US 4,182,075 AGranted

Cap-firing arm for a toy figure

AssigneeMattel, Inc.

InventorDavid F. James

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Abstract

A cap-firing arm for a toy figure, the arm being frictionally secured for rotation at the shoulder of the figure by a hollow hub having a pinion gear internally of the figure. The arm is hollow and includes a spring-loaded hammer member slidably mounted therein with a cocking pin extending outwardly through a slot in the lower portion of the arm. The hammer member includes a firing pin adapted for coacting with an anvil secured within a hand mounting member which is slidable for loading the cap. The hammer member includes a tear drop shaped lobe extending through a similarly configured aperture adjacent to the shoulder portion and an actuating rod extending through the hollow hub disengages the lobe upon depression of a back plate of the figure which simultaneously elevates the arm to a horizontal position whereupon the cap is fired.

Claims14

Dependent claims

In a toy figure, the combination comprising:

a torso;
a generally hollow arm having a shoulder portion;
means movably mounting said shoulder portion to said torso;
a barrel member within said arm, said barrel member having a generally closed end adjacent said shoulder portion, said closed end having an aperture extending therethrough;
a hammer member slidably mounted for movement within said barrel member, said hammer member having a rod portion configured for extending through said aperture;
spring means within said barrel member coacting with said closed end and with said hammer member for urging said hammer member away from said closed end;
another member mounted within the lower portion of said arm, said another member having anvil means therein for contact by said hammber member;
means for cocking said hammer member against the force of said spring means with said rod portion end extending through said aperture;
and
means for moving said arm from a first position to a second position and for contacting said rod portion end upon said arm reaching said second position for releasing said hammer member to cause the same to strike said anvil member.

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In a toy figure, the combination comprising:

a torso;
a generally hollow arm having a shoulder position;
means movably mounting said shoulder portion to said torso;
a barrel member within said arm, said barrel member having a generally closed end adjacent said shoulder portion, said closed end having an aperture extending therethrough;
a hammer member slidably mounted for movement within said barrel member, said hammer member having a rod portion configured for extending through said aperture;
spring means within said barrel member coacting with said closed end and with said hammer member for urging said hammer member away from said closed end;
another member mounted within the lower portion of said arm, said another member having anvil means therein for contact by said hammer member, said another member being a semi-cylindrical member slidably mounted within the lower portion of said arm and said semi-cylindrical member and the interior of said arm being matingly configured to provide locking means to lock said semi-cylindrical member within said arm;
means for cocking said hammer member against the force of said spring means with said rod portion end extending through said aperture;
and means for moving said arm from a first position to a second position and for contacting said rod portion end upon said arm reaching said second position for releasing said hammer member to cause the same to strike said anvil member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.