Patent ID: 7377274

Claim:
A toy gun comprising: a barrel having a forward end, a rear end, and an inner passage there between; a fan arranged with respect to the barrel to direct an air stream through the inner passage from the rear end to the forward end; a loading chamber mounted on the top of the barrel and having an opening directed into the inner passage, wherein the loading chamber is sized and shaped to hold a plurality of projectiles and the opening is sized and shaped to sequentially release a plurality of projectiles into the inner passage of the barrel one at a time, wherein the loading chamber includes a counterweight object placed on the top of the projectiles, wherein the counterweight object has sufficient weight to prevent the projectiles from moving upward when the air stream enters the loading chamber through the opening and forces its way up the loading chamber, and wherein the counterweight object has at least one opening to let a portion of the air stream flow through and around the object to relieve excess air pressure from the loading chamber when there is excess air stream produced by the fan; and a trigger in electrical communication with the fan.