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United States Patent [191

[11] [451

Traweek [54] LASSO GUN [76]

Inventor:

Lowell E. Traweek, 8392 Snowbird '

Dr., Huntington Beach, Calif. 92646

[21] Appl. No.: 847,705 [22]

Filed:

. Nov. 2, 1977

[51] [52]

Int. Cl.2 .............................................. .. F4113 7/00 US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/27; 124/36;

[58]

Field of Search ............. .. 124/1, 16, 35, 36, 41K;

124/41 A; 119/153

4,155,342 May 22, 1979

a target is described. The lasso gun has a barrel. Com municating along the longitudinal axis of the barrel is a piston which has a front lasso holder attached. The barrel is provided with a spring. When the piston is slid from the discharge end of the barrel towards the other end, the spring ‘is put under tension and when released .the piston is forcibly slid back towards the discharge end of the barrel. An arm is pivotally mounted on the underside of the barrel. The arm has a rear lasso holder attached to its free end. The loop of a lasso is placed

Grablc et al. ..

124/16 X

3,160,977 12/1964

Kickliter

l24/36X

around both the front and rear lasso holders, the piston pushes away from the discharge end of the barrel tens ing the spring and ‘the arm is swung back away from the discharge end of the barrel. When released or fired, the piston is propelled forward and the forward motion transferred to the lasso loop. This causes the rear end of the loop to pull the arm and the bottom end of the loop

3,949,514

Ramsey .......................... .. 119/153 X

attached to it forward in an arc. After the piston reaches

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43/8; 119/153

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2,732,647

l/ 1956

2,891,342

6/1959 4/1976

Byars .............. ....................... .. 43/8

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm-K. H. Boswell

[57,]

the end of its slide and abruptly stops, the lasso is pro pelled off of the front and rear lasso holders towards a

target.

ABSTRACT

A lasso gun used in accurately propelling a lasso toward

10 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

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US. Patent

May 22, 1979

Sheet 1 of2

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US. Patent

May 22, 1979

Sheet 2 of2

4,155,342

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(21) Application number: 10150722.6 (22) Date of filing: 14.01.2010 (54) Paper bullet firing pistol toy Papiergeschosse abfeuernde Spielzeugpistole Jouet de pistolet tirant des balles de papier (72) Inventor: Funaki, Shotaro

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(56) References cited: (73) Proprietor: Agatsuma Co., Ltd.

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c. L. PARRIS -

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PISTOL

2,649,849

CONSTRUCTION

Filéd July 17,1950

-

@cz/L Farris"

Dec. 3, 1957

s. M HALL l

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2,815,212

PUNCH GUN

Filed March 6, 1956

INVENTOR.

ATTE RN EYB

Feb. 27, 1962

E. BENKOE

3,022,779

TOY GUNS

Filed June 14, 1960

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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BY

AMA/Mil 3w” ATTORNEY S

Feb. 27', 1962

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, 3,022,779

TOY GUNS

Filed June 14, 1960

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

127/4

III/IIIII'II'"

INVENTOR

ERWW .BENKDE BY

QTGZgOéNEYS

Aug. 10, 1948.

M. M. FUJIWARA

2,446,698

TOY CAP GUN

Filed Dec. 18, 1946

4 Sheets-Sheet 1

I11 renter

M. Fujiwara

Aug- 10, 1948-

2,446,698

M. M. FUJIWARA TOY CAP GUN

4 Sheets-Sheet 2

Filed Dec. 18, 1946

1:3

41

1-0

v

Inventor

ack

. Fujiwara

Aug. 10, 1948.

M. M. FUJIWARA

2,446,698

TOY CAP GUN

Filed Dec. 18, 1946

4 Sheets-Sheet 4

45 /

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lulu/im

Mack M. Fujiwara

May 12, 1953 ‘

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Filed Dec. 12,v 1949

H. L. LANGOS

2,637,941

PAPER BURSTER GUN

2 Sheets-Sheet l

1N VEN TOR.

May l2, 1953

H. L. LANGOS

2,637.941

PAPER BURSTER GUN

Filed Deo. l2, 1949

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

. 7

Nov. 17, 1953

R. D. PARRY

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2,659,172

FIRING MECHANISM FOR PIsToLs

Filed July 14, 195o

Ä log. j BY

IN VEN TOR

?ZaberÍ ä Parr]

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April 12, 1955

A. R. MILLS

2,706,067

Toy PIsToLs

Filed Dec. l, 195o

HH

s sheets-sheet 1

Apri] 12, 1955

A. R. MILLS

2,706,067

TOY PIsToLs Filed Dec. l, 1950

3 Sheets-Sheet 2

// |l ß 619 @5 6% » a@

April 12, 1955

A. R. MILLS

2,706,067

TOY PISTOLS

Filed Dec. l, 1950

5 sheéts-sheet 3

ump'

W.

Jan. 3, 1956

K. w. FRYE

2,729,011

AUTOMATIC CAP GUN MECHANISM

Filed Sept. 27. 1954

5 Sheets-Sheet 1

KENNETH W. FRYE, INVENTOR

H UEBNER, BEEHLER, WORREL £9‘ HERZIG, ATTORNEYS.

Jan. 3, 1956

2,729,011

K. w. FRYE ' AUTOMATIC CAP GUN MECHANISM

Filed Sept. 27, 1954

I5 Sheets-Sheet 2

51

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Jan. 3, 1956

2,729,01 1

K. W. FRYE AUTOMATIC CAP GUN MECHANISM

Filed Sept. 27, 1954

3 Sheets-Sheet 3

60

KENNETH INVENTOR W. FRYE, HUEBNER, BEEHLER, WORREL £9‘ HERZIG, ATTORNEYS. Y

WM

Aug. 18, 1959 '

K. J. sTALLER

2,899,765

TOY CAP GUN WITH LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE ACTUATOR Filed Nov. 5, 1956

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3 Sheets-Sheet 1

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Aug. 18, 1959

K. J. sTALLER

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2,899,766

TOY CAP GUN WITH LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE ACTUATOR

Filed Nov. 5, 19564

5 Shee‘cs-Sheet~2A

Oct. 2, 1923.’ '

I

G.

USTYNIK'

TOY GUN

Filed April V17, 1923

Z”? 1% I

I

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1,469,610

Feb. 9 , 1926;

1,572,350

F. c. EcKER JREPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS

Filed Oct. 30, 1925

wJ .

INVENTOR.

__BY

~ Aug. 6, 1929.

1,723,554

B. F. M ALOTT

Filed Nov. 22, 1927

(5..

i794 ‘

/2~

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wrmess:

ATTO R N EY

Oct. 1, 1929.’

-

T. E. WEBB

1,729,917

TOY PISTOL

Filed Sept. 17, 1928

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IN VEN TOR.

/ 7X

24 GD

A

T/mmas E. Web 5. O

25

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June 9, 1931. ‘

.1. R. MCFARLAND

1,809,203

_ REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS

Filed March 17, 1930

2" Sheets-Sheet l

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Inventor

f1?
$5

‘ ' 1392mm A ttomcy

‘ June 9, 1931.

J. R. MGFARLAND

1,309,208 .

' REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS ‘

Filed March 1'7, 1930

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

Inventor

Attorney

_

Sept. 1, 1931.

1,821,381

B` B. JGERKEN TOY GUN

Filed Aug. _23. 1930

.-

INVENTOR A

5.5’. Gerkfn

MGM?? _ 9.13m

ATTORN EY

Feb, 9, M32.

s. c. MOUNTJOY ET AL TOY PISTOL

Filed Dec. 22, 1928

L8449l73

May 23, 1933-v

P. w. BEAUCHAMP ET AL REPEATING RUBBER BAND RIFLE

1,909,927 _

Filed Aug. 27, 19,52

-| ATTORNEYS. '.

