Patent ID: 8747180

Claim:
A relay for a toy, comprising: a first relay segment having an upper portion rotatably secured to a lower portion, wherein the upper portion moves between a first position and a second position with respect to the lower portion; a trigger coupled to the first relay segment, the trigger being movably mounted to the first relay segment wherein the trigger moves from a first position to a second position; a mechanism that retains 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 spring biased rotational 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; 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; and a second relay segment, the second relay segment having a release mechanism for launching a portion of the second relay segment in the air as well as launching an object from the relay when the second relay segment is impacted by the projectile, wherein the portion of the second relay segment is an upper portion and the release mechanism of the second relay segment has a linkage member that is biased is a first direction to a first position by a member rotationally secured to a lower body portion of the relay segment and the upper body portion has a feature that when inserted into the lower body portion moves the member and linkage in a direction opposite to the first direction to a second position and wherein the feature is retained in the lower body portion by the release mechanism of the lower body portion and the release mechanism further comprises a spring for launching feature and the upper body portion from the lower body portion when the upper body portion is impacted by the projectile and the linkage moves from the second position to the first position.