US Patent Issued to Hasbro on Aug. 25 for "Breechless projectile alignment module and launch methods for toy blaster apparatus" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,681, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hasbro Inc. (Pawtucket, R.I.).

"Breechless projectile alignment module and launch methods for toy blaster apparatus" was invented by Philip Sweeting (Medford, Mass.) and David Drew Weiand (Johnston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Launcher apparatus and methods for a toy projectile blaster with a breechless projectile alignment module having a receptacle or hopper for multiple received projectile rounds, a passage at the alignment module including a barrel seal to align received projectiles for launching through a blaster barrel, and a channel into the alignment module for a compressed air ...