String shooting device

Abstract

Provided herein is a string shooting device having a string capable of generating lift when propelled from the string shooting device and a guide to readily attach and detach the string from the string shooting device. A string shooting device described herein includes: a body; a housing attached to the body; a pair of wheels, where at least one of the pair of wheels is a driven wheel; and a string, where the string includes a surface texture configured to increase air friction in response to the string being propelled through the air by the pair of wheels. The string of an example embodiment defines an axis along which the string extends, and where the string includes a plurality of fibers extending away from the axis.

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         11 . A device for propelling a string comprising:
 a body;   a first wheel;   a second wheel, wherein at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel is a driven wheel, and wherein the first wheel and the second wheel extend above a surface of the body;   a removable housing, wherein the removable housing is removably supported by the body and covers at least a portion of the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein the removable housing defines an intake aperture and an exit aperture; and   a gap disposed between the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein the intake aperture, exit aperture, and gap are aligned along an axis.   
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the removable housing is attached to the body at the surface of the body. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a loading slot through the removable housing through which a looped string is inserted into the gap.   
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 11 , further comprising one or more string guides arranged to maintain a position of at least a portion of the string relative to the driven wheel and within the gap as the string is propelled. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more string guides urge the string toward an operational position within the gap and in contact with the driven wheel as a user moves the body in a direction parallel to an axis about which the first wheel rotates. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more string guides comprises a guide slot, wherein the guide slot is bounded by at least one curved surface of the removable housing. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 16 , wherein the guide slot extends around a portion of a circumference of at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , wherein the guide slot extends around at least half of the circumference of the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 11 , further comprising a looped string received within the gap and propelled by the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 19 , wherein the looped string engages one of the first wheel and the second wheel about a portion of a periphery of the one of the first wheel and the second wheel. 
     
     
         21 . A device for propelling a string comprising:
 a body;   a first wheel;   a second wheel, wherein at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel is a driven wheel;   a housing attached to the body, wherein the housing is removable from the body and covers at least a portion of the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein the housing defines an intake aperture and an exit aperture;   a gap disposed between the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein the intake aperture, exit aperture, and gap are aligned along an axis; and   one or more string guides arranged to maintain a position of at least a portion of the string relative to the driven wheel and within the gap as the string is propelled.   
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 21 , further comprising a loading slot through the housing through which a looped string is inserted into the gap. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein the one or more string guides arranged to maintain a position of at least a portion of the string relative to the driven wheel as the string is propelled and guide the at least the portion of the string in response to the at least the portion of the string returning to the device misaligned with the gap. 
     
     
         24 . The device of  claim 23 , wherein the one or more string guides are defined by the housing. 
     
     
         25 . The device of  claim 23 , wherein the one or more string guides comprises a guide slot defined by the housing, wherein the guide slot is bounded by at least one curved surface of the housing. 
     
     
         26 . The device of  claim 25 , wherein the guide slot extends around a portion of a circumference of at least one of the first wheel or the second wheel. 
     
     
         27 . The device of  claim 26 , wherein the guide slot extends around at least half of the circumference of the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel. 
     
     
         28 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the first wheel and the second wheel extend above a surface of the body, wherein the housing is attached to the body at the surface. 
     
     
         29 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein one or more of the first wheel and the second wheel define a groove about a periphery of the one or more of the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein the groove urges the string to remain within the groove as the string is propelled by the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel that is a driven wheel. 
     
     
         30 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the body is configured to be hand-held.