body in the second position, the guide pins activate the projectile launcher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.