US 2025/0354776 A1Published application

Toy projectile launchers

OwnerKenneth John Huebnerinventor

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Abstract

A toy projectile launcher able to rapidly and sequentially launch a plurality of projectiles (such as four foam darts, each dart launched every 0.1 second) after being loaded and primed once, creating a machine gun effect. The launcher may be non-electronic, manually operated, and including a fluid compressor comprising a walled chamber holding a launch spring and a piston coupled to a priming actuator having a catch assembly with catch stops. A valve system may be coupled to the fluid compressor and an active barrel group comprising one or more launch barrels able to receive a plurality of projectiles. A trigger assembly may comprise a variable latch engaging the catch assembly, configured to single launch or sequentially launch the plurality of projectiles after the fluid compressor has been primed once by the priming actuator. Such structures also support electronic launchers and various projectiles (e.g., darts, balls, gel beads, etc.).

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Dependent claims

A toy projectile launcher comprising:

a housing assembly;
a fluid compressor being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the fluid compressor is structured to compress a fluid;
a priming actuator being at least partially received by the fluid compressor, wherein the priming actuator is configured to prime the fluid compressor to potentially generate one or more fluid flows in temporal sequence;
an active barrel group being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the active barrel group is configured to receive a plurality of projectiles;
a valve system being at least partially received by the fluid compressor and the active barrel group, wherein the valve system is configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid compressor and the active barrel group;
a trigger assembly being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the trigger assembly is configured to increase each fluid flow, of the one or more fluid flows, from the fluid compressor;
and
a catch assembly being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the catch assembly is configured to decrease each fluid flow, of the one or more fluid flows, from the fluid compressor, wherein the toy projectile launcher is able to launch each projectile, of the plurality of projectiles from the active barrel group, in temporal sequence after the fluid compressor has been primed once by the priming actuator.

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A toy projectile launcher comprising:

a housing assembly of the toy projectile launcher;
a fluid compressor being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the fluid compressor is configured to potentially compress a fluid;
a priming actuator being at least partially received by the fluid compressor, wherein the priming actuator is configured to prime the fluid compressor to potentially generate a fluid flow;
an active barrel group being at least partially received by the housing assembly and comprising one or more launch barrels, wherein the active barrel group is configured to receive a plurality of projectiles;
a valve system being at least partially received by the fluid compressor and the active barrel group, wherein the valve system is configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid compressor and the active barrel group;
a loading actuator being at least partially received by the housing assembly, wherein the loading actuator is configured to be operatively coupled to one or more storage clips configured to hold at least the plurality of projectiles, wherein the loading actuator is able to move the plurality of projectiles, from the one or more storage clips, into at least a portion of the active barrel group;
a trigger assembly being at least partially received by the housing assembly and including an at least one variable latch, wherein the trigger assembly is configured to increase the fluid flow from the fluid compressor based on one or more start movements of the at least one variable latch of the trigger assembly;
and
a catch assembly being at least partially received by the housing assembly and including one or more catch stops, wherein the catch assembly is configured to decrease the fluid flow from the fluid compressor based on one or more stop movements of the one or more catch stops of the catch assembly, wherein the toy projectile launcher is able to launch each projectile, from the plurality of projectiles from the active barrel group, in temporal sequence after the fluid compressor has been primed once by the priming actuator.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.