US Patent Issued to Hasbro on Sept. 23 for "Toy launching apparatus and methods for discharging multiple projectile rounds" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,214, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hasbro Inc. (Pawtucket, R.I.).

"Toy launching apparatus and methods for discharging multiple projectile rounds" was invented by Robert C Maschin (Johnston, R.I.), Nicholas Alexander Tino (Seekonk, Mass.) and David Drew Weiand (Johnston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy rounds blaster apparatus launching multiple projectile rounds with an energy source including a single launch spring for moving one or more pistons within one or more cylinders. A pressure distributor couples each of the one or more cylinders forward the one or more pistons, with an alignment system receiving a collect...