ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,869, issued on April 22, was assigned to Ao Jie Plastic Toys Factory Ltd. (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong).
"Toy projectile with interchangeable launch tip" was invented by Chi Hang Kam (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile launcher that can be selectively configured to either launch toy ball projectiles or launch toy rocket projectiles. The projectile launcher is a pneumatic launcher that has a main tube. The main tube terminates with a launch head. A slide tube engages the main tube in a telescoping manner. The relative movement of the slide tube and the main tube displaces air through the launch head. The projecti...