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1. An air operated projectile launcher comprising:
a first portion adapted for reciprocating travel between a first position and a second position relative to a second portion, said travel including at least a linear component, movement from said first position to said second position relatively moving an extremity of said first portion toward said second portion; the second portion including all members of the launcher that the first portion extremity moves relative to when traveling from the first position to the second position with respect to the linear component of travel; an air pump having a cocked state and a discharged state, said air pump biased toward said discharged state; said second portion including a trigger operable to discharge said air pump; at least one launching tube adapted to carry a projectile in readiness for launch and adapted to receive air discharged from said air pump to effect launch of such a projectile; operative travel of said first portion from said first position to said second position effecting actuation of at least one task selected from the group consisting of cocking said air pump and selecting a projectile to be launched; said launcher adapted such that a user holding said second portion may press said first portion against a planar surface to relatively move said first portion from said first position to said second position without any member of said second portion extending beyond the plane of said planar surface; and a breech adapted to allow passage of projectiles into firing alignment; the at least one launching tube having a muzzle positioned within said breech during at least part of an operational cycle of said launcher. |
