Patent ID: 8459647

Claim:
A game assembly comprising: a holding figure including a body and a door that cooperatively present a chamber; a captured figure removably positioned in the chamber, said body and door being shiftable relative to one another so that the door shifts open and closed relative to the body, said body and door cooperatively preventing the figure from being positioned in or removed from the chamber when the door is closed and permitting the figure to be positioned in or removed from the chamber when the door is open, said holding figure including a door spring that yieldably urges the door open, said holding figure further including a latch assembly shiftable into and out of a latching position where the latch assembly releasably secures the door closed, said latch assembly including a latch shiftably attached to the body, said latch assembly further including a latch spring yieldably biasing the latch into latching engagement with the door to secure the door closed when the latch assembly is in the latching condition, with the door being automatically opened by the door spring when the latch assembly is shifted out of the latching position to disengage the latch from the door, said latch assembly including a target shiftably mounted to the holding figure, with the target releasing the latch assembly from the latching position when actuated so as to permit the door to open, said target being operably connected to the latch, with shifting of the target causing the latch to disengage the door so that the door is urged open; a projectile used to strike and thereby shift the target; and a projectile launcher spaced from the target in opposition thereto, with the launcher operable to propel the projectile into striking engagement with the target and thereby shift the target.