Small projectile launching air gun

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#1. Field of the Invention

#FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a launcher of the present teachings;

#FIG. 2 is a rear view of the launcher of FIG. 1, with a cut-away line down the middle of the launcher;

#FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional interior view of the launcher illustrated in a ready-to-fire condition taken along lines 3-3 of FIG. 2;

#Illustrative embodiments of the invention are described below. The following explanation provides specific details for a thorough understanding of and enabling description for these embodiments. One skilled in the art will understand that the invention may be practiced without such details. In other instances, well-known structures and functions have not been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments.

#Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and the claims, the words “comprise,” “comprising,” and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; that is to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.” Words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number respectively. Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below” and words of similar import, when used in this application, shall refer to this application as a whole and not to any particular portions of this application. When the claims use the word “or” in reference to a list of two or more items, that word covers all of the following interpretations of the word: any of the items in the list, all of the items in the list and any combination of the items in the list.

#The present invention relates to a projectile launching air gun. The launcher can be hand-held by a user. A user can manually load the launcher with one or more projectiles, for example, a paint ball, a rubber ball, a foam ball, a dart, or other type of projectile. The components of the launcher can be made by of any conventional materials, for example, plastic, rubber, wood, or other desired materials known in the art. The launcher comprises a barrel that the projectile is projected from. The launcher is configured to project the projectile out of the launcher through stored energy in the form of compressed air. The compressed air can be formed through the use of a pump assembly and the compressed air can be stored in a compression chamber. A user can manually pump the assembly any number of desired times to add compressed air into the compression chamber. Once the desired amount of compression has been achieved, the user can pull the trigger, and a loaded projectile can be forced out of the barrel end of the launcher.