Pressurized water gun with selective pressurization
AssigneeAmron Development, Inc.
InventorAlan Amron
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Abstract
A toy water gun operable in accordance with two distinct modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the toy water gun receives and stores pressurized water directly from a municipal water supply. This is achieved using an adapter which allows water to flow under pressure into a reservoir of the gun such that the user need only depress a trigger to cause water to eject through the nozzle of the gun. In a second mode of operation, a fill cap or other opening is exposed so that unpressurized water may be poured in or otherwise received into the gun. A manually operable pump is included so that the unpressurized water may be pressurized whereupon depression of the trigger will cause the water to be ejected from the gun.
Claims24
A high pressure air pressurized toy water gun adapted to receive pressurized or unpressurized water, said toy water sun being operable in a first mode to store and pressurize received unpressurized water and in a second mode to store received pressurized water, comprising:
- a housing;
- an extended handle connected to said housing, a barrel extending outwardly away from said handle;
- a trigger located adjacent the handle;
- a nozzle having an orifice therethrough, said nozzle being disposed at the end of said barrel;
- a high pressure, water storage reservoir having an orifice adapted to have unpressurized water poured therethrough;
- an avenue of release connecting said nozzle to said water storage reservoir;
- a valve operable to admit fluid from an external, pressurized water source into said water storage reservoir while said high pressure, water storage reservoir is connected to the gun;
- a manually operable pump coupled to the housing for pressurizing said water storage reservoir with air when an external pressurized source of water is unavailable or insufficient to adequately pressurize the water storage reservoir;
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- a flow connection assembly dimensioned and arranged for sealing attachment to an external, pressurized source of water and to the gun whereby flow of pressurized water is directable through the valve and into the reservoir.
A method of charging a high pressure, air pressurized toy water gun of the type comprising a housing, an extended handle connected to the housing, a barrel extending outwardly away from the handle, a nozzle having an orifice therethrough affixed to the end of the barrel, a water storage reservoir configured to store pressurized water and having an orifice, an avenue of release connecting the nozzle to the water storage reservoir, and a trigger located adjacent the handle, and a manually operable pump coupled to the housing for pressurizing the water storage reservoir with air when an external pressurized source of water is unavailable or insufficient to adequately pressurize the water storage reservoir, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a one-way fluid path between an external, pressurized water source and the water storage reservoir while the water storage reservoir is attached to the housing;
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- charging the water storage reservoir with water under pressure from the external, pressurized water source;
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- at other times, charging the water storage reservoir with unpressurized water by pouring the unpressurized water through the orifice.
A toy water gun system designed to release pressurized water therefrom in an extended stream, comprising:
- a toy water gun including a barrel, a handle, a reservoir dimensioned and arranged to receive and store pressurized water, a manually operable pump for pressurizing said reservoir, and a trigger selectively operable to release water from said reservoir;
- wherein said toy water gun defines a fill opening for receiving unpressurized water, said manually operable pump being operable to manually pressurize unpressurized water received through the fill opening prior to operation of said trigger;
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- wherein said toy water gun system further includes a fluid interface assembly dimensioned and arranged to receive pressurized water from a municipal water supply and to direct received pressurized water into said reservoir prior to operation of said trigger.
A method of operating a toy water gun system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a toy water gun including a barrel, a handle, a reservoir dimensioned and arranged to receive and store pressurized water, a manually operable pump for pressurizing the reservoir, and a trigger selectively operable to release water from said reservoir;
- in a first mode of operation, filling said reservoir with unpressurized water through a fill opening, operating the manually operable pump to pressurize the received unpressurized water;
- and operating the trigger to eject a stream of water;
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- in a second mode of operation, establishing a fluid communication path between the reservoir and a pressurized municipal water source to charge the reservoir with pressurized water, storing the pressurized municipal water received during the establishing step within the reservoir, and operating the trigger to eject a stream of water.
A method of operating a toy water gun, comprising the steps of:
- in accordance with a first mode of operation,
- receiving and storing pressurized water in a reservoir, and
- depressing a trigger to cause pressurized water stored during said receiving and storing step to pass through an avenue of release and be ejected from a nozzle of the toy water gun;
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- in accordance with a second mode of operation,
- receiving unpressurized water into a fill opening of the toy water gun;
- operating a manually operated pump of the toy water gun to pressurize water received during the unpressurized water receiving step;
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- depressing the trigger to cause pressurized water pressurized during said operating step to pass through the avenue of release and to be ejected via the nozzle.
A toy water gun system designed to release pressurized water therefrom in an extended stream, comprising:
- a toy water gun including a nozzle, a handle, a reservoir, a manually operable pump, and a trigger selectively operable to release water from said reservoir;
- wherein one of said toy water gun and said reservoir defines a fill opening for receiving unpressurized water, said manually operable pump being operable, in accordance with a first mode of operation, to manually pressurize unpressurized water received through the fill opening whereby water is ejected through the nozzle upon depression of the trigger;
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- a fluid adapter defining a fluid passage for directing pressurized water from a municipal water supply into said reservoir whereby water is ejected through the nozzle upon depression of the trigger.
A high pressure air pressurized toy water gun adapted to receive pressurized or unpressurized water, said toy water gun being operable in a first mode to store and pressurize received unpressurized water and in a second mode to store received pressurized water, comprising:
- a housing;
- an extended handle connected to said housing, a barrel extending outwardly away from said handle;
- a trigger located adjacent the handle;
- a nozzle having an orifice therethrough, said nozzle being disposed at the end of said barrel;
- a high pressure, water storage reservoir having an orifice adapted to have unpressurized water poured therethrough;
- an avenue of release connecting said nozzle to said water storage reservoir;
- a valve operable to admit fluid from an external, pressurized water source into said water storage reservoir while said high pressure, water storage reservoir is connected to the gun;
- a manually operable pump coupled to the housing for pressurizing said water storage reservoir with air when an external pressurized source of water is unavailable or insufficient to adequately pressurize the water storage reservoir;
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- a flow connection assembly dimensioned and arranged for sealing attachment to an external, pressurized source of water and to the reservoir orifice whereby flow of pressurized water is directable through the valve and into the reservoir.
A high pressure air pressurized toy water gun adapted to receive pressurized or unpressurized water, said toy water gun being operable in a first mode to store and pressurize received unpressurized water and in a second mode to store received pressurized water, comprising:
- a housing;
- an extended handle connected to said housing, a barrel extending outwardly away from said handle;
- a trigger located adjacent the handle;
- a nozzle having an orifice therethrough, said nozzle being disposed at the end of said barrel;
- a high pressure, water storage reservoir having an orifice adapted to have unpressurized water poured therethrough;
- an avenue of release connecting said nozzle to said water storage reservoir;
- a valve operable to admit fluid from an external, pressurized water source into said water storage reservoir while said high pressure, water storage reservoir is connected to the gun;
- a manually operable pump coupled to the housing for pressurizing said water storage reservoir with air when an external pressurized source of water is unavailable or insufficient to adequately pressurize the water storage reservoir;
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- a flow connection assembly dimensioned and arranged for sealing attachment to an external, pressurized source of water and removably attached to the gun whereby flow of pressurized water is directable through the valve and into the reservoir, the flow connection assembly being adapted to be removably attached to other toy water guns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.