US Patent Issued to Hasbro on Dec. 30 for "Toy launcher adjustable inline barrel projectiles alignment methods and apparatus" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,326, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hasbro Inc. (Pawtucket, R.I.).

"Toy launcher adjustable inline barrel projectiles alignment methods and apparatus" was invented by Robert C Maschin (Johnston, R.I.) 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 an adjustable inline barrel projectile loading functionality with a multi-shot projectile alignment extension mechanism switching selector allowing for barrel to slide including a barrel seal to align received projectiles for launching through a blaster barrel, and a channel into the alignment mechani...