US 5,326,303 AGranted

Rifle with realistic cocking and firing sound

OwnerBruce M. D'Andradeinventor

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Abstract

The present invention is a toy gun which has a housing with a main section and a handle, a barrel, a trigger, a swivel cocking mechanism, a battery holder, electrical connections, a printed circuit board, a sound amplifier/speaker, and activation mechanism with springs, and sufficient circuitry to generate realistic cocking sounds and separate realistic firing sounds of a fired gun. The trigger has a finger portion below the pivot point and an engaging portion above the pivot point and is biased to a first position, e.g. via a spring, and, when the trigger is pulled, moves to a second position. The swivel cocking mechanism, attached to the housing, has a closed position and an open position. It is connected to an activation mechanism which has two positions corresponding thereto. The battery holder has connections for one or more batteries and the printed circuit board and sound amplifier/speaker have electrical connections to the battery holder and the speaker with breaks in the electrical connection near the engaging portion of the trigger and near the activation mechanism's first position and second position. When the trigger is in its first position the electrical connection for firing sound is incomplete and when the trigger is pulled, it is complete. The connections near the activation mechanism is brought to its open position and again when it is being closed, to set off cocking mechanism is brought to its open position and again when it is being closed, to set off cocking sounds.

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Dependent claims

A toy gun, which comprises;

(a) a housing having a main section and a handle;
(b) a barrel connected to and extending from said main section of said housing;
(c) a trigger connected to said housing and pivotally mounting therein, said trigger having a finger portion below a pivot point and located outside of said housing, and having an engaging portion above said pivot point and located inside of said housing and having biasing means connected thereto so as to bias said trigger to a normal, first position, and having a second position when said trigger is pulled;
(d) a battery holder and connections for one or more batteries, located within said housing;
(e) a printed circuit board and a sound amplifier/speaker with electrical connection to said battery holder and to said sound amplifier/speaker with a break in the electrical connection operably connected, directly or indirectly, to said engaging portion of said trigger, such that when the trigger is in its first position, the electrical connection is incomplete and when pulled to its second position, the electrical connection is, either directly or indirectly, completed, said circuit board having sufficient circuitry components to recreate a realistic firing sound when said electrical connection is complete;
(f) a swivel cocking mechanism connected to said housing and pivotally mounted therein and having an open position and a closed position;
(g) cocking sound generating system including electrical connection to and from said printed circuit board, amplifier/speaker, and battery holder, with a break in said electrical connection operably connected, directly or indirectly, to said swivel cocking mechanism, such that when said swivel cocking mechanism is in its closed position, the electrical connection is incomplete and when it is in its open position, the electrical connection is complete so as to recreate a realistic cocking sound;
and,
(h) a hammer which creates indirect operation between said trigger and said electrical connection of said circuit board, and said hammer also creates indirect operation between said swivel cocking mechanism and said electrical connection of said cocking sound generating system.

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A toy gun, which comprises;

(a) a housing having a main section and a handle;
(b) a barrel connected to and extending from said main section of said housing;
(c) a trigger connected to said housing and pivotally mounting therein, said trigger having a finger portion below a pivot point and located outside of said housing, and having an engaging portion above said pivot point and located inside of said housing and having biasing means connected thereto so as to bias said trigger to a normal, first position, and having a second position when said trigger is pulled;
(d) a battery holder and connections for one or more batteries, located within said housing;
(e) a printed circuit board and a sound amplifier/speaker with electrical connection to said battery holder and to said sound amplifier/speaker with a break in the electrical connection operably connected, directly or indirectly, to said engaging portion of said trigger, such that when the trigger is in its first position, the electrical connection is incomplete and when pulled to its second position, the electrical connection is, either directly or indirectly, completed, said circuit board having sufficient circuitry components to recreate a realistic firing sound when said electrical connection is complete;
(f) a swivel cocking mechanism connected to said housing and pivotally mounted therein and having an open position and a closed position;
(g) cocking sound generating system including electrical connection to and from said printed circuit board, amplifier/speaker, and battery holder, with a break in said electrical connection operably connected, directly or indirectly, to said swivel cocking mechanism, such that when said swivel cocking mechanism is in its closed position, the electrical connection is incomplete and when it is in its open position, the electrical connection is complete so as to recreate a realistic cocking sound;
and,
(h) additional circuitry components sufficient to create a realistic cocking release click sound so that two separate clicking sounds are created when said swivel cocking mechanism is moved to its open position and then to its closed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.