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US 6,926,579 B2Granted
Toy rocket launch pad with directional safety valve
OwnerMark Rappaportinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for launching a toy rocket that includes rotating a launch tube about an axis that is parallel with a connecting tube, which is rotatably connected to the launch tube; extending the launch tube in a perpendicular direction; progressively closing a safety valve by rotating the launch tube toward a vertical position, relative to a launch pad assembly; loading the toy rocket onto a distal end of the extended launch tube; and rapidly compressing a bellows in communication with the launch tube.
Claims15
A toy rocket launcher comprising:
- a launch pad assembly for supporting the launcher on a horizontal surface;
- a connecting tube fixedly attached to the launch pad assembly;
- a launch tube rotatably attached to a first end of the connecting tube, wherein the launch tube rotates about an axis parallel with the connecting tube;
- a bellows connected to a second end of the connecting tube;
- and
- a safety valve that opens to atmosphere as the launch tube is rotated away from a vertical orientation, relative to the launch pad assembly.
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A toy rocket launcher comprising:
- an axis about which a launch tube rotates, wherein the launch tube is made up of a series of frusto conical sections of descending size;
- a connecting tube having an end connected to a bellows and another end of the connecting tube rotatably connected to the launch tube;
- and
- a safety valve provided at an outer circumference of the connecting tube, wherein the safety valve allows air discharged from the bellows to vent to atmosphere when the launch tube rotates away from a vertical orientation, relative to a horizontal surface upon with the launcher positioned.
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A method for launching a toy rocket comprising:
- rotating a launch tube about an axis, wherein the axis is parallel with a connecting tube rotatably connected to the launch tube and fixedly connected to a launch pad assembly;
- extending the launch tube;
- closing a safety valve as the launch tube rotates toward a vertical position, relative to the launch pad assembly;
- loading the toy rocket onto a distal end of the extended launch tube;
- and
- rapidly compressing a bellows in communication with the launch tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.