Toy projectile launcher with slidable outer cylinder and stationary inner compression member

A toy projectile launcher for discharging a toy projectile comprising:

• a housing;
• a hollow outer cylinder;
• a compression member disposed on the housing, and slidably received within the hollow outer cylinder, the compression member having a fluid passage therethrough in fluid communication with the interior of the outer cylinder, wherein the outer cylinder is moveable between an uncocked position and a cocked position such that movement of the outer cylinder from the cocked position toward the uncocked position compresses air in the interior of the outer cylinder, with the compressed air being delivered through the fluid passage to a toy projectile assembled with the toy projectile launcher;
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• a spring biasing the outer cylinder from the cocked position toward the uncocked position;
• a lock member disposed on the housing and movable between a locked position wherein the lock member engages the outer cylinder to retain the outer cylinder in the cocked position when the outer cylinder is disposed in the cocked position, and an unlocked position wherein the lock member is disengaged from the outer cylinder when the outer cylinder is in the cocked position to allow the outer cylinder to move between the cocked position and the uncocked position;
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• a first trigger operatively connected to the lock member and moveable between a normal position and a firing position, wherein movement of the first trigger from the normal position to the firing position causes the lock member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.

A toy projectile launcher for discharging a toy projectile comprising:

• a housing;
• a hollow outer cylinder;
• a compression member disposed on the housing, and slidably received within the hollow outer cylinder, the compression member having a fluid passage therethrough in fluid communication with the interior of the outer cylinder, wherein the outer cylinder is moveable between an uncocked position and a cocked position such that movement of the outer cylinder from the cocked position toward the uncocked position compresses air in the interior of the outer cylinder, with the compressed air being delivered through the fluid passage to a toy projectile assembled with the toy projectile launcher;
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• a spring biasing the outer cylinder from the cocked position toward the uncocked position;
• a slide member slidably disposed on the housing and operatively connected to the outer cylinder such that movement of the slide member from a first position to a second position causes the outer cylinder to move from the uncocked position to the cocked position;
• a lock member disposed on the housing and movable between a locked position wherein the lock member engages the outer cylinder to retain the outer cylinder in the cocked position when the outer cylinder is disposed in the cocked position, and an unlocked position wherein the lock member is disengaged from the outer cylinder when the outer cylinder is in the cocked position to allow the outer cylinder to move between the cocked position and the uncocked position;
• a first trigger operatively connected to the lock member and moveable between a normal position and a firing position, wherein movement of the first trigger from the normal position to the firing position causes the lock member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position;
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• a second trigger operatively connected to the lock member and moveable between a normal position and a firing position, wherein movement of the second trigger from the normal position to the firing position causes the lock member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.