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US 10,151,554 B2Granted
Trigger mechanism for toy blowgun
OwnerChor-Ming Mainventor
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Abstract
A trigger mechanism for a toy blowgun wherein the toy blowgun comprises: a launching mechanism for launching a projectile from the toy blowgun; and a locking mechanism for locking the launching mechanism in a primed configuration, the locking mechanism being releasable to launch the projectile from the toy blowgun. The trigger mechanism comprises: a trigger chamber having an inlet for receiving a flow of air; and a shuttle movable from a start position to a launching position in the trigger chamber by the flow of air to release the locking mechanism.
Claims15
A trigger mechanism for a toy blowgun wherein the toy blowgun comprises:
- a launching mechanism for launching a projectile from the toy blowgun;
- and
- a locking mechanism for locking the launching mechanism in a primed configuration, the locking mechanism being releasable to launch the projectile from the toy blowgun;
- and wherein the trigger mechanism comprises:
- a trigger chamber having an inlet configured as a mouthpiece to receive a flow of air blown by a user;
- and
- a shuttle movable from a start position to a launching position in the trigger chamber by the received flow of air blown by the user, wherein the shuttle engages the locking mechanism when the shuttle arrives at the launching position in order to release the locking mechanism.
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A toy blowgun comprising:
- a launching mechanism for launching a projectile from the toy blowgun;
- a locking mechanism for locking the launching mechanism in a primed configuration, the locking mechanism being releasable to launch the projectile from the toy blowgun;
- a trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger chamber having an inlet configured as a mouthpiece to receive a flow of air blown by a user;
- and
- a shuttle movable from a start position to a launching position in the trigger chamber by the received flow of air blown by the user, wherein the shuttle engages the locking mechanism when the shuttle arrives at the launching position in order to release the locking mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.