I

Äußy B6, 1935.

M. A. REED TOY GUN

Filed DSC. 16, 1953

¿008,595

Nov. 19, 1935.

,

F. HAGEN

2,021,776

TOY GUN

Filed Feb. 28, 1935

$2»,

-

Nov._2, 1937.

2,098,001

L. GAGNON ET AL RUBBER BAND GUN

Filed Nov. 17, 1936

16

1'5 0

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INVENTORS

laws GAGA/0M a? ?/vm/A/f 6mm

April! 25, 1950

A. E. STONE TOY RUBBER BAND PROJECTING GUN

Filed 'June 27, 1945

7 2,505,591

May 1, 1951

E. |_. SIDERS

2,550,873

Toy REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL Filed Jan. 26, 1948

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9-4115

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INVENTOR.

ELLIS ‘L, EIDERS _BY

I

ATTURAZE

May 1, 1951

E. 1.. SIDERS

2,550,873

TOY REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL Filed Jan. 26, 1948

2 Sheets-Sheet 2'

INVENTOR.

ELLIS L, 515E515

BYQMQ/ ATTURNE:

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Oct. 30, 1951

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A_ G_ HERR|NG

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2,573,142

REPEATING RUBBER BAND TOY_ GUN Filed June 16, 1947

?vl‘lur G, lqerrr'irlg INVENTOR.

ATTORN EY

NOV. 27,

|___ D_ wRlgHT. ETAL

2,576,248

REPEATING RUBBER BAND TOY GUN I

Filed April 7, 1947

.

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Lox/1s p, WEIGHT ,

Jan. 13, 1953

F. T. EAGLESON, JR

2,625,147

REPEATING TYPE ELASTIC BAND PROJECTOR

Filed April 7, 1951

INVENTOR

lfiz’emazz T Z’QyZesan Jr Q

BY. rid §%W ATTORNEY

April 27, 1954

a. B. MOORE

2,676,581

RUBBER BAND GUN

Filed Aug. 10, 1951

g. A

INVENTOR

3/2. 4 IE 15’. Moo/PE BY

,y/s ATTORNEY

sept. 21, 1954

_ R. E. SEALER ETAL

2,689,558

REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL

Filed sept. 15. l1952

/f,l1»rIf;45,A

INVENToRs ~

ff Sfmt-R

ßa/mzp Ä? «50077 Arran/vir

Jan. 10, 1956

' R. E. HICKS

2,730,094

REPEATING TOY GUN Filed Oct. 11, 1952

INVENTOR.

370V 5 f/lC/‘R‘S

(Quill. ‘TL/MAJ AWOENEYG.

April 10, 1956

J. s. ARNOLD

2,741,238

TOY GUN

Filed May 26, 1954

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

%

Joseph .5’. Arnold IN VEN TOR.

BY MM yjmaifghm

April 10, 1956

2,741,238

J. s. ARNOLD TOY GUN

Filed May 26, 1954

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

28

60 ‘H; ‘

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24

Joseph 5‘. Arnold 11W ‘EN TOR.

May 28, 1957

E. H. KOELLER '

Filed Oct. 13, 1953

2,793,635

TOY sun

2 Shgeta‘Sheet 1

May 23, 1957

EH. KOELLER

2,793,635

TDY cuu

Filed on. 13, 1953

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

March __4, 1958 '

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s. 'r. BURLE'Y, JR, ET AL REPEATING TOY GUN

Filed July 23, 1954

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2,825,322 l

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30

Samuel T. Bur/e], J1: Coy V. Payton INVENTORS

B; 24mm »

“#WFM,» -

March 24, 1959

A. L. kucH

2,878,802

RUBBER BAND GUN

Filed Aug. 29, 1957

2 Sheets-Sheet l

Fig.5 '

Allan L. Kuch INVEN TOR.

£40m

March 24, 1959

'

A. |_. KUCH

2,878,802

RUBBER BAND GUN Filed Aug. 29, 1957

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2

44

F1'92 20

Allan L. Kuch INVENTOR. BY

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Dec. 15, 1959

R. L. HENDERSON

2,91 7,037

REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN

Filed April 19, 1957

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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H

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(Q1

,, INVENOR.

J pKUZ%,/w%

Dec. 15, 1959

R. |_. HENDERSON

2,917,037

REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN

Filed April 19, 1957

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

/ QéjgéIiJVENTOR. /

Jan. 28, 1964

H. J. ASHLEY

3,119,385

REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS

Filed March 19, 1962

3 Sheets-Sheet 1

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Jan. 28, 1964

H. J. ASHLEY

3,119.,385

REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS

Filed March 19, 1962

3 Sheets-Sheet 2

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Howard J. Ask/6y IN VEN TOR.

BY 95 $3M

Jan. 28, 1964

H. J. ASHLEY

3,119,385

REPEATING GUN FOR SHOOTING ELASTIC BANDS

Filed March 19, 1962 *WB

22/E5 Q]; FIGURES

3 Sheets-Sheet 3‘ >

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Howard J. Ashley ziffarznkgy

Nov. 5, 1968

o. J. LILLEOREN, JR., ET AL

3,408,996

RUBBER BAND _GUN

Filed May~ 5, 1965

2 Sheets-Sheet l

AGENT

Nov. 5, 1968

o. J. LILLEOREN, JR., ET AL

3,408,995

RUBBER EAND _GUN

Filed May E, 1965

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

30I

OLE J. LILLEOREN, JR. CHRIS G. PAZEOTOPOULOS ROBERT J. SHIDEK INVENTORS lli

BY E

AGENT

Feb. 10, 1970

E. G R! FFITHS

3,494,345

REPEATING SELF-PROJECTING ELASTIC BAND TYPE GUN

Filed April 22, 1968

June 2, 1970

L. 5. HOUSE TOY GUN FOR DISCHARGING ELASTIC BANDS Filed - July 26, 1.968

3,515,387

United States Patent [72] Inventor

l11l3,53.6,055 -

1,887,520

Mitsuo Endo 1012 Barnisdale Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35232

124/18

263,685

12/1949

Switzerland ................ ..

124/18

Primary Examiner— Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—william R. Browne

Oct. 27, 1970

Attorney-Clarence A. O’Brien and Harvey B. Jacobson

[54] RUBBER BAND GUN 7 Claims, 4 Drawing Figs. [52]

Saxton ........................ ..

FOREIGN PATENTS

[21] Appl. No. 723,439 [22] Filed April 23, 1968 [45] Patented

11/1932

ABSTRACT: An elongated resilient member is slidingly ; mounted between its ends in a passage provided in the grip of 124/18,

I a toy-type rubber band gun. The laterally bent forward end of

124/45, 124/35

U.S.Cl ............. ... ...................................... ..

[51]

lnt.Cl ....................................................... ..

F4lb 7/02

3 said member is anchored in the barrel and provides a normally cocked trigger. The terminal rearward end provides a band

[50]

Field ofSearch .......................................... .. 124/18, 19,

i retaining but releasable catch while the speci?cally bowed

16, 35. 41

median portion is fashioned into a loop which holds a reserve supply of ready-to-use extra bands. This gun is adapted for use i by the youngster who is intrigued by a “pistol" or the like that

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v[56] 1,751,488

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3/1930

Meyer ........................ ..

shoots rubber bands and carries a reserve supply for instant re 124/18

loading.

Patented Oct. 27, 1970

3,536,055

' Mifsuo

Endo

INVENTOR.

