Patent ID: 8596254

Claim:
A toy launcher apparatus comprising: a housing; a projectile launching assembly mounted to the housing, the launching assembly including a breech; a trigger assembly mounted to the housing and operatively connected to the projectile launching assembly to activate the projectile launching assembly; a magazine container mounted to the housing, the magazine container having a projectile receiving opening in an upper portion to enable loading of projectiles into the magazine container without removing the magazine container from the housing; a first panel operatively connected to the housing adjacent to the magazine container upper portion and movable between first and second positions, and when in the first position the first panel does not block the projectile receiving opening in the upper portion of the magazine container, and when in the second position the first panel blocks the projectile receiving opening in the upper portion of the magazine container; a second panel operatively connected to the housing adjacent to the breech of the launching assembly and movable between first and second positions, and when in the first position the second panel blocks the breech, and when in the second position the second panel does not block the breech; a projectile loader operatively connected to the magazine container and movable between first and second positions, and when moving from the first position to the second position the projectile loader inserts a projectile into the breech; and a cocking assembly mounted to the housing, the cocking assembly to enable movement of the first panel, the second panel and the projectile loader.