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A toy for launching two or more projectiles employing a central shaft cocking mechanism for rapid fire projectile launching through quick, simple and fun cocking and triggering mechanisms. The toy includes a housing assembly, a projectile device disposed about the housing with two or more projectile

A toy for launching two or more projectiles employing a central shaft cocking mechanism for rapid fire projectile launching through quick, simple and fun cocking and triggering mechanisms. The toy includes a housing assembly, a projectile device disposed about the housing with two or more projectiles, a piston and cylinder assembly. The piston is secured to the housing in a fixed position and the cylinder is slidably mounted on the piston, a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly including a shaft extending through the projectile device for engagement with the cylinder capable of moving the cylinder to a cocked position. A trigger mechanism is secured to the housing capable of advancing the projectile device to a firing position and capable of releasing the cylinder from a cocked position to advance the cylinder on the fixed piston and discharge a burst of compressed air launching a projectile.

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1. A toy for launching two or more projectiles; comprising: a housing assembly;a projectile device disposed on the housing assembly, the projectile device capable of receiving two or more projectiles;a fixed piston secured to the housing assembly at a fixed position;a cylinder on the fixed piston, w

1. A toy for launching two or more projectiles; comprising: a housing assembly;a projectile device disposed on the housing assembly, the projectile device capable of receiving two or more projectiles;a fixed piston secured to the housing assembly at a fixed position;a cylinder on the fixed piston, wherein the cylinder is slidably mounted on the fixed piston and moveable between a cocked position and an uncocked position;a cocking mechanism extending through the projectile device in mechanical communication with the cylinder for moving the cylinder to the cocked position on the fixed piston;a trigger mechanism secured at the housing assembly; andan advance lever extending into the projectile device operable with the trigger mechanism for advancing the projectile device to a firing position and releasing the cylinder from the cocked position to move the cylinder on the fixed piston and discharge a burst of compressed air launching a projectile. 2. The toy according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder further includes a cocking shoulder and wherein the cocking mechanism further includes a charging contact element disposed at an end opposite the projectile device for engagement with the cocking shoulder. 3. The toy according to claim 2, wherein the cocking mechanism further includes a cocking handle disposed at an end opposite the charging contact element and wherein the cocking mechanism is biased away from contact with the cylinder toward the uncocked position. 4. The toy according to claim 1, wherein the projectile device includes a barrel rotatably disposed on the cocking mechanism having multiple projectile compartments and wherein the barrel further facilitates the delivery of discharged compressed air from the fixed piston and cylinder to each projectile compartment. 5. The toy according to claim 4, wherein the rotatable barrel further includes first and second coaxial barrels disposed adjacent each other about the cocking mechanism facilitating the advancement of the barrel and alignment of a projectile compartment to the firing position when the trigger mechanism is actuated. 6. The toy according to claim 5, wherein the first barrel includes notches with an angled end disposed around an outer periphery defining a first set of slots with an angled end and wherein the second barrel includes notches with an end angled in a reverse direction of the first notches disposed around an outer periphery and offset from the first notches to define a second set of slots with a reverse angled end positioned offset from the first set of slots. 7. The toy according to claim 6, wherein the trigger mechanism includes a trigger element operable with the advance lever extending into the projectile device for mechanically communicating with the first and second sets of slots to align the projectile compartments to a firing position when the trigger element is actuated for launching projectiles sequentially. 8. The toy according to claim 7, wherein the advance lever includes an elongated protrusion at an end opposite the trigger element for traveling from a second slot to an offset first slot rotating a projectile compartment to a firing position with a half click trigger pull, launching the projectile with a further full click trigger pull, and traveling to a next sequential second slot rotating a next sequential projectile compartment out of firing position with a trigger release. 9. The toy according to claim 4, further comprising an elongated barrel extending from the housing aligned generally parallel to the shaft and aligning with each projectile compartment when in the firing position, wherein each projectile passes through the barrel when launched. 10. A method for launching two or more projectiles from a toy; comprising the steps of: providing a housing assembly;disposing a projectile device with two or more projectiles about the housing assembly;providing a piston and cylinder assembly, securing the piston in a fixed position to the housing and mounting the cylinder to slide back and forth over the piston;providing a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly by passing a shaft through the projectile device for engagement with the cylinder and facilitating the launch of two or more projectiles;extending the cocking mechanism through the projectile device for pushing the shaft into the housing assembly and into contact with the cylinder assembly forcing the cylinder to a cocked position;activating a trigger mechanism for advancing the projectile device to a firing position and releasing the cylinder from a cocked position, advancing the cylinder over the fixed piston discharging a burst of compressed air and launching the projectiles from the projectile device. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the cylinder further provides a cocking shoulder extending therefrom and the cocking mechanism further provides a charging contact element disposed on the shaft for engagement with the shoulder for moving the cylinder into a cocked position. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the cocking mechanism further provides a cocking handle disposed on the shaft at an end opposite the charging contact element. 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of biasing the shaft toward an uncocked position by biasing the contact element away from the cylinder. 14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the projectile device further provides a rotatable barrel having multiple projectile compartments each rotatably aligning with the piston and cylinder assembly in a firing position, and facilitating the delivery of compressed air discharged from the assembly to each projectile in each projectile compartment. 15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of advancing the rotatable barrel to rotatably align each projectile compartment to the firing position when the trigger mechanism is actuated. 16. A toy for launching two or more projectiles, comprising: a housing assembly;a rotatable projectile device disposed about the housing and including two or more projectile chambers each including at least one projectile;a piston and cylinder assembly, wherein the piston is secured to the housing in a fixed position and the cylinder is slidably mounted on the piston;a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly including a shaft extending through the rotatable projectile device for engagement with the cylinder for moving the cylinder to a cocked position;a projectile rotating mechanism mounted about the shaft at the projectile device includes first and second coaxial barrels disposed adjacent each other about the shaft for facilitating the advancement of the rotatable projectile device and alignment of a projectile compartment to a firing position;a trigger mechanism secured to the housing in mechanical communication with the projectile rotating mechanism for rotating the projectile device and releasing the cylinder from a cocked position to advance the cylinder on the fixed piston and discharge a burst of compressed air launching the projectiles in a rapid fire mode. 17. The toy according to claim 16, wherein the cylinder includes a cocking shoulder and wherein the shaft includes a charging contact element disposed at an end opposite the projectile device for engagement with the cocking shoulder, and the shaft further includes a cocking handle disposed at an end opposite the charging contact element for manually charging the piston and cylinder assembly. 18. The toy according to claim 17, wherein the projectile device includes a barrel rotatably disposed on the shaft having multiple projectile compartments and wherein the barrel further facilitates the delivery of discharged compressed air from the piston and cylinder assembly to each projectile compartment. 19. The toy according to claim 18, wherein the first barrel of the projectile rotating mechanism includes notches with an angled end disposed around the outer periphery defining a first set of slots with an angled end and wherein the second barrel of the projectile rotating mechanism includes notches with an end angled in a reverse direction of the first notches disposed around the outer periphery and offset from the first notches to define a second set of slots with an end angled in a reverse direction and positioned offset from the first set of slots. 20. The toy according to claim 19, wherein the trigger mechanism includes a trigger element and an advance lever mechanically communicating with the first and second sets of slots to align projectile compartments to a firing position when the trigger element is actuated for launching projectiles in a rapid fire mode.