Patent ID: 6875136

Claim:
In a combination for operation with an element having properties of being propelled, a housing, a bin disposed in the housing and defining a cavity for receiving the element, the cavity being defined by spaced side walls and a bottom wall to receive the element and being open at the top, a spring disposed in the bin and having constrained and unconstrained relationships, an actuating member disposed in the bin and having first and second ends and attached to the spring at the first end and being pivotable at the second end between a position displaced from the cavity and a position extending into the cavity, the element being positioned in the cavity in displaced relationship to the actuating member in the constrained relationship of the spring and being positioned in the cavity in the unconstrained relationship of the spring to provide for the movement of the element upwardly from the cavity by the actuating member when the constraint on the spring is released, and a mechanism in the bin for providing a constraint of the spring and a subsequent release of the constraint on the spring, wherein the bin is pivotably disposed on the housing to adjust the direction in which the element is popped upwardly when the constraint on the actuating member is released.