Patent ID: 9513075
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: F41A,F41B

Claim Text:
1. A toy dart launch apparatus comprising: a housing; an energy generating mechanism mounted to the housing for discharging a dart having a deformable wall; a trigger operatively connected to the energy generating mechanism; and a generally cylindrical drum having an open, uncovered circumferential surface when mounted to the housing, the cylindrical drum having a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of spaced apart recesses in the circumferential surface, each recess extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and structured to receive and store a dart prior to launch, the dart having a deformable body, wherein each recess of the plurality of recesses is structured to leave a portion of the body of a received dart accessible, exposed and uncovered when the drum is mounted to the housing, and a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion mounted in a recess extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein each protrusion is located and structured to help restrain the dart received by the recess, and each protrusion is covered by a dart loaded in the recess.