BY ‘wmwg'ti?gw

United States Patent Vodinh

- [54] I [72]

[151 3,693,609 [451 Sept. 26, 1972

-

REP-EATING TYPE ‘RUBBER BAND,

PROJECTING PISTOL Inventor: Hien Vodinh, 6418 Covington Road, . Fort Wayne, lnd. 46804

,

‘

124/35

[51] I Int. Cl ........................................ ..... ..F4lb 7/02

[58]

Field ofSear'ch ............... ..l24/l9_,-l8,35,41,48

[56]

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS

1,868,312

7/1932

Ross ............ .; ............ ..124/19

Primary Examiner-Anton O. Oechsle Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne

[57]

U.S. Cl. .................. ..'...'.l24/l9,'l24/48, 124/41, ,

5/1935

Attorney-Woodard,‘ Weikart, Emhardt & Naughton

[22‘] Filed: June17, 1971 [21] Appl.No.: 154,022 [52]

2,001,267

Coventry ............... .;....l24/l8

ABSTRACT

A repeating toy pistol for shooting rubber bands. The pistol has a cylinder structure which is rotationally in . dexed with each trigger pull. Both the tripper-pull mo tion and the trigger-retum motion are utilized to pro

vide the indexing motion of the barrel thereby provid ing a positive, relatively lengthened indexing motion of the barrel with a limited, relatively short trigger mo tion. The pull of the trigger causes a slide to engage and lift a rubber band off of a ridge on the cylinder. ,

8 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures‘

United States Patent

{111 3,757,760 [451 Sept. 11, 1973

[191

Darnell [54] TOY GUN WITH ROTATING MAGAZINE FOR DISCHARGING ELASTIC BANDS

[76] Inventor: Wayne Lee Darnell, Rt. 6, Hwy. 79, Clarksville, Tenn. 37040 June 14, 1971 [221 Filed: [21] Appl. No.: 152,544 [52] [51] [581

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—-William R. Browne

Attorney—-—Harrington A. Lackey [57]

ABSTRACT

A toy gun having a handle member and an elongated

US. Cl ....................... .. 124/19, 124/48, 124/35 Int. Cl. ......................... .. F4lb 7/02, F4lb 7/09

spindle rotatably mounted upon the handle member. The spindle is provided with equally spaced front radial projections and equally spaced aligned rear radial pro jections for receiving thereover stretched rubber

Field 01' Search ................. .. 124/18, 48, 19, 41,

bands. A trigger member on the handle member is pro

124/16

vided with a cam rod biased forward into operative en gagement with a cam surface on each rear radial pro

[56] 2,001,267

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 5/1935

Ross .................................... .. 124/19

jection for simultaneous rotation of the spindle and re moval of the elastic band from the rear projection. Upon de-actuation of the trigger means, the cam rod moves into operative engagement with the next succes~ sive rear projection.

5 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

PAIENIEUSEH 1 I975

3.757. 760

INVENTOR :

Way/v £55 Dam/£44 BY

A

ORNEY

Unite

States

atent r191

[111

Skillern

3,812,833

[451 May 28, 1974

1541 ELASTIC BAND GUN [76] Inventor: John A. Skillern, 132_State St., Framingham, Mass. 01701 [22] Filed: Jan. 31, 1972

[21] Appl. No.: 221,960

[57 ]

ABSTRACT

An elastic band gun having a plurality of pivotally mounted releasers which are serially located from front to back on the stock. Each relcaser is adapted to support the rear end of a stretched elastic band and upon actuation to release the band at a level above

that of the tops of any forwardly located releasers A [52] [51] [58]

spring action powered, manually cocked, escapement

US. Cl. .............. .. 124/19, 124/35 R, 124/30 R Int. Cl. ........................................ F41b 7/02 Field of Search ....... ..124/19,17,18, 35 R, 41,

type sequencing system responsive to actuation of the

124/31, 1; 33/265, 244; 89/36 E

automatically to free the releasers to discharge the bands. In another form, the bands are retained in

References Cited

notches, and scrapers controlled by the sequencing

UNITED STATES PATENTS

system free the bands from the notches to discharge

[56] 2,289,490 2,550,873

trigger works either semi-automatically 'or fully

7/1942

Fisher ................................. .. 1-24/19

5/1951

Siders

.........

. . . . ..

124/19

McElveenunr.

. . . . ..

124/19

them. A combination safety shield and sighting ‘device is designed to capture rearwardly discharged elastic bands.

2,697,425

12/1954

3,119,385

l/l964

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Ashley ................................ 1. 124/19

Primary Examiner~Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—Williarn R. Browne

Attorney, Agent, or ~Firm--Wolf, Green?eld & Sacks

15 Claims, 17 Drawing Figures

>

United States Patent

[11]

[19]

McAlister [54]

[45] Nov. 18, 1975

REPEA'HNG SELF PROJECTING BAND

2,697,425

12/1954

McElveen ........................... .. 124/19

TYPE APPARATUS

3,812,833

5/1974

Skillern ............................... .. 124/19

[76] Inventor: Edgar O. McAlister, 9810 E. Broadway, Tucson, Ariz. 85710 [22]

3,919,996

Filed: _

May 22, 1974

[21] Appl. No.: 472,129

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Etaminer-William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm-H. Gordon Shields

[57]

ABSTRACT

Rubber gun apparatus is disclosed which shoots a plu [52]

US. Cl ......... .. 124/19; 273/D1G. 16; 124/30 R;

rality of rubber bands, or the like, from consecutive >

124/35

pulls of a trigger using a sliding bolt movable by trig

[51]

Int. Cl.2 .......................................... .. F41B 7/02

ger movement to release pivoting studs to which the

[58]

Field of Search ....

rubber. bands are af?xed. The sliding bolt is unbiased and is manually movable to the rear of the apparatus. This movement causes the sliding bolt to disengage

124/19, 26, 27, 30 R, 28,

124/29, 35, 34, 41; 2_73/D1G. 9 [56]

References Cited

the studs and cause them to pivot downwardly to a

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,573,142

10/1951

Herring ............................... .. 124/19

30

rubber band releasing position. 11 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [191

[11]

4,223,658

Sundstrom

[45]

Sep. 23, 1980

[54] ELASTIC BAND PROJECTING TOY GUN

[76] Inventor:

Paul Sundstrom, 53 Barney St.,

Assistant Examiner-‘William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Her1ry M. Bissell

Gladstone, Queensland, 4680,

[57]

Australia

A toy gun which is capable of ?ring a plurality of elasti cized bands, either singularly'or in rapid succession, and

[21] Appl. No.: 924,190

ABSTRACT

which is operative so that each one of a plurality of elasticized bands is stretched under the tension of its

[22] Filed: Jul. 13, 1978 [30] Foreign Application Priority Data

own elasticity along a projectile path longitudinal with

[51] [52]

Int. (:1.3 .............................................. .. F41B 7/02 U.S. Cl. ............................ .. 124/19; 124/80

the gun between a point of anchorage at the forward end of the gun and a rotatable escapement wheel at the rearward end of the gun so that, when the escapement wheel is permitted to rotate under the in?uence of a

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/19, 18, 17, 35 R,

rotational bias provided by the force of the previously

124/41 R, 48

loaded elasticized bands upon the release of a trigger mechanism, the elasticized bands are consecutively

Jul. 18, 1977 [AU]

[56]

Australia ............................ .. PDO883

References Cited

released from engagement with the escapement wheel

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,724,271

8/1929

to be propelled along the projectile path and forwardly

Fisher .................................. .. 124/19

of the gun. The wheel includes a plurality of spaced

.. 124/19

apart radially extending sections that have successively

124/19

increasing radii over substantially the entire outer-most periphery of all of the sections.

