Decal-coated projectile launcher
AssigneeZuru (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorMathew Peter Mowbray
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Abstract
A non-lethal projectile launcher toy that comprises a full-colour, high DPI, printed aggregate coating on an outer shell (101, 301); the decal coating is not limited to flat surfaces, allowing for substantially unrestricted product design, and is substantially undisturbed visual continuity when crossing part lines between discrete parts that make up the outer shell. Methods of producing the decal-coated toy gun using inkjet printing technology are also provided, allowing for high-detail and comprehensive colour range aggregate coatings that may be programmatically controlled to maximise the visual quality of the applied decal.
Claims29
A projectile launcher comprising:
- at least two abutting shell parts that form at least part of an outer shell of said projectile launcher, wherein a first of said shell parts has an outer surface (herein after “first surface”) that is contiguous an outer surface (herein after “second surface”) of a second of said shell parts;
- an aggregate coating comprising at least two sub-coatings, a first sub-coating is carried at said first surface by said first shell part and a second sub-coating is carried at said second surface by said second shell part.
A method of creating a projectile launcher comprising of two abutting shell parts, a first shell part having an outer surface (herein after “first surface”) that is contiguous an outer surface (herein after “second surface”) of a second shell part, to define at least part of the outer shell of the projectile launcher, the method comprising:
- when said two shell parts are separated from each other, printing a sub-coating on the first surface and printing a sub-coating on the second surface;
- assembling said shell parts to abut each other and to position said sub-coatings contiguous of each other to define an aggregate coating on said outer shell that is visually continuous including at where the sub-coatings are positioned contiguous of each other.
A method of producing an outer shell of a projectile launcher comprising:
- (i) receiving at least two shell parts, wherein each shell part comprises an outer surface;
- (ii) depositing ink onto the outer surface of each of the at least two of said shell parts, forming a sub-coating on each outer surface of said shell parts;
- (iii) assembling said shell parts together to form at least a part of the outer shell of said projectile launcher, wherein at least two shell parts that each comprise a sub-coating are abutting, and wherein said sub-coatings are contiguous.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.