Patent ID: 7163009
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: F41B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toy gun for launching a foam projectile, the toy gun comprising: a housing having an outlet and an inlet, both the outlet and the inlet sized to permit passage of the projectile; a launch station disposed in the housing, the launch station arranged to receive the projectile from the inlet; a crank mounted to the housing; a resilient actuating paddle disposed within the housing and mounted to an axle, the axle rotatable in response to rotation of the crank, the paddle shiftable between an undeflected position and an energy storing deflected position, the paddle moveable along a path in response to rotation of the axle and sized to extend into the launch station; and a post disposed in the path, the post positioned to shift the paddle to the deflected position in response to rotation of the axle, the paddle arranged to disengage the post in response to continued rotation of the axle thereby releasing stored energy as the paddle returns to the undeflected position and travels through the launch station.