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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789080 | Underwater target game apparatus An underwater target game apparatus includes a submersible propelling structure and a projectile to be launched by the submersible propelling structure. The projectile includes an elongated shaft portion and a head portion. The projectile has a specific gravity of a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7726292 | Handheld balloon launching apparatus A handheld balloon launcher includes a housing with an axially offset chamber formed therein. A vertically registered intake port defines a linear passageway in which filled water balloons are stacked. A launching plate is selectively adaptable along a longitudinal ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7703448 | Mortar launching toy A mortar launching toy has an angularly adjustable firing barrel and a soft rocket-shaped toy mortar for being launched from the barrel in various modes of play. The toy includes a spring-activated launching pole to which the mortar is pre-loaded, the mortar/pole su... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7588023 | Action structure An action structure is composed of a handle part, an action part, a tenon part, and a trajectory adjusting device. An extended handle extension seat drives a corresponding action piece through an operation of the handle, and an action piece inner tenon is located at... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7464701 | Toy gun This invention will be a toy gun and will provide entertainment value for a child by allowing an object to be propelled down the barrel of a structure that takes the appearance of a gun. Different gun designs will be provided to satisfy the individual tastes of the ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7365924 | Sight tube pivot assembly An improved aiming tube pivot assembly for use in a sighting and/or aiming apparatus which comprises an aiming tube axially mounted within an outer tube (or housing). A support ring supports the aiming tube within the outer tube in a gimbal-like arrangement by means... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364521 | Sucker with an annular projection on adhesion surface and adhesion arrow having the sucker The present invention relates to a sucker and an adhesion arrow having the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a sucker that can be attached, instead of a needle, to an arrow for a toy arrow shooter. The sucker of the present invention is formed ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328693 | Reverse draw technology archery The nature of the current invention is an archery device that uses what I claim as Reverse Draw Technology. In essance, what this is, is pulling the launch string of a bow or crossbow in the opposite direction that it is pulled in all prior art. Pulling the launch s... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7243645 | Positive fit “elastic” feed adapter for paintball gun A positive fit feed adapter for use between a paintball loader and a paintball gun. The feed adapter includes a threaded connector formed on either the paintball gun or the paintball loader. The threaded connector includes a plurality of expansion slots that allow t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213724 | Table tennis ball delivery device A table tennis ball delivery device adapted to be secured to or adjacent the side of a table tennis table for directing a ball to a player upon the activation of a switch by the player. The device includes a chamber for carrying a supply of table tennis balls, a bal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182317 | Ceiling cord puller propeller An apparatus for running wire includes a housing for a biasing member attached to a piston. A locking member retains the piston in a biased position and triggers release of the piston. The piston accelerates upon release and propels a pull string attached to a proje... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173540 | Flash-bang projectile A flash-bang projectile that generates one or more noise pulses and one or more flashes of light. In generating a noise pulse, the flash-bang projectile provides a housing that includes a gas chamber that entraps air. The gas chamber includes a compression device th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156085 | Toy gun A toy gun includes a barrel having a bay for receiving a soft projectile loaded within a cartridge. A stock is connected pivotally to the barrel and encases a pneumatic cylinder and piston that is primed upon pivotally opening the stock and barrel. The pneumatic cyl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140596 | Bolt launcher This invention is a spring-powered bolt launcher to facilitate tugging wire or cable between two locations; typically, the locations are in low light levels, are remote by about 10–20 meters and are above a suspended ceiling in a building. The present launcher inc... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128556 | Object forming and launching apparatus and method Disclosed is an apparatus, including a shaft; a scoop, coupled to a distal end of the shaft, for collecting and holding a bolus of a compressible medium, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape when operated from a proximal end of the shaft; and a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7069922 | Paintball marker internal reset system An internal reset system for paint ball markers. A hammer body as modified rearwardly to include an axial opening to receivably retain the forward head of a reset rod. The forward portion of the reset rod is thus free to reciprocate within the axial opening, but res... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6935324 | Paintball munition chamber and paintball gun utilizing the same A hopper for a paintboll gun is disclosed. The hopper is a gravity feed hopper and has a lower profile than those in the previous art. The hopper fits closely to the profile of the paintball gun and may have multiple chambers along with unidirectional gates to contr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913007 | Crossbow bowstring drawing mechanism Crossbow bowstring drawing mechanisms which are integrated into or secured in the crossbow handle and which provide a straight and balanced draw to the crossbow bowstring to cock the crossbow bowstring in position in the crossbow trigger mechanism ready for firing. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6732725 | Fire out canister launcher A fire-extinguishing, material-containing, launching apparatus has a bore in which a projecting or launching wall releasably seats a canister of fire-extinguishing material. The apparatus includes a hollow tube which is disposed the launching wall and biasing member... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6553707 | Butt structure for pneumatic gun A butt structure for a pneumatic gun includes a butt frame, a sleeve, a pneumatic control means and an inner tube. The sleeve has a front end with the outer peripheral surface forming a screw section and a lateral side forming a first slot. The pneumatic ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6273078 | Powered bow having internal energy storage A powered bow for launching a projectile includes a stock, a grip, and a body portion. The body portion includes a groove for receiving and supporting the projectile, a carriage slidably mounted in the body portion, an energy storing device, an energy rel... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6244261 | Line installation tool A hand-held apparatus for projecting a line across an intermediate span includes a launching tube having one end connected to a source of propellant gas energy for launching a projectile, the other end forming an open muzzle adapted to receive and fire a ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6112733 | Intrusion apparatus An intrusion apparatus for safely propelling a non-lethal diversionary device into a structure through a barrier. The intrusion apparatus comprises an extension device adapted to be gripped by an individual and being movable generally towards the barrier ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5678528 | Bow with barrel arrangement A projectile launcher having a barrel for holding projectiles traveling through an aligning opening in or connected to a rigid support. Two bow arms extend from the rigid support. A bow string travels between the ends of the two bow arms and behind the al... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5613482 | Disk shooting toy gun A spring-powered toy gun ejects small disks, of the type children collect, giving the ejected disks a spin to improve their flight. The disks are first loaded into a separate spring-operated magazine which is then inserted into an aperture on the gun. A t... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5582392 | Wire stringing device A wire stringing device which comprises a barrel having a cylindrical bore which is closed at one end and open at the other end, a handle depending from said barrel, a compression spring disposed within the bore in proximity to the closed end, a projectil... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5491924 | Spring powered fishline casting instrument A manually held instrument having an elongated tube containing a compressed spring unit, into which tube a sinker of a connected fishline is adapted to be entered into abutment with the compressed spring unit. A stop restraining expansion of the compresse... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5447144 | Apparatus for throwing footballs Apparatus for propelling projectiles and particularly suited to throwing footballs. The apparatus includes (a) a structural frame having elongate bearing surfaces and a forward end from which the projectiles are ejected; (b) a ball carriage adapted to con... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5445138 | Coin game A game unit having a skill game combined with a prize dispenser. A coin toss gun shoots or tosses coins at targets in the skill game. A wheel unit has a flat top surface. A wiper wipes coins landing on the top surface in geometric paths which may lead to ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5438972 | Magnetic target toy A washer shaped magnetic missile is combined with a launcher having a probe which supports the missile by extending through its aperture. The washer and launcher magnetically couple but relatively weakly so that deceleration of a travelling launcher will ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5372118 | Double barrel speargun A dual barrel speargun including an improved breach mechanism to prevent binding and an improved muzzle portion to increase speargun accuracy and decrease reload time. Also included is an improved safety mechanism whereby the safeties remain effective eve... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5261852 | Shooting device for toy A shooting device for a toy capable of providing interest and pleasure and exhibiting reality. The shooting device includes a shooting device body which is provided with a shooting mechanism for forward shooting bullets from the device one by one at every... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5241944 | Toy weapon for shooting out wet pellets A toy weapon adapted to shoot out sponge-like pellets impregnated with water. The weapon includes a launching chamber above which is vertically mounted a gravity-feed cartridge loaded with a stack of pellets. Also mounted above the chamber is a pump-opera... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5156137 | Projectile launcher A projectile launching device is disclosed herein having, in its simplest form, a single elongated launching tube or barrel, onto the rearward end of which is pivotally mounted a lever assembly having a latch member and a release member coupled to one ano... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5145740 | Retractile speargun line A retractile speargun line suitable for use in conjunction with a speargun comprising a line of flexible linear material having a first end adapted for connection to a speargun and a second end adapted for connection to a speargun spear by the use of a cl... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4694815 | Toy guns for firing pellets A toy gun for firing pellets wherein a trigger operates a firing mechanism which reciprocates a hammer through a firing point in the gun barrel to sequentially discharge pellets therefrom. The mechanism is operated by an electric motor which reciprocates ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4688539 | Missile-launching weapon An improved missile-launching weapon for launching either an arrow-type missile, a slug-type missile, or a plurality of shot-type pellets is provided. The weapon includes springs mounted in cooperation with pivotally mounted lever arms such that the lever... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4665885 | Missile-throwing weapon A weapon for propelling missiles, such as arrows, quarrels and the like, which looks like a sub-machine gun and is characterized by a compact missile-propelling assembly which is co-planar with the stock, contrary to the long bow which extends transversel... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4583958 | Toy gun/robotic-humanoid assembly with bullet propelling apparatus A toy assembly that can be converted into either a toy gun or robotic humanoid assembly is provided. A handle member can be reconfigured to simulate the robotic legs, while the gun barrel member can be reconfigured to simulate the robotic arms. A trigger ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4571201 | Toy gun convertible into robotic-humanoid form A combination toy hand gun and robot assembly is provided with accessories to provide multiple play options to a child. The toy gun has a handle member, cylinder member, gun barrel member and a trigger assembly. Each of these elements can be relatively mo... | 02/18/1986 |