1,826,053

10/1931

Carpenter

1,935,287

11/1933

Damico

1,944,377 2,741,238

l/l934 4/1956

Taylor .... .. 124/18 Arnold ................................. .. 124/19

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham

8 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,308,850

‘Hunter

[45]

Jan. 5, 1982

[54] MULTIPLE ELASTIC BAND PROJECTOR [76] Inventor: James P. Hunter, Rte. 7, BOX 255E,

[21] 1 Appl. No.: 42,519 Denham Sprmgs, La- 70726 -

_

124/19

2,021,776 2,008,595 11/1935 7/1935 Hagen Reed 2,576,248 11/1951 Wright et a1_

l 2 4 AA 9

Primary 3,119,385 Examiner—Richard 1/1964 Ashley J. Apley

124/19

Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne

[22] Flled'

May 25’ 1979

Attorney, Agent, or Firm——-R0y, Kiesel, Patterson & F41B 7/02

[52] us. c1.

.. 124/19; 124/35 R;

[58] Field of Search

124/19, 18, 35 R, 40,

124/41 R 124/41 R

.1561 l

_

9/1931 Gerken

ABSTRACT

one elastic band without stopping to reload the elastic

‘References Cited

bands on the projector.

us. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,821,381

[57]

An elastic band projector is disclosed having a loading and ?ring mechanism for sequentially ?ring more than

.. 124/19

5 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure

’

.

v,

LoBiondo United States Patent [191 '

[111 [45]

[54] RUBBER BAND .

Apr. 12, 1 » 83

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham .

Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne

[76] Inventor' gllclgklitytll?gugdr{281373 19th Ave"

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Robert D. Farkas

[21] Appl. No.: 245,425

[57]

[22] Filed:

A rubber band ri?e for shooting one or a plurality of rubber band members generally includes a body having

Mar. 19, 1981

3 '''''''''''''

_. .

''''"

a forward barrel

. ............................................. ..

l

f

C‘ d/ 9

e erences

'te

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,909,927 5/1933 2,098,001 11/1937

portion and a rear shoulder portion

having a plurality of horizontal grooves disposed

h .............. ..l241,18,41R,35R

Fla d o seal-CR f

ABSTRACT

Beauchamp et al. ............... .. 124/19 Gagnon et a1. ..... .. 124/19

_

therein, one end of each of the rubber band members being disposed in one of the horizontal grooves in the forward end wall, a slide mechanism being movably disposed on the forward barrel portion, the slide mecha

nism including atop and a,pair of downwardly extend

2,576,248 11/1951 Wright et al.

124/19

ing walls, an upper surface of the top of the slide mecha

2,625,147

1/1953

Eagleson ................. ..

124/19

2,878,802

3/1959

Kuch ....... ..

124/19

nism having a plurality-of notches therein, the other ends of the rubber bands being disposed in the notches,

124/19

and a mechanism for locking the slide mechanism in a

2,917,037 12/1959 Henderson 3,494,345

2/1970

Griffiths .............................. .. 124/19

?xed position upon the barrel portion of the body.

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1159349

7/1969

United Kingdom ................ .. 124/ 19

3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [191

[11]

Patent Number:

' 4,554,904

Endo

[45]

Date of Patent:

Nov. 26, 1985

[54]

TRIGGER ASSEMBLY FOR RUBBER BAND

GUN [76] Inventor:

Mitsuo Endo, 1120 S. State, Clear?eld, Utah 84015 [21] Appl' No‘: 692’070 [22]

Filed;

Jam 15, 1935 _

C1Cl4 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii u [58] F.‘ l'd """ """"""" 1e

0

care """"""""" "

4A8 19’ 35 R 37 ’

124/45’ 27’

’ [56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 212,826

3/1879

Weaver ............................... .. 124/27

1,024,374 4/1912 Stambaugh . 1,234,163 2,594,527

7/1917 4/1952

3,536,055

10/1970

4,033,313

7/1977

Henderson .. Wechsler Endo

. ... . .... . .

124/35 R UX .. 124/35 R UX ........ .. 124/37 X . . . . . . . . ..

124/18

Ryan ........................ .. 124/35 R X

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 877421

8/1971 vCanada ................................ .. 124/27

66

819013

8/1959 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/27

Primary Examiner—Paul E. Shapiro Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Harvejy B. Jacobson [57] ABSTRACT A toy rubber band gun having a gun body de?ning an imitation barrel, a stock at the back of the barrel, and a handle depending from the stock. A trigger element in the form of a resilient wire has a forward end pivotally mounted on a pin in the stock, a trigger portion extend~ ing out through a slot on the bottom of the stock, an

elongate portion extending from the trigger portion upwardly through the handle, and a loop portion ex tending from the elongate portion upwardly behind the handle, the loop portion terminating in a hooked tip biased against the back of the stock to form a retainer for a rubber band stretched along the length of the stock and barrel so that pulling back on the trigger portion

draws the hooked tip away from the stock and releases the band. The trigger element is characteristically bent to enable its tension to be adjusted.

10 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [19] Miller [54] REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL [76] Inventor: Tony Miller, 1303 E. Kenwood Ave., Anaheim, Calif. 92806

[211 App]. No.: 906,886 [22] Filed: Sep.15,1986 [51] [52]

Int. cm .............................................. .. F41B 7/02 US. Cl. ............................. .. 124/19; 124/48

[58]

Field of Search .............. .. 124/48, 35 R, 19, 41

Patent Number: Date of Patent:

4,676,219 Jun. 30, 1987

pair of support arms extending upwardly from the frame, the support arms having a pair of complemen tary holes therein, a hand crank with a rotary spindle

thereon adapted to be mounted in the pair of support arms through the pair of holes therein and adapted to be freely movable therein, a cylindrical magazine with a

plurality of radially-extending elongated arms disposed circumferentially about a centrally-arranged spindle member having a central aperture therein for mounting

References Cited

a plurality of stretched rubber bands thereon to hold in readiness for shooting said rubber bands, and a solid

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

wardly of the handle and the support arms and adapted

[56] 2,001,267

5/1935

3,556,072

cylindrically shaped spindle mounted on the frame for

Ross .................................... .. 124/48

3,549,148 12/1970 Schloss

124/35 R

1/1971

Levin

.... ...

3,693,609

9/1972

Vodinh

3,757,760

9/1973

Darnell ........................... .. l24/35R

.. ... .. .

. . . ..

124/35 R

. . . ..

124/35 R

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—T. Brown

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Ben E. Lofstedt

[57]

[11] [45]

to freely receive the apertured magazine thereon, whereby when a string is anchorably secured to the spindle of the hand crank and the string is secured medi ately about the body of one of the stretched rubber bands and the hand crank operated, the string lifts the rubber band from its mounting causing it to be shot from the gun.

ABSTRACT

A repeating rubber band pistol for shooting elastic band and the like, including a pistol frame with handle and a

3 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

United States Patent 1191

[11] [45]

Small [54] REPEATING RUBBER BAND PROJECI'ING GUN

[76] Inventor:

Steve E. Small, 5811 E. Waverly, Tucson, Ariz. 85712

Int. 01.4 .............................................. .. F41B 7/02

[52]

us. 0. ................................. .. 124/19; 124/35 R;

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/18, 19, 35, 41 R,

124/48

124/48; 74/142 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,550,873

5/1951

Siders .................................. .. 124/ 19

2,741,238

4/1956

Arnold

. . . ..

2,917,037 12/ 1959 Henderson 3,515,387

6/1970

House ......... ..

3,693,609 9/1972 Vodinh 3,757,760 9/ 1973 Darnell 4,676,219

6/1987

Miller . . . . . . .

Jan. 31, 1989

includes a rotating cylinder onto which the rubber bands initially are loaded one-by-one. Rotation of the cylinder to effectuate initial loading of the rubber bands stretches an elastic cord which later rotates the cylinder

succession. A plurality of pivotal hooks disposed on the rear portion of the rotating cylinder each engage the

[51]

.........

