Toy rocket apparatus
OwnerRandall L. Browninventor
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Abstract
A toy rocket to include a cylindrical body formed with a conical upper end portion, with the conical end portion formed of a flexible material, the cylindrical body formed of a rigid material and including a launcher structure, including a first conduit to receive a pneumatic air supply therethrough, with a first conduit orthogonally oriented and in pneumatic communication with a second conduit. The second conduit terminating in a sivel connection, with the swivel connection mounting a mounting tube thereon. The mounting tube is arranged for projection through a floor of the rocket into a first chamber containing a fluid propulsion medium therewithin. Pressurizing of the first chamber effects subsequent release of the rocket relative to the mounting tube for projection along a trajectory of flight.
Claims5
A toy rocket apparatus, comprising,
- a rocket launcher, the rocket launcher including a pneumatic connector nipple directed into the rocket launcher at a first distal end thereof, and
- a socket member pivotally mounted to the rocket launcher at a second distal end of the rocket launcher, wherein the socket members include a mounting tube positioned thereon, and
- a pneumatic conduit in pneumatic communication between the connector nipple and the socket member, and
- a rocket member arranged for receiving the mounting tube therewithin, the rocket member including a lower cylindrical body and an upper conical body mounted to an upper distal end of the lower cylindrical body coaxially aligned with the lower cylindrical body, the lower cylindrical body including a floor, the floor including a nozzle opening directed therethrough, and the nozzle opening arranged for reception of the mounting tube therewithin, and
- the pneumatic conduit mounted in pneumatic communication with a pneumatic pressure delivery source to direct pneumatic pressure through the rocket launcher into the rocket member to project the rocket member from the mounting tube upon pressurizing of the rocket member interiorly thereof through the mounting tube, and
- the rocket launcher includes a first conduit base tube formed along a first axis, and a second conduit tube formed along a second axis, with the first axis obliquely oriented relative to the second axis, and the first axis and the second axis in a coplanar relationship, and the swivel socket including a plurality of mounting flats formed to a periphery of the swivel socket, wherein each of the mounting flats are arranged in a parallel equal radial spacing relative to the second axis, and
- the mounting tube includes a plurality of parallel ribs mounting adjacent the upper distal end of the mounting tube to enhance frictional engagement of the mounting tube within the rocket member through the nozzle opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.