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US 5,351,427 AGranted
Toy guns
AssigneeStrombecker Corporation
InventorGary D. Aigner
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Abstract
A toy pump action shot gun has an operating mechanism in which individual caps can be detonated in a single shot firing cycle or in a rapid firing sequence under the influence of the reciprocal movement of a pump sleeve interacting with a pushrod assembly to operate a cap detonating structure.
Claims9
A toy gun comprising:
- a body including a housing section, a grip assembly section connected to said housing section at a posterior end of said gun body and a barrel assembly section connected to said housing section at an anterior end of said gun body;
- a sleeve means reciprocatingly mounted on an external surface of said barrel assembly section for movement in a longitudinal direction between the anterior and the posterior ends of said gun body;
- a pushrod assembly mounted in said barrel assembly section and having an end section projecting into said housing section, said pushrod assembly being structured and dimensioned for operative engagement with said movable sleeve means in a manner such that said pushrod assembly moves reciprocatingly in a longitudinal direction between the anterior and posterior ends of said gun body responsive to the movement of said sleeve means;
- a rocker arm means pivotally mounted about an axis in said housing, said arm means being structured and dimensioned for operative engagement with said end section of said pushrod assembly projecting into said housing section in a manner such that longitudinal reciprocating movement of said pushrod assembly under the influence of said sleeve means causes said rocker arm to pivot about said axis;
- a trigger means pivotally mounted on said housing comprising a trigger element projecting from said housing for actuation by a user of said gun and a trigger catch element operatively interconnected with said trigger element, said catch element being normally biased into engagement with a cap firing weight and being disengageable from said cap firing weight in response to actuation of said trigger element enabling said firing weight to be released for movement into detonating contact with a cap, said trigger means comprises an integrally formed, one-piece, essentially L-shaped member having two leg segments aligned at essentially right angles to one another with one leg segment forming said trigger element and the other leg segment forming said trigger catch element.
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A toy gun comprising:
- a body including a housing section, a grip assembly section connected to said housing section at a posterior end of said gun body and a barrel assembly section connected to said housing section at an anterior end of said gun body;
- a sleeve means reciprocatingly mounted on an external surface of said barrel assembly section for movement in a longitudinal direction between the anterior and the posterior ends of said gun body;
- a pushrod assembly mounted in said barrel assembly section and having an end section projecting into said housing section, said pushrod assembly being structured and dimensioned for operative engagement with said movable sleeve means in a manner such that said pushrod assembly moves reciprocatingly in a longitudinal direction between the anterior and posterior ends of said gun body responsive to the movement of said sleeve means;
- a rocker arm means pivotally mounted about an axis in said housing, said arm means being structured and dimensioned for operative engagement with said end section of said pushrod assembly projecting into said housing section in a manner such that longitudinal reciprocating movement of said pushrod assembly under the influence of said sleeve means causes said rocker arm to pivot about said axis;
- said pushrod assembly is a one piece, integral member having a first section and a second section with a ledge being formed on said first section to provide an engagement surface against which said rocker arm abuts to provide said operative engagement between said pushrod assembly and said rocker arm whereby longitudinal movement of said pushrod assembly causes said pivotal movement of said rocker arm;
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- said pushrod assembly is bent at a position intermediate said first and second sections to form an abutment ledge which impacts against the interior of said housing to provide a stop means restricting the extent of movement of said pushrod assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.