US 12,311,283 B2
Toy projectile with vented suction cup head
Chun Kit Ng, Kowloon (HK); Peter Cummings, Kowloon (HK); Matthew B. Wendorff, Morris Plains, NJ (US); John Kiely, Morristown, NJ (US); and Keith Kristiansen, Stratford, CT (US)
Filed by Random Mills, LLC, Morristown, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,909.
Application 17/556,909 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/547,560, filed on Aug. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,202,970.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/721,571, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111302 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A63H 33/18 (2006.01); A63H 33/30 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 33/18 (2013.01) [A63H 33/3072 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A projectile toy, comprising:
a body;
at least one suction cup assembly extending from said body, wherein said at least one suction cup assembly has a flat central hub, a cup structure capable of adhering to a surface with suction, and a vent valve for venting said cup structure,
wherein said vent valve includes a guide bonnet that defines an interior chamber;
a compressible base disc interposed between said flat central hub and said guide bonnet, wherein said compressible base disc has an opening that enables said vent valve to vent said cup structure through said compressible base disc;
wherein said vent valve automatically vents said cup structure only when a pull force is applied to said body that acts to move said cup structure once adhered.