Patent ID: 6752137
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A launcher, comprising:a. a barrel, said barrel having a muzzle end and an opposing magazine end; b. a receiver in operational connection with said barrel so that a projectile can be fired from said receiver through said barrel from said magazine end of said barrel to and out of said muzzle end of said barrel, said receiver having a barrel end and an opposing trigger end, said receiver having an upper side and an opposing lower side, said receiver having a right side and an opposing left side; c. a receiver housing for carrying said receiver and said barrel, said receiver housing having a receiver housing barrel end and an opposing receiver housing trigger end, said receiver housing having a receiver housing upper side and an opposing receiver housing lower side, said receiver housing having a receiver housing right side and an opposing receiver housing left side; d. a stock attached to said receiver and in operational connection with said receiver and said receiver housing; e. a trigger, said trigger carried by said receiver; f. a trigger safety operationally linked to said trigger, said trigger safety providing visual indication of its position; g. a trigger guard carried by said receiver housing, said trigger guard surrounding said trigger and said trigger safety, wherein said trigger safety is operable by a user's trigger finger while said user's trigger finger is within said trigger guard; h. a compressed gas container carried by and in operational connection with said receiver and said receiver housing so that gas from said compressed gas container can be used to discharge a projectile from said barrel; and i. a projectile magazine received within said receiver housing, said projectile magazine located adjacent to said magazine end of said barrel when received by said receiver housing.