4,800,864

in the opposite direction as rubber bands are tired in

[21] Appl. No.: 100,207 [22] Filed: Sep. 23, 1987

[56]

Patent Number: Date of Patent:

. . . ..

rear end of a stretched rubber band, the forward end of

which is retained by a corresponding hook disposed on the front portion of the cylinder. An actuator/stop element responsive to a trigger operates to depress or pivot the hook and rubber band aligned with the ac tuator/stop element, shooting that rubber band. The depressed or pivoted hook is retained so that when the trigger is released, the actuator/stop element moves away from a rotation limiting stop connected to the

124/19

depressed or pivoted book. The pre-tensioned elastic

124/19

cord rotates the cylinder to align the next rubber band

273/101

with the actuator/stop element. A rotation limiting stop

124/19 124/19

connected to the next hook abuts the actuator/stop

124/19

to tire the next rubber band.

element, at which time the trigger is to be pulled again

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese Assistant Examiner-John A. Ricci

[57]

ABSTRACT

A toy gun for shooting rubber bands in rapid succession

9 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

0

United States Patent [191

[11] Patent Number:

Vandermeide

[45]

[54] TOY GUN [76]

Inventor:

21

A

Benjamin Vandermeide, 3904 Hallmark Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah

Assistant Examiner-John Ricci Attorney, Agent, or Firm-B. Deon Criddle

May 31, 1988

[57]

[51] Int. cu .......................... .. F418 7/02; F41F 7/00 [52]

[58] [56]

ABSTRACI

‘

A multiple ?ring elastic shooter toy including a handle,

US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/19; 124/18;

9 rod which may take the form of a barrel and having a

124/35 R Field of Search .............. .. 124/18, 19, 35 R, 41 R ' References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS

notched end to receive lengths of elastic members and a receiver section interconnecting the handle and the rod. The receiver section is of generally U-shaped cross-sec tion and has a web at one side of the shooter and top and bottom legs. Spaced apart slots are formed in the web

' ' I

430799 6/1935 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/19 458660 12/ 1936 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/ 19

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

L N ‘z 200 238 pp 0 ’

[22] Fll?dl

May 9, 1989

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

84119 [ ]

Date of Patent:

4,827,892

1

' Iliad?“ -------------------------------- ~

and partially into the legs of the receiver to accept other

ams """""""""""" "

from the shooter toy at the side opposite the web and

1909927 5/1933 Beauchamp et a1‘ 2,021,776

11/1935

Hagen

..... .. ... ... ... ..

124/19 . . . ..

2,065,580 l2/l936 Grawunder __ 3,437,084

4/1969

3,536,055

10/1970

4,379,445

lengths of the elastic members. A snubber post projects 124/19

f

.

.

serves as a 'sa ety against inadvertant release of Stretched elastw members

Hyter . . . . . . .

1 . . ..

124/19

Endo

. . . ..

124/18

... .. . ..

forwardly of the slots in the direction of the rod and

124/19

4/1983 Lobiondo ............................ .. 124/ 19

7 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet

a

O

Umted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Mims

[45]

[54]

4,223,658 9/ 1930 Sundstrom .......................... .. 124/19

REPEATING RUBBER BAND PISTOL

[76] Inventor: I

[21]

Aug. 21, 1990

Donald B. Mims, 5665 Banks Rd.,

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Fm wc’nh' Te" 76140

73436

APPL No_; 436,440

[22] Filed;

Date of Patent:

4,949,494

6/1917 Austria .................................. .. 42/54

439978 12/1935 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/19

No“ 14’ 1989

Primary Examiner-Charles T. Jordan

5

Assistant Examiner-Richard W. Wendtland

ClCi ---------------------- n‘---------------

124/351 [58] Field of Search ............... .. 42/ 54; 124/17, 18, 19, 124/31’ 35 R

[56]

U S PATENT DOCUMENTS

stretched between a barrel notch and engagement points on the rotary magazine. A trigger element is

Brown ................................... ..

mounted

133109 """ "

movement of the rotary magazine to selectively release

1’955’9o0 4/1934 Bil-1:: 5/1951 Siders ...... .. 9/1954 Sealer et al. ..

42/54 124/19 124/19

2,917,037 12/1959 Henderson .......................... .. 124/19

21 \

a frame having a barrel and a handle. A handle recess

houses a rotary magazine. A plurality of bands can be

2,550,s73 2,689,558

égr

ABSTRACT D.

References Cited ' '

chi

[57]

A repeating rubber band pistol is shown which includes

(-23 1

the frame recess and allows Controlled

rubber bands in single ?re fashion with successive trig g9r Pulls

3 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

lllllllllllllllllIllllIIIIIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Umted States Patent 1191

[11] Patent Number:

Vosloh

[45]

[54]

4,379,445

RUBBER BAND REPEATING GUN

[76] Inventor:

Bradley L. Vosloh, 5369

Date of Patent:

5,170,770 Dec. 15, 1992

4/1983 LoBiondo ........................... .. 124/19

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

‘xlq‘gnclamn’ New Orleans’ La-

1159349 7/1969 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/19

_

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

[21] App]. No.. 664,159

Assistant Examiner-Jeffrey L. Thompson

[22] Filed:

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Keaty & Keaty

Mar. 4, 1991

[51]

Im. c1.5 ...................................... ..‘...... .. F41B 7/00

[57]

[52]

U..Sl. Cl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The invention relates to a toy gun for projecting elastic

. . . . . . . . .. 1241/19; l24/20.l

Fle d of Search .................. ..

[56]

bands- The gun is provided a handle portion, 3 barrel portion and a trigger assembly. A launching as

References Cited

sembly is mounted on the rearwardly extending part of

Us PATENT DOCUMENTS

the handle portion and is ?xedly attached thereto. A

gum gt 3L --,

17, H02’ 3 ‘1 _

ABSTRACT

,

eauc

lateral extension of the tr1gger assembly slldes along the upper face of the rearwardly extending part and fric

------------------ -

amp et a .

-

2,462,723 2,529,047 11/1950 2/1949 Crnich P1111 ...................... .. ..

‘

124/19

3,437,084 4/1969 Hyter

124/19

3,494,345 2/1970 Grif?ths

124/19

4,308,850

'

.

p

'

ythgfells?gzhlzgndzgtvggg g .

launching assembly at an angle to vertlcal.

1/1982 Hunter ................................ .. 124/19

17 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

amt’

64 I

.

,5

'

'

.

USOO5205266A

Umted States Patent [191

[11] Patent Number:

Kilby, Jr.

[45]

[54] RUBBER BAND PROJECI'ILE TOY GUN

Assistant Examiner-John Ricci

. Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Robert K. Rhea

[21] Appl. No.: 884,825 [22] Filed: May 18, 1992 51

.

Apr. 27, 1993

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

. A. Harold Krlby, Jr., Rte. 3, Box PM”, Tut?e, Okla“ 73089

[76] Inventor:

Date of Patent:

5,205,266

[57] ABSTRACT A repeating rubber projectile ?ring toy gun is formed by a hollow handle and frame .portion integrally con .

.5 .............................................. ..

{52} $5001 ........................ ..

Willi/732°?

reeree wrrr r rrr errrel rerrrer- A rrreeker wheel

[58] Field of swell ................... .. 124/18, 19, 35.1, 31

magazine J'wmaned by °pp°sing side walls “the frame

.

[56]

section projects above the gun frame for receiving one

References cued

end portion of a rubber band, having its other end por

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1 724 70s

tion engaged over a notch at the forward end of the gun

8/1929 Harris ........................ . .

2:550:81“, 5/1951 Siders

'

124/19

' If: 124/19

°“t °f engagement with ‘he spmcke‘ wheel t° Permit

124/19

angular rotation thereof and release at least one of the

2,689,553 9/1954 Sealer et al . 2,741,238

4/1956

Arnold . . . . . . . . .

