Patent ID: 8402956

Claim:
A toy launcher apparatus comprising: a housing; a barrel assembly pivotally mounted to the housing, the barrel assembly having two adjacent barrels with each barrel enabled to receive a toy projectile, the barrel assembly being rotatable between a housing aligned position and a housing nonaligned position; a slide collar connected to the barrels, the barrels being movable relative to the slide collar between a retracted position and an extended position when the barrel assembly is in the housing aligned position; a launching assembly connected to the barrel assembly, the launching assembly including a launching spring; a trigger assembly mounted to the housing and connected to the launching assembly, the trigger assembly having structure to capture and release the launching assembly; a ratchet and compression mechanism mounted to the housing; and a cocking assembly connected to the barrel assembly and to the launching assembly, the cocking assembly using the ratchet and compressing mechanism to safely compress the launching spring of the launching assembly to enable the toy projectiles to be discharged from the barrels.