Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
124026000 | Guided projectile | 11 |
20090025699 | DEVICE FOR THROWING AN OBJECT - A device for throwing an object is provide which includes a body having a first and second end, where the second end is connected to a pivot mechanism; and a swingable arm rotatable between a first position and a second position. The swingable arm has a first end connected to the pivot mechanism and a second end connected to an object holder. The pivot mechanism includes a pivot housing including at least one outwardly extending protrusion to stop rotation; and a base unit rotatably engaged with the pivot housing and capable of rotating the swingable arm relative to the base unit. | 01-29-2009 |
20110073091 | Ball tossing apparatus and method - A ball tossing apparatus includes a support frame and a plurality of launch devices fixed to the support frame and arranged in a two-dimensional array. The launch devices include cylinders having a spring fixed therein, with a ball carrier fixed to the spring. The balls are retained in a loaded position (springs compressed) and then upon activation of the launch devices are launched vertically into the air to the sports player. In another embodiment, the launch devices include a rotating lever which is acted on by a biasing member to launch the ball vertically from the cylinder. A method for launching the balls includes the steps of loading the balls into a two dimensional array, and then launching the balls according to a launch sequence. An electronic control system for use with the ball tossing apparatus includes a launch module for launching the loaded balls in the plurality of launch devices according to a launch sequence. The launch sequences can be randomly generated, programmed by the sports player, or retrieved from memory. The launch of the balls can also be controlled remotely. | 03-31-2011 |
20120024277 | Baseball/softball pitching device - A pitching device includes a case in which a shaft, a press board, a strike board, an activation unit and a slide are received. The press board and the strike board are located on two ends of the shaft, and a driving spring is mounted to the shaft so as to rotate the shaft. The strike board has a support member for receiving a ball and the activation unit controls the operation of the strike board. The balls are put in the slide. A release member is located between the slide and the support member to control entry of the ball into the support member. By continuously pressing the press board, the torsion force of the driving spring is stored. When the pedal unit is operated to release the activation unit, the strike board rotates by the torsion spring to through the ball in the support member. | 02-02-2012 |
20140150764 | MULTI-PELLET LAUNCHER WITH ADJUSTABLE PAYLOAD - A multi-pellet launcher includes a hollow elongated tube having a closed end and an open end. A spring and a plurality of ānā pellets are placed inside the tube, and a binary latch interacts between the pellets and the tube. Specifically, the binary latch is established to compress the spring against the closed end of the tube, and to hold the pellets in the tube in response to the static force āF | 06-05-2014 |
20160161209 | ELASTIC PROJECTILE PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An elastic projectile propulsion system deploys a plurality of springs that bias a common launching cord via a plurality of block and tackle pulleys. Each sheave of the pulley is coupled to the moveable end of a spring such that the force of each spring contributes to the energy imparted to a projectile by the launching cord without adding significant friction or inertial resistance. | 06-09-2016 |
124027000 | Gun type | 6 |
20100065032 | Manually and Electrically Actuating Toy Gun Structure - A manually and electrically actuating toy gun structure includes a gun shell, a trigger, a gun machine core tube, and a piston. The control structure includes a first interlocking rod, a first push member, a second interlocking rod, a transmission set, a triggering device, a gun shell, and a push-and-propping-up block. One end of the first interlocking rod has a connecting pin interlocking with the first push member. The other end of the first interlocking rod has a connecting hole connecting to the trigger and being driven to slide along the x-direction. The hole of the first push member is connected to a connecting end of the first interlocking rod and is contacted with the push-and-pluck rod of the switch. The power supply of the electric motor is switched on when the first push member is driven by the first interlocking rod to push the push-and-pluck rod. The arcuate surface of the draw bar on the second interlocking rod performs action in corresponding with the interlocking salient pin of the first compound gear. When the power supply of the electric motor is switched on, the interlocking salient pin at the resilient cantilever of the first compound gear in the transmission set performs action making the piston of the triggering device to be driven backward and the gun machine core tube on the triggering device to be driven by the interlocking salient pin to displace backward that makes the bullets contained in the cartridge drop at the pre-determined position. When the lower rack under the piston separates from the first compound gear, the piston returns back to the original position and pushes out the compressed air to shoot off the bullet. On the other hand, when the power supply of the electric motor is turned off making the first compound gear generate reversed rotation due to the inertial motion, the interlocking salient pin is capable of relieving the catching with the draw bar to make the first compound gear positively mesh with the lower rack. | 03-18-2010 |