. . . .. 124/19

2,917,037 12/1959 Henderson

1;; ,

projectiles while a second pawl on the trigger mecha

. 124/19

riFAhslel'

,

barrel‘ A nigger mechanism biases a spring urged paw]

nism interrupts the sprocket wheel rotation after the

- 1:22:

release of only one rubber band projectile or a succes

lmS ..................................... ..

sion of rubber

projectiles

repeated trigger puns‘

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 339544 12/1930 United Kingdom ................ .. l24/l9

20

4 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

44 I8

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75

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United States Patent [191

[11] [45]

Landingham [54] MULTIPLE-SHOT RUBBER GUN WITH PRELOADED CYLINDERS [76] Inventor: Elmer L. Landingham, 1980 Hughes Way, Juneau, Ak. 99821

[21] Appl. No.: 644,108 [22] Filed:

Jan. 22, 1991

[51]

Int. Cl.5 ...... ..; ..................................... .. F41B 7/02

[52]

U.S. C1. ....................................... .. 124/19; 124/48

[58]

Field of Search ............... .. 124/18, 19, 35.1, 41.1,

124/48, 17

[56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,515,387

6/1970 House ..

124/19 X

3,693,609 9/1972 Vodinh 3,757,760 9/1973 Darnell

124/19 124/19

4,676,219

6/1987

Miller . . . . . .

. . . ..

124/19

4,800,864

l/l989

Small ................................... .. 124/19

Primary Examiner—-Randolph A. Reese Assistant Examiner-John Ricci

[5?]

ABSTRACT

A toy gun for repeatedly ?ring stretched rubber bands from projections upon removable rotating hollow cylin ders. All mechanisms are themselves powered by rub ber bands. While unattached to the gun, cylinders are

Patent Number: Date of Patent:

5,222,472 Jun. 29, 1993

wound up by separating a front locking pin and turning front and body in opposite directions, thus winding the rubber band affixed inside. Inserting the cylinder onto the gun frame forces the cylinder to contact a projec

tion which again separates the front locking pin from the cylinder body. The cylinder has on its exterior raised lengthwise projections, called “slats”. Each slat but one has near the rearward end of the gun a notch. A

cylinder is loaded by stretching a rubber band over each

notched slat. Aligned with slat notches is a holding pin affixed to the gun. The holding pin contact either a rubber band or the unnotched slat, preventing un

wanted cylinder rotation. Pulling the trigger engages a ‘slip hammer’ that pushes the rearward part of the rub ber band above the slat. The rubber band ?res, thus

freeing the cylinder, powered by the cylinder’s internal rubber band, to rotate to the next position as ‘the slat’s

notch, now freed of its rubber band, turns past the hold

ing pin. Other rubber bands re-cock the trigger, making the gun ready to ?re again. A cylinder exhausted of rubber bands comes to a stop when the unnotched slat

contacts the holding pin. An exhausted cylinder can be repidly replaced with a loaded one, permitting extended

?ring. 2 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet

l||||l|||l|l|l|||IIIIIllllll||||llllllllllll|l|Illlllllllllllllllllllllllll USOO5460150A United States Patent [191

[11] Patent Number:

Joppe

[45]

[54] REPEATING ELASTIC BAND SHOOTING GUN

[76]

In

2

idnoAnam 0%wr2. LcmKMNh.w“0.b“0Mn

P n.m .

.

-

B

1 mm

vemor £12333‘)? 29758???

6 Rd

.,

[22] Filed:

Sep. 30,

5 1281] .mULFSMC-dL10 ."S"e" 3"r " 1 m ?m 0 m 2m o a"1m 4Fun, 49, ? WMRW41max. 1 n

O0 .

[56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT D OCUMENTS 2,001,267

5/1935 ROSS

HvD0 6 9 / 1 9 7 0 2 3 7 345,610 957360,728061794

em.l.l.“. MBum.

1/1989 Small ..

1 Mn 9

h

Attorney, Agent, or Fmn—Carter & Schnedler ABSTRACT

There is provided a gun for shooting a plurality of elastic bands in a repeating fashion. The gun includes a frame and

1994

C .f6

.n

Assistant Examiner—Harry C. Kim ,

[57]

[21] Appl.No.: 315,978

Date of Patent:

5,460,150 Oct. 24, 1995

a grip. A magazine which holds a plurality of stretched elastic bands is rotatably mounted on an elongated spindle which extends from the frame. The magazine includes a

plurality of upwardly-extending lands which are proximal to the frame and a plurality of corresponding outwardly-ex tending posts which are distal to the frame. Each land and its corresponding post receive an elastic band in its stretched

condition. A rotatable string containing a spool is connected to the frame. Portions of the string extending from the spool are received between each of the lands and the elastic bands so that the elastic bands are released by the upward move

ment of the string as the string is retrieved onto the spool. 10 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

United States Patent [191

[11] Patent Number:

Sta nero

[45]

[54]

ELASTIC RING PROJECTING GUN

[76]

Inventor:

Date of Patent:

5 9 505 9 186 A r. 9 a 1996

3,757,760

9/1973 Darnell .................................... .. 124/19

Michael Stagnero, 29 Armamino Ct.,

4,223,658 4,303,850

9/ 1/1982 1980 Sundstrom ............... ..

Oakland, Calif. 94618

4,800,864 4,949,494 5,205,266

1/1989 8/1990 4/1993

[21] Appl. No.: 187,642 [22] Filed: Jan. 27, 1994

5,215,069 5,222,472

[51] Int C16

F41B 7/02

6/1993 “993

Primary Examiner—Anthony Knight

[52]

US. Cl. ................................ .. 124/19; 124/18; 124/48

[57]

[58]

Field Of Search ................................ .. 124/19, 18, 17, 124/16 ’ 20 - 2 ’ 45 ’ 25 ’ 351 '

A toy gun is provided for ejecting a plurality of high tension

56

elastic bands in rapid succession. The gun includes a frame

R f Ct d e erences l e

[ l

having a barrel and a handle. A longitudinal recession in the barrel rotatably supports a spring loaded cylindrical band

U_S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS

holding magazine which supports a plurality of high tension

_

bands in a fully stretched condition. A trigger element is

1,779,507 10/1930 White ...................................... .. 124/18

2’289’490

gf‘gpemer ' 7/1942 13:11:; '

2’408’984 10/1946 2:550:33 5/1951

ABSTRACT

"""""""""""""""""""

124,19 124,17 124/19

included in the handle of the gun for positioning the high tension bands on the magazine in a condition of maximum

2,689,558

9/1954

.. 124/19

3,670,7l1 3,693,609

6/1972 9/1972

124/25 .. 124/19 14 15

(‘77/8 9 war” [f

/

1

l

mount?d within the frame and permits controlled movement

of the cylindrical magazine to eject the high tension bands with successive pulls of the trigger. A lever device is elongation

15 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

17\ (1a [19

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l

20

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/

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llllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll US005595165A United States Patent [19]

1111 Patent Number:

Conte

[45]

[54]

SINGLE-SHOT RUBBERBAND GUN AND SNAP-TOY

[76]

Inventor:

5,595,165

Date of Patent:

Jan. 21, 1997

Primary Examiner—John A. Ricci

[57] Agostino B. Conte, 2900 Wilkinson

ABSTRACT

_

Ave” Bronx, N_Y_ 10461

_

_

A simulated ?rearm for deploying an elastic loop member herem de?ned by a barrel portion, a stock or handle portion, body or mid section, and a cocking apparatus. The Operator

_

[21] Appl' No" 349’076

manually works the cocking apparatus which automatically

[22]

Filed:

[51]

