TOY LAUNCH APPARATUS WITH OPEN TOP DART DRUM

摘要

Several embodiments of toy dart launch apparatus are disclosed including two crossbows with stretchable cords, a spring driven apparatus and an apparatus with battery operated rotatable wheels. Each apparatus includes an open top drum for receiving and storing darts. The darts are tubular and formed of soft foam. The drum includes an open outer surface with spaced recesses so that loaded darts are exposed, the darts being received by a spike in each recess. The recesses also include protrusions for restraining the stored darts on the spike, and a platform is mounted in the crossbows to support each dart when the released stretched cord impacts the dart. In the case of a rotating wheel arrangement, there is no need for spikes on drum or a platform.

主权项

1. A dart magazine for a toy dart launch apparatus comprising:
a generally cylindrical drum having an open, uncovered circumferential surface when mounted to the toy dart launch apparatus, the cylindrical drum having a longitudinal axis; a wall formed at a first end of the drum, the wall extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drum; a second end of the drum spaced away from the first end; a plurality of spaced apart recesses in the circumferential surface of the drum, each recess extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum between the first end wall and the second end and structured to receive and store a dart prior to launch, the dart having a body, wherein each recess of the plurality of recesses is structured to leave a portion of the body of a received dart uncovered when the drum is mounted to the toy dart launch apparatus; and a plurality of protrusions mounted to the drum, each protrusion extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum, wherein each protrusion is located and structured to restrain the dart received by the recess.