20100282227 | BREECHLOADING TOY/SPORTING RING AIRFOIL LAUNCHER AND PROJECTILE THEREFOR - A multi-shot ring airfoil launcher comprises a launcher configured to receive a magazine which supports at least two ring airfoils. The launcher includes a barrel. A chuck is mounted in the barrel and is configured to propel a ring airfoil from a breech to the muzzle of the barrel, launching a ring airfoil with forward velocity and spin. The magazine is configured to deliver successive ring airfoils to the breech or rear end of the chuck for launching. The launcher includes a cocking mechanism for loading ring airfoils on to the chuck and cocking the chuck, and a firing mechanism for firing the launcher. | 11-11-2010 |
20110041821 | TOY DART LAUNCHER APPARATUS WITH MOMENTARY LOCK - A launcher apparatus for soft foam toy darts, the apparatus having a lock that operates momentarily during a cock and load cycle of the launcher apparatus to prevent an improper cocking operation. The launcher apparatus includes a barrel, a slide, a firing assembly and the lock. The launcher apparatus also includes three protrusions or surfaces for operative engagement with the lock to partially depress the lock, to fully depress the lock, and to disengage the lock to reset the launcher apparatus for the next cock and load cycle. During operation, one protrusion surface depresses the lock partially and momentarily, a second protrusion or surface fully depresses the lock to enable the lock to be maintained in the depressed state, and a third protrusion or surface causes the lock to be released. | 02-24-2011 |
20150059721 | ROTATING-FORCE ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A TOY GUN - A rotating-force adjusting device for a toy gun has a gun body, a mounting tube, a driven element and a driving element. The gun body has an outer shell and an inner barrel. The mounting tube is mounted around the inner barrel and has a pressing block. The driven element is mounted in the outer shell, is pressed against the mounting tube and has an extending wing. The extending wing is formed on and protrudes curvedly from an upper end of the driven element and has a protruding post above the pressing block. The driving element is movably mounted in the outer shell, is pressed against the extending wing and has a main body, a turning tab and a guiding groove. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059722 | SIMULATED SHELL-THROWING ACTION OF TOY GUN MECHANISM - A simulated shell-throwing action of toy gun mechanism has external hook parts furnished on the outer side of the internal gun shell, side guided-channels furnished on a side of the external hook parts, and an upper guided channel furnished at the top of the side of the side guided-channel; a pull cap being capable of sliding into the upper guided channel has a hook part capable of passing through the side guided-channel and stretching outward; a shell-throwing spring is furnished between the hook part and the external hook part of the internal gun shell; a triggering component has a gun core tube having an opening, and a piston partially stretching through the opening and into the gun core tube where the piston is capable of performing reciprocating sliding action subjected to external driving force; a stopping flange capable of contacting the stopping flange of the pull cap making the pull cap capable of performing reciprocating motion by following the piston and by coordinating the telescoping action of the shell-throwing springs is also furnished on the outer side of the piston; a shell throwing decorating plate combining at an end of the pull cap making the shell throwing decorating plate synchronously follows the pull cap to perform reciprocating action to generate the effect of simulated shell-throwing action. | 03-05-2015 |
20150107567 | SPRING RIFLE WITH ACTUATOR - Air rifle comprising a trigger that actuates a firing mechanism that acts on an interconnection piece; that exerts a force on a counter-pawl that releases a spring for driving a piston, in which said firing mechanism is an electronic firing mechanism with an electromechanical actuator and a switch for actuating the electromechanical actuator, the electromechanical actuator being arranged in such a way that it exerts a force on the interconnection piece in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the barrel of the gun. | 04-23-2015 |