Patent ID: 6460527
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A toy projectile system which comprises(a) a projectile element having front and back end portions, (b) said back portion comprising a plurality of generally rearwardly extending, cantilevered leaf spring elements, (c) said projectile system further including a launcher defining a tubular passage having front and back portions and having an axis (d) the front portion of said tubular passage having an open end and having a cross sectional configuration suitable for slidably receiving at least portions of said projectile element, (e) the back portion of said tubular passage being convergently tapered in a front-to-back direction whereby, when a projectile element is loaded into said tubular passage in a front-to-back direction to a predetermined load position, said cantilevered leaf spring elements are resiliently displaced in a radially inward direction toward said axis and function to resiliently urge said projectile element in a back-to-front direction, (f) cooperating retention elements associated with said projectile element and said launcher for temporarily restraining said projectile in said load position, and (g) a displaceable element, operable when said projectile element is in said load position for displacing one of said retention elements to a position in which said projectile element is no longer restrained, (h) said projectile element being thereupon ejected from said launcher.