May 26, 2026

US12638257 - Dart launch apparatus with an open top magazine and a dart restrainer in the launch chamber and method

A dart launcher and dart magazine for alleviating improper dart placement concerns with a forward matching dart profile. The dart magazine is short and does not extend into the launch chamber of the launcher. The magazine has an open top with a dart restrainer that is moved when the magazine is inserted into the launcher causing an upper-most dart in the magazine to be biased out of the magazine and into the launch chamber. The launcher includes a dart placement structure in the launch chamber to locate the upper-most dart. The dart placement structure may be shaped as an arm allowing positioning of each dart also free of the magazine while facilitating automatic firing of the darts from the magazine.

Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
Inventors: Alyssa Enderle, Dennis Bernal, Brian Jablonski
Filing date: 2024-11-13

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The patent describes a dart launch apparatus featuring an open top magazine designed to ensure proper dart placement and facilitate automatic firing. It includes a dart restrainer that allows the upper-most dart to be biased into the launch chamber when the magazine is inserted, enhancing the efficiency of the launching process.

Claim 1

1 . A dart magazine for operating with a dart launch apparatus, the dart launch apparatus having a launch chamber, the dart magazine comprising: a magazine housing for receiving a plurality of darts, the magazine housing having two sidewalls, a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an open top; a dart follower movable in the magazine housing; a spring structure positioned between the bottom wall and the dart follower for biasing darts in the magazine housing to the open top; and a dart restrainer mounted to the magazine housing for blocking and unblocking biased darts at the open top wherein with the magazine inserted into the dart launch apparatus an unblocked dart leaves the dart magazine. a magazine housing for receiving a plurality of darts, the magazine housing having two sidewalls, a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an open top; a dart follower movable in the magazine housing; a spring structure positioned between the bottom wall and the dart follower for biasing darts in the magazine housing to the open top; and a dart restrainer mounted to the magazine housing for blocking and unblocking biased darts at the open top wherein with the magazine inserted into the dart launch apparatus an unblocked dart leaves the dart magazine.

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