Int. Cl. ............................... .. F41B 7/02; F4113 7/08; A63H 5/04

resets a hammer or sear and a trigger located within the body. At the end of stroke of the cocking apparatus, reset of the ?rearm is indicated by a Soft but crisp reverberation of sound similar to a “click!” as the trigger and hammer

Dec. 2, 1994

6 US. Cl- .......................... u

[58]

interlock’ and the trigger makes Contact

a st0p_pin_ An

446/473

elastic loop member is then stretched between the frontal

Field Of Search ................................ .. l24/l7, l8, l9,

nose of the barrel, and the hammer located at the rear. By

124/31; 446/401, 405, 406, 407, 473

manual operation of the trigger, the elastic loop member is

_

[56]

automatically deployed. Simultaneous with the deployment

References Clted

of the elastic loop member, a high pitched reverberation of

Us PATENT DO UMENTS

sound similar to a “snap!” is heard as the hammer or sear

c 876,088

makes hard and abrupt contact with the stop-pin. In the

1/1908 Pfeil .................................. .. 446/401 X

preferred embodiment, the ?rearm could ?nd utility as a

1,660,175

2/1928

1,779,507

10/1930

Peal“? - - - - -

- - - -- 446/401 X

simulated

Wl'nte . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . ..

124/18

“o?ice_toy” or conversational piece for adults_ In an altel;

124,18 X

nate embodiment, all portions of the simulated ?rearm that enable loading of an elastic member are made maccessrble.

1’838’243 12/1931 Wlsmer "" " 2 255 563 9/1941 H . 1,839,700

,

l/1932

Pmo

,

. . ... .. . .. .

emmger

2,793,635

5/1957

2,898,903

3/1959 Hovermale

4,436,077

3/1984

4,554,904

11/1985

4,827,892

5/1989

4,961,718

Koeller . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . ..

124/18

..... ..

124/18

.

.

. . . . . . . .. 124/2

. . . . . .. 124/18

Endo

. . . . . ..

. .. ... . . . .. . . .. ...

Vandermeide . . . . .

and

enjoyed

.

.

_

.

.

.

gs’g

.

is however retained in that the parts as mdlcated (less the elastic member), operation of the parts, and sounds devel

124/18

oped by them remain the same. This alternate embodiment

. . . . . .. 124/19

provides a simulated weapon to be enjoyed primarily as 21

10/1990 Wu ........................................ .. 446/406

“snaptoy” for small children

United Kingdom ................. .. 446/401

13 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets

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124/18 X

Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . .

weapon for adolescents,

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United States Patent [191

[11]

Patent Number:

5,692,489

Swanson et al.

[45]

Date of Patent:

Dec. 2, 1997

[54] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOTORIZED REPEATING TOY GUN

Primary Examiner-John A. Ricci Attorney; Agent, or Finn-Fenwick & West LLP

[75] Inventors: Matthew D. Swanson. 878 Holfman Tern. Los Altos. Calif. 95024; David N. Powers. Los Altos. Calif.

[57]

ABSTRACT

A system and method for a motorized repeating toy gun. The toy gun includes a base having a ?rst end and a second end

[73] Assignee: Matthew D. Swanson. Los Altos. Calif.

upon which elastic rings are stretched and mounted. The toy gun also includes a motor and a spool. The spool has a

[21] Appl. No.: 566,001

wrapping portion. is rotatably mounted on the base and is rotatably responsive to the motor. Additionally. the toy gun includes a string. A ?rst portion of the string is positioned around the wrapping portion. A second portion of the string is interwovenly positioned between the second end and each of the elastic rings. The string forcibly wrapped around the

[22] Filed: [51]

Dec. 1, 1995

Int. cl.6 ...................................................... .. F41B 7/02

[52] U.S. Cl. [58]

124/19

Field of Search ........................................ .. 124/18. 19

[56] D. 247,986 D. 305,252

1,909,927

References Cited

spool in response to the operation of the motor. causing the elastic rings to dismount from the second end. Elastic rings.

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

e.g.. rubber bands, are loaded onto a base. e.g.. a magazine. by stretching each rubber band over the extremities of the

5/1978 Clyde ............................... .. D34l15 PT 12/1989 Nidson et a1. ...................... .. D2l/l47

base with the string interwovenly placed between the base and the rubber band, such that when the string is pulled

5/1933 Beauchamp et al. .

124/19

toward the spool the rubber band is moved over one of the base extremities and is discharged. The user activates a nigger mechanism that employs a motor to automatically rotate a spool. One end of the string is securely attached to

. 124/19 . 124/18

the spool. When the spool rotates. the string is pulled toward. and wraps around. the spool. As the string is pulled toward

2,021,776

11/1935 Hagen ..................................... .. 124/19

2,576,248

ll/l95l Wright et a1. .

124/19

2,625,147

1/1953 Eagleson, Jr. .

.. 124/19

2,878,802

2,917,037 3,536,055

3,745,986 3,919,996

3/1959

Kueh

.. . ... . ... . ..

12/1959 Henderson 10/1970 Endo

7/1973 Crowson 11/1975 McAlister .

. . . ..

124/17

the spool. the previously loaded rubber bands are sequen

124/19

tially pulled over one of the restricting extremities. resulting in the discharge of the rubber band. The speed of the discharged rubber band is a function of the energy previ ously stored when the rubber band was stretched. ‘The rubber

4,308,850

l/1982 Hunter .... ..

124/19

4,379,445

4/1983 LoBiondo .

124/19

4,554,904 11/1985 Endo

124/18

4,676,219

6/1987 Miller ..

124/19

4,800,864

1/1989 Small ...... ..

124/19

4,827,892

5/1989 Vandermeide

124/19

5,170,770

12/1992 Vosloh ........ ..

124/19

5,205,266

4/1993 Ki1by,Jr.

5,222,472

6/1993 Landingham

5,460,150

124/19 .. 124/19

lO/1995 Joppe ...................................... .. 124/19

104

bands continue discharging until all rubber bands are discharged. the trigger mechanism is deactivated. or a pre determined number of rubber bands are discharged.

16 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets

US007640922B2

(12) Umted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.2

Siebelink

(45) Date of Patent:

(54)

FOAM DART GUN

(76)

Inventor:

(*)

Notice:

US 7,640,922 B2

3,014,308 A 3,119,385 A

Jan. 5, 2010

12/1961 Parris 1/1964 Ashley

Thomas Siebelink, 3605 WentWorth

3,757,760 A *

9/1973 Darnell ...................... .. 124/19

SW., Wyoming, Ml (US) 49519

4,050,438 A

9/1977 Pfotenhauer

Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U-S-C- 154(1)) by 229 days-

4,800,864 A

1/1989 Small

4,802,677 A 5,232,453 A

2/19g9 Homan 2/1994 Chia

5,460,150 A

'

10/1995 Joppe

5,595,166 A

1/1997 Schmidt, III et al.

(21) Appl' No" 11/683,499

6,079,398 A

6/2000 Grimm

(22) Filed:

6,247,990 B1

Mar- 8, 2007

6,500,042 B1

(65)

6/2001 Moor-house 12/2002 LaPolnte

Prior Publication Data US 2007/0209646 A1

Sep. 13, 2007

* Cited by examiner

Related U-s- Application Data

Primary Examinerilohn Ricci

(60) Provisional application No. 60/780,303, ?led on Mar. 8’ 2006'

(51) Int. Cl. F41B 7/00 (52)

(74) {mm

Agent! 0'’ Firmipnca Heneve1d> COOPer>

DeW1tt & L1tton, LLP

(57)

ABSTRACT

(2006.01)

U..S. Cl. ...... .... ...... ... ..................................... .. 124/17

The present invention includes a foam dart gun having a

Fleld 0f _ClaSSl?CatlOIl _ Search ................. 124091’ .. 203’ 48

ofhooks disposed Shaped’ at a ?rst endhollow ofthe barrel. barrel Inneraand outer

See apphcanon ?le for Complete Search hlstory'

elastic bands engaged With one another to form an elasto

References Cited

meric band assembly, Which is typically engaged to the barrel

(56)

at least proximate the end of the barrel opposite a trigger. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2,825,322 A

3/1958 Burley, Jr. et a1.

