US Patent Issued to Zuru IP on Dec. 2 for "Method of creating a projectile launcher by depositing ink on shell parts" (New Zealander Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,679, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Zuru IP Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Method of creating a projectile launcher by depositing ink on shell parts" was invented by Mathew Peter Mowbray (Coatesville, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-lethal projectile launcher toy that comprises a full-colour, high DPI, printed aggregate coating on an outer shell (101, 301); the decal coating is not limited to flat surfaces, allowing for substantially unrestricted product design, and is substantially undisturbed visual continuity when crossing part lines between discrete parts that make up the outer shell. Methods of producing the deca...