ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,500, issued on July 1, was assigned to EASEBON SERVICES Ltd. (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong).

"High performance launcher of short projectiles with piston nozzle spring" 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 projectile container, a cocking slide, and a housing is disclosed. The projectile container contains projectile holders that are adapted to hold a projectile, such as a foam dart. The cocking slide can be moved forward and backward. The housing houses a launch barrel and an air piston assembly. When the cocking slide is moved backward the air piston barre...