ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,364, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to EASEBON SERVICES Ltd. (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong).

"High performance launcher of short projectiles with storage belt" was invented by Francis See Chong Chia (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy projectile launcher having a storage belt, a launch barrel, a cocking slide, an air piston assembly that includes an air nozzle and an air piston barrel, and a housing is disclosed. The storage belt contains projectile holders that are adapted to hold a projectile, such as a foam dart. The cocking slide can be moved forward and backward. When the cocking slide is moved backward, the air pi...