4 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets

36a

31 I/ 353

3!.

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US007690371B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Slaven (54)

(75)

(45) Date of Patent:

Apr. 6, 2010

TOY GUN

2,535,891 A *

Inventor:

2,642,057 A * 6/1953 Watkins 2,692,593 A * 10/ 1954 Flores, Jr~

Michael Howard Slaven, Buena Park, CA (Us)

.

_

.

( Notice:

12/1950 BoZaIth ..................... .. 124/18

2,730,094 A *

l/l956 Hicks ........................ .. 124/19

3/1984 Smith 11/1985

4,827,892 A

)

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

U'S'C' 154(1)) by 351 days‘ (21) Appl. N0.: 11/s39,547

Endo

5/l989 Vandermeide

5,595,165 A

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

124/17 -- - 124/18

4,436,077 A 4,554,904 A

(73) Asslgnee. 151g Oldt1mer, LLC, Buena Park, CA (*)

US 7,690,371 B2

l/l997 Conte

OTHER PUBLICATIONS TU “Rubb er b and 1 e

guns

n from W_k_ d_ 1 lpe 13.

We

b

page

(http Z //en.

Wikipedia.org/Wiki/Rubberbandfgun), date unknown, author “111mm; three (3)1’ageS' * cited by examiner

(22) Filed:

Aug. 16, 2007

(65)

Prior Publication Data US 2008/0087261 A1

Apr. 17, 2008

Related US. Application Data (60) Provisional application No. 60/829,062, ?led on Oct. 1 1’ 2006'

(51)

(52) (58)

(56)

Primary Examinerilohn Ricci (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiHeidi L. Eisenhut; LoZa & L

0Z2"

57

LLP ABSTRACT

( ) t0y gun for laullching Projectiles is Provided The gun 1ncludes a stock hav1ng a ?rst end and a second end, Where the ?rst end is secured to an elongated barrel; and a trigger mechanism is secured on the stock adjacent to the elongated

Int_ CL

F413 7/02

(200601)

F413 7/08

(200601)

includes a release mechanism having a loWer leg connected to

us. Cl. ......................................... .. 124/18; 124/19 Field of Classi?cation Search ................. .. 124/18

the Stock and an upper leg Connected to the bottom leg by a Spring and ‘he “PPQr leg is moveable between a ?rst Position

124/19’ See application ?le for Complete Search history'

and a secondposition. The trigger mechanism also includes at least one retaining member extends upwardly through a lon gitudinal slits in the upper leg. As the release mechanism is moved from the ?rst position to the second position, the projectile attached to the trigger mechanism is launched.

References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,729,917 A *

10/1929 Webb ........................ .. 124/18

barrel for launching the projectiles. The trigger mechanism

19 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets

100

f

120

l 1 20s

US008091539B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Siebelink (54)

(45) Date of Patent:

FOAM DART GUN .

.

(76) Inventor.

.

-

Thomas Siebelink, Wyoming, MI (US)

( * ) Notice:

US 8,091,539 B2 Jan. 10, 2012

3,757,760 A *

9/1973 Darnell ......................... .. 124/19

4,050,438 A

9/1977 Pfotenhauer

4,800,864 A

2/1989 Homan

4,802,677 A

1/1989

Small

Subject' to any disclaimer,~ the term of this

2

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

5,595,166 A

l/l997 Schmidt, III et a1.

g3;

U.S.C. 154(b) by 54 days.

6,079,393 A 6,247,990 B1

6/2000 Grimm 6/2001 Moorhouse

* cited by examiner

(22) Filed:

Nov. 18, 2009 Primary Examiner * John Ricci

(65)

Prior Publication Data

US 2010/0059031A1

(63)

Mar. 11,2010

(57)

Related U-s- Application Data Continuation of application NO 11/683,499, ?led on Mar' 8, 2007, now pat No_ 7,640,922' _ _

1

1_

_

/

?l d

(60) Era/$160112‘ app lcanon NO‘ 60 780303’ ’

ABSTRACT

A dart gun having a plurality of darts removably connected about a circumferential area of a cylindrical barrel. A spring biased gear assembly includes an engagement member that is rotatably aligned With the circumferential area of the cylin

e on Mar‘

'

drical barrel. The spring-biased gear assembly further includes ?rst and second rotary gears having offset teeth. A

(51) Int Cl F41B 7/00 52

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Price Heneveld LLP

trigger bar is operable betWeen a ?rst position in abutting contact Wit t e teet o t e rst rot __ _'i1 i1_ h f h _? al'y gear and a second

(2006.01)

US. Cl. ....................................................... .. 124/17

E58; Field of Classi?cation Search

124/17 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii

gear. A trigger is operably connected to the trigger bar. The ’

124/201, 20.3, 48 See application ?le for Complete Search history'

(56)

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3/1958 Burley, Jr. et a1.

2,825,322 A 3,014,308 A

3,119,385 A

posmon m abumng Contact Wlth the teeth Ofthe Second rotary tri

er includes a forWard osition that locates the tri

drical barrel.

12/1961 Parris

1/1964 Ashley

er bar

gg P gg in the ?rst position and a rearWard position that locates the trigger bar in the second position. Operation of the trigger causes the spring-biased gear assembly to intermittently rotate, thereby causing the lever to disconnect one of the plurality of darts from the circumferential area of the cylin

19 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets

US008607771B1

(12) United States Patent Marsh

(56)

(54) AUTOMATICALLY-REPEATING, RAPID-FIRING RUBBER BAND GUN WITH AN AMMUNITION-POWERED OPERATING SYSTEM

(76) Inventor: Julian Lyndon Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Us) Notice:

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,515,387 A * 3,693,609 A *

3,757,760 4,800,864 5,222,472 5,460,150

A A A A

* * * *

6/1970 9/1972

House ......................... .. 273/362 '

9/1973 1/1989 6/1993 10/1995

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

* cited by examiner

U.S.C. 154(b) by 273 days.

Primary Examiner * John Ricci

(57) ABSTRACT An automatically-repeating, rapid-?ring rubber band gun With an ammunition powered operating system. The gun includes a mechanism for retaining, releasing and projecting

(21) App1.No.: 13/317,116 (22)

US 8,607,771 B1

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:

Oct. 11, 2011

a plurality of stretched rubber bands, With the release of the rubber bands occurring in such a manner as to alloW the

Related US. Application Data

(60)

harnessing of a portion of the elastic potential energy present

Provisional application No. 61/455,647, ?led on Oct.

25, 2010.

(51) (52)

Int. Cl. F413 7/02 US. Cl. USPC

(58)

(2006.01)

.......................................................... ..

124/19

Field of Classi?cation Search USPC .................................................... .. 124/18, 19

See application ?le for complete search history.

in the rubber bands to perform Work upon the mechanism. Work performed upon the mechanism results in the mecha nism moving relative to a static structure Within the gun, and this relative movement affects a temporal sequencing of the

release of the rubber bands. A trigger system provides for control of rubber band discharge by Way of alternately inhib iting or alloWing rubber band release. A structural frame supports the operating system and provides for the gun to be

manually operated. 20 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

US 20130340734A1

(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0340734 A1 Coulston (54)

(43) Pub. Date:

ELASTIC BAND PROJECTILE TOY GUN AND

(52)

METHOD OF ