Patent ID: 8690632
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A relay segment for a toy, the relay segment comprising: an upper portion rotatably secured to a lower portion for movement between a first position and a second position with respect to the lower portion; a trigger coupled to the relay segment, the trigger being configured for movement from a first position to a second position; a mechanism for retaining the upper portion in the second position after it has been rotated to the second position from the first position, the upper portion being spring biased towards the first position, wherein the mechanism releases the upper portion to allow for rotation movement of the upper portion to the first position from the second position, when the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position; and a projectile launcher for launching a projectile into air after the release mechanism releases the upper portion and the upper portion is rotated to the first position from the second position, wherein the trigger moves in a first plane as it moves between the first position and the second position and wherein the upper portion of the release mechanism rotates in a second plane as it moves between the first and the second position, the second plane being different and non-parallel to the first plane; and wherein the relay segment links movement of a first object proximate to the trigger, to the launching of the projectile into the air when the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position by the first object.