Projectile shooter toy

US8997727B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Hasbro, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Roger Hamel · Ludlow, US
• David Boyd Baird · Manchester, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 7, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41B7/006
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A projectile shooter toy has a body with a sidewall forming a space for holding a projectile in a loaded state and a pathway leading away from the space and along which the projectile moves in a forward direction. An actuator is arranged to engage the projectile to move the projectile forward along the pathway. At least two pinching members are spaced forwardly along the pathway from the actuator. The pinching members are separate from, and movable relative to, the actuator and the sidewall, and are configured to exert a force on the projectile as the projectile passes between the at least two pinching members.