US 12,146,720 B1
Dart launch apparatus with an open top magazine and a dart restrainer in the launch chamber and method
Alyssa Enderle, Providence, RI (US); Dennis Bernal, West Warwick, RI (US); and Brian Jablonski, Providence, RI (US)
Assigned to Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US)
Filed by Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,264, filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Int. Cl. F41A 9/61 (2006.01); F42B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/61 (2013.01) [F42B 6/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dart magazine for operating with a dart launch apparatus, the dart launch apparatus having a launch chamber, the dart magazine comprising:
a magazine housing for receiving a plurality of darts, the magazine housing having two sidewalls, a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an open top;
a dart follower movable in the magazine housing;
a spring structure positioned between the bottom wall and the dart follower for biasing darts in the magazine housing to the open top; and
a dart restrainer mounted to the magazine housing for blocking a dart moving through the open top when the magazine housing is separated from the dart launch apparatus and for unblocking a dart moving through the open top when the dart magazine is inserted into the dart launch apparatus wherein an unblocked dart leaves the dart magazine and is biased into the launch chamber.