Projectile shooter toy
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Roger Hamel, David Baird
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Abstract
A projectile shooter toy has a body with a sidewall forming a space for holding a projectile in a loaded state and a pathway leading away from the space and along which the projectile moves in a forward direction. An actuator is arranged to engage the projectile to move the projectile forward along the pathway. At least two pinching members are spaced forwardly along the pathway from the actuator. The pinching members are separate from, and movable relative to, the actuator and the sidewall, and are configured to exert a force on the projectile as the projectile passes between the at least two pinching members.
Claims20
A projectile shooter toy, comprising:
- a body having a sidewall forming a space for holding a disc shaped projectile in a loaded state and a pathway leading away from the space and along which the projectile moves in a forward direction;
- an actuator arranged to engage the projectile to move the projectile forward along the pathway;
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- at least two pinching members spaced forwardly along the pathway from the actuator where two pinching members are identical, the at least two pinching members being separate from the sidewall, the pinching members each comprising a post forwardly along the pathway with a lateral guide portion engaging the projectile and configured to exert a launching force where a return force of the pinching members is the launching force acting on the projectile as the projectile passes between the at least two pinching members.
A projectile shooter toy, comprising:
- a body forming a space for holding a disc shaped projectile in a loaded state and a pathway leading away from the space and along which the projectile moves in a forward direction;
- an actuator having a plunger arranged to engage the projectile to move the projectile from the space and forward along the pathway;
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- two identical pinching members having resilient arms integrally formed with a fixed post spaced forwardly along the pathway from the actuator and generally extending transverse to a horizontal plane while the body is held so the pathway generally extends along the horizontal plane, the arms configured to engage the projectile as the actuator moves the projectile forward along the pathway where the projectile forces the arms outwardly and as the projectile passes between the arms they release stored energy to launch the projectile as the arms return to their natural state.
A projectile shooter toy comprising:
- a body having a sidewall forming a space for holding a disc shaped projectile in a loaded state and a pathway leading away from the space and along which the projectile moves in a forward direction;
- two identical pinching members each comprising a post, one each spaced on each side of the pathway separate from the sidewall;
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- an actuator having a plunger for moving the projectile from the space and forward along the pathway towards the pinching members to engage the projectile and exert a launching force where a return force of the pinching members is the launching force on the projectile as the projectile passes between the two pinching members, the plunger having a main portion with an end for engaging the projectile and a biasing portion biasing the plunger rearwardly away from the space, wherein the biasing portion and the main portion are integrally formed as one piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.