Patent ID: 9500432
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: F41B

Claim Text:
1. A toy dart launcher, comprising: a housing comprising a loading section that receives a first dart having a threshold length, the loading section in communication with a barrel disposed along an exit path through the housing; a safety arm movably supported on the housing, the safety arm extends into the loading section in an initial position at the standard length along the loading section, wherein the safety arm is positioned to obstruct passage of an object having a length less than the threshold length in the initial position; a biasing member engaged with the safety arm, the biasing member maintains a bias on the safety arm toward the initial position; an internal power source supported by the housing; and a launching system comprising a pair of wheels and a respective pair of launch motors, each wheel is rotatably supported on the housing along the exit path and each wheel is in mechanical communication with a respective launch motor, each launch motor is in electronic communication with the internal power source, each wheel is rotatably driven by the motor to rotatably engage and launch the first dart from the housing when the first dart is advanced into engagement with the pair of wheels between the pair of wheels.