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US 5,219,096 AGranted
Leakproof self defense liquid squirt gun
OwnerVirgil N. Winginventor
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Abstract
A squirt gun pistol form to project a protective and disabling fluid as ammonia or jalapena juice wherein the projection force and fluid storage are combined in a collapsible bulb threadedly connected to a leakproof assembly embodying an on-off valve, a valve pointer a liquid channels which are sized to maximize protective fluid range beyond the grasp of a human predator or the teeth of a vicious dog.
Claims2
I claim:
- a) a molded gunbody having a cylinder valve chamber medially thereof and a concentric recess thereabout, said gunbody further comprising a liquid channel running through the longitudinal axis of the gunbody the entire length thereof and passing through the cylinder valve chamber at a central location,
- b) a resilant bulb having attachment means for removable connection to the gunbody at one end thereof, said bulb communicating with said liquid channel, said bulb serving as a reservoir for said liquid;
- c) a mushroom shaped valve element received in said cylinder valve chamber and having a liquid channel therethrough, said valve element rotatable so as to selectively place its liquid channel in communication with said gunbody to allow passage of said liquid from the bulb through the valve chamber and out of a terminal outlet;
- d) said mushroom shaped valve element comprising a mating concentric recess in the head portion thereof which matches the gunbody recess when the stem portion of the said valve element is received in said cylinder valve chamber;
- e) an o-ring within said gunbody and valve stem recess for sealing said cylinder valve chamber;
- f) a key receivable through said gunbody and into said valve element to fix the position of one to the other to compress said o-ring.
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