Foam dart having a safety cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9459081-B2
Application number	US-201514601353-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2015
Priority date	Jul 10, 2013
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A dart is disclosed that may comprise an elongate dart body, a base, and a cap. The elongate dart body may have a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity, which can be a bore. The base may include a mount and a stem inserted into the interior bore of the dart body at the first end of the dart. The cap may be attached to the base and may have a flexible, substantially bulbous-shaped head portion and an interior post so that the head portion may be configured to deform upon an impact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toy dart, comprising:
an elongate dart body having an interior bore extending from a head end to a tail end of the elongate dart body;
a base including a mount and a stem, the stem extending into the interior bore of the elongate dart body and including a mount bore; and
a cap having a dome-shaped, deformable head portion affixed to the mount of the base, a portion of the cap extending into the mount bore.

2. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the head portion of the cap is a continuous member.

3. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the head portion of the cap is a substantially fluid tight-member.

4. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein a chamber is disposed between the head portion of the cap and the mount of the base.

5. The toy dart of claim 4 , wherein the chamber is partially enclosed.

6. The toy dart of claim 4 , wherein the chamber is fully enclosed.

7. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the mount bore is a restricted passage.

8. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the mount bore is a narrowed passage.

9. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the head portion of the cap is comprised of foam.

10. The toy dart of claim 1 , wherein the head portion of the cap has a Shore A durometer of about 55.

11. A toy dart, comprising:
an elongate dart body having an interior bore extending from a head end to a tail end of the elongate dart body;
a base including a mount and a stem, the stem extending into the interior bore of the elongate dart body and including a mount bore; and
a cap having a flexible, bulbous-shaped head portion affixed to the mount of the base, a portion of the cap extending into the mount bore.

12. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the head portion of the cap is a continuous member.

13. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the head portion of the cap is a substantially fluid tight-member.

14. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein a chamber is disposed between the head portion of the cap and the mount of the base.

15. The toy dart of claim 14 , wherein the chamber is partially enclosed.

16. The toy dart of claim 14 , wherein the chamber is fully enclosed.

17. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the mount bore is a restricted passage.

18. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the mount bore is a narrowed passage.

19. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the head portion of the cap is comprised of foam.

20. The toy dart of claim 11 , wherein the head portion of the cap has a Shore A durometer of about 55.

Assignees

• Easebon Services Ltd

Inventors

• Chia Francis See Chong

Classifications

• F42B6/003 Primary

  Darts · CPC title

• F42B12/745

  the core being made of plastics; Compounds or blends of plastics and other materials, e.g. fillers · CPC title

• F42B12/34

  expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type · CPC title

• F42B6/08

  Arrow heads; Harpoon heads · CPC title