Patent ID: 9719749
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: F41B

Claim:
1. A projectile launcher, comprising: a riser base having a top, a bottom, and a front; a barrel assembly attached to the riser base, the barrel assembly having an elongate rail system adapted for placement of a projectile; a projectile nock carriage slidably engaged within the rail system, the projectile nock carriage being adapted for supporting the back of the projectile for selective release thereof; a cocking mechanism attached to the rail system, the cocking mechanism having a cocking carriage selectively engageable with the projectile nock carriage to cock the projectile nock carriage into a cocked position; a propulsion system coupled to the riser base, the propulsion system storing potential energy during cocking of the projectile nock carriage into the cocked position, the propulsion system releasing the potential energy as kinetic energy accelerating the projectile nock carriage when the projectile nock carriage is released from the cocked position in order to fire the projectile; a crank mechanism attached to the rail system, the crank mechanism selectively reciprocating the cocking carriage; and a trigger assembly attached to the riser base, the trigger assembly selectively catching and releasing the projectile nock carriage.