Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for launching a toy rocket
that includes rotating a launch tube about an axis that is parallel with a connecting
tube, which is rotatably connected to the launch tube; extending the launch tube
in a perpendicular direction; progressively closing a safety valve by rotating
the launch tube toward a vertical position, relative to a launch pad assembly;
loading the toy rocket onto a distal end of the extended launch tube; and rapidly
compressing a bellows in communication with the launch tube.
