Patent ID: 8864136

Claim:
A projectile toy and storage device comprising: a container having two halves, wherein at least a first half includes an internal compartment opening; a spring loaded hinge joining the two halves together at one end, the two halves being configured to include an opened configuration and a closed configuration, said opened configuration defined as being separated from each other at said hinge such that the internal compartment opening is exposed and said closed configuration defined such that the internal compartment opening is sealed against the other half, and wherein when the container is in a closed configuration said spring loaded hinge is in compression with potential energy to exert a force on the two halves such that the two halves forcefully swing away from each other to the opened configuration when the spring loaded hinge is released from the closed configuration; an attachment portion being positioned at an end distal to the spring loaded hinge and being positioned within the internal compartment opening; an elongated projectile having one end secured to the attachment portion, having a body portion configured to be positioned in the internal compartment opening when the container is in a closed configuration, and the elongated projectile having another end distal to said secured end and including a free terminal end; and when the container is in a closed position with the projectile positioned in the internal compartment opening, the release of the spring loaded hinge to move the container to the opened configuration exerts said force on the first half causing the projectile to swing its free terminal end out and away from the first half automatically.