Toy employing central shaft cocking mechanism for rapid fire projectile launching and method thereof

A method for launching two or more projectiles from a toy;

• comprising the steps of:
• providing a housing assembly;
• disposing a projectile device with two or more projectiles about the housing assembly;
• providing a piston and cylinder assembly, securing the piston in a fixed position to the housing and mounting the cylinder to slide back and forth over the piston;
• providing a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly by passing a shaft through the projectile device for engagement with the cylinder and facilitating the launch of two or more projectiles;
• extending the cocking mechanism through the projectile device for pushing the shaft into the housing assembly and into contact with the cylinder assembly forcing the cylinder to a cocked position;
• activating a trigger mechanism for advancing the projectile device to a firing position and releasing the cylinder from a cocked position, advancing the cylinder over the fixed piston discharging a burst of compressed air and launching the projectiles from the projectile device.

A toy for launching two or more projectiles, comprising:

• a housing assembly;
• a rotatable projectile device disposed about the housing and including two or more projectile chambers each including at least one projectile;
• a piston and cylinder assembly, wherein the piston is secured to the housing in a fixed position and the cylinder is slidably mounted on the piston;
• a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly including a shaft extending through the rotatable projectile device for engagement with the cylinder for moving the cylinder to a cocked position;
• a projectile rotating mechanism mounted about the shaft at the projectile device includes first and second coaxial barrels disposed adjacent each other about the shaft for facilitating the advancement of the rotatable projectile device and alignment of a projectile compartment to a firing position;
• a trigger mechanism secured to the housing in mechanical communication with the projectile rotating mechanism for rotating the projectile device and releasing the cylinder from a cocked position to advance the cylinder on the fixed piston and discharge a burst of compressed air launching the projectiles in a rapid fire mode.