ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,372, issued on May 27.

"Toy copter ring launcher with axially stacked ring magazine and improved copter ring" was invented by Ryan Wolfinbarger (Avon, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy launcher that can launch the flying rings over 100 feet with a more stable trajectory and more accurate trajectory based on the ring and blade configuration. The toy launcher includes a magazine assembly in which a plurality of the flying rings can be loaded in an axial direction, aligned with a launch direction. The rings are rotated up to speed and launched via movement of a sliding handle in a first direction, and the next ring in the magazi...