Toy gun apparatus with baffle in bore thereof and projectile therefor configured to extend through the baffle

Claim 1

In combination a toy gun apparatus and a projectile to be propelled by said toy gun apparatus and wherein said toy gun apparatus will not propel foreign objects not having the configuration of said projectile, comprising: a projectile of generally cylindrical configuration provided with a suction cup at the front end thereof and provided with a plurality of spaced apart rearwardly extending members at the rear end thereof, and said projectile provided with an open end at the rear thereof and a closed end at the front thereof whereby air is received within said projectile; means providing a bore having a forward open end, a forward portion, a rearward open end and a rearward portion; generally cylindrical, longitudinally extending, spring operated plunger means provided with piston means at the forward end thereof for being admitted into the rearward open end of said bore and for being closely and slidably received within the rearward portion of said bore; baffle means mounted in said bore intermediate said forward and rearward open ends thereof and said baffle means having a plurality of openings formed therein complementary in configuration to said plurality of spaced apart rearwardly extending members provided at the rear end of said projectile and said openings for loosely receiving said rearwardly extending members of said projectile; upon said projectile being received within the forward portion of said bore with said rearwardly extending members being inserted firstly in said forward open end of said bore, said rearwardly extending members of said projectile extending through said openings formed in said baffle means and extending into said rearward portion of said bore; upon said plunger means being moved into said rearward portion of said bore by said spring, said piston means compressing air received within said rearward portion of said bore and within said projectile and said piston means directly mechanically engaging said rearwardly extending members of said projectile to propel said projectile out of said forward portion of said bore with a combination of compressed air and mechanical force imparted to said rearwardly extending members of said projectile upon being engaged by said piston means of said plunger; and upon foreign objects not having said configuration of said projectile being received in said forward portion of said bore, said foreign objects not extending through said openings formed in said baffle, said piston means Being moved rapidly into said rearward portion of said bore said piston end of said plunger engaging said baffle means and having its movement stopped by said baffle means and being prevented from directly mechanically engaging said projectile whereby most of said foreign objects are not propelled out of said forward portion of said bore.