US 5,244,153 AGranted

Water gun directional nozzle

OwnerJames O. Kuhn, Lee J. Goldmaninventors

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Abstract

Present invention is a water gun nozzle assembly for attachment to the barrel of a water gun having an egress path for shooting water through a nozzle. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle head with an orifice for connection to an egress path of a toy water gun, a support for the nozzle head, a housing, and a handle. The housing is attachable to the barrel of a water gun with the support and nozzle head located within the housing and rotatably mounted therein, so as to sweep left to right and vice versa, with the support extending to the outside of the housing. The end of the support which extends outside of the housing is directly or indirectly connected to the handle. When the handle is indirectly connected it may be located elsewhere on the barrel or otherwise on the gun and rotatably connected indirectly to the support by a belt, gear, chain or other rotatable drive mechanism.

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Dependent claims

In a toy water gun having an elongated barrel and an egress path for shooting water through a nozzle attached to said barrel, an improved nozzle assembly which comprises:

(a) a nozzle head having an orifice and adapted for connection to said egress path;
(b) a support for said nozzle head, said support being mounted within a housing for attachment to said barrel and having said nozzle head connected to said support, said nozzle head and support being rotatably mounted so as to rotate about an axis within said housing which is approximately perpendicular to a central axis of said barrel;
(c) a forward opening in said housing through which water may be shot, said housing containing said nozzle head and said support and being adapted for connection to said barrel, said support having an end which extends outside of said housing;
(d) connection means located within said housing for connection of said nozzle head to said egress path;
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(e) a handle connected to said support and positioned under said barrel, said handle adapted to rotate said support and being of sufficient size to accommodate the grasp of a human hand and aid in supporting said barrel of said toy water gun.

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