ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,466, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to EASEBON SERVICES Ltd. (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong).

"Launcher of short projectiles with detachable barrel" 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 housing, a projectile container, a cocking slide, an air piston assembly, a barrel interface section, and a detachable launch barrel is disclosed. The projectile container is adapted to hold projectiles, such as foam darts. The cocking slide can be moved for-ward and backward. When the cocking slide is moved backward the air piston barrel moves backward, and a projectile...