US Patent Issued to Buzz Bee Toys on Oct. 14 for "Toy projectile launcher with over arm lever cocking mechanism" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,617, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Buzz Bee Toys Inc. (Mt. Laurel, N.J.).

"Toy projectile launcher with over arm lever cocking mechanism" was invented by Bradley S. Faecher (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy launcher with a housing and a toy projectile holder thereon. A lever arm extends outside the housing and is connected for pivoting movement relative thereto. A piston and cylinder arrangement is located in the housing, with the piston being resiliently biased toward a first end of the cylinder and being moveable toward a second end thereof to a cocked position by the lever arm being pivoted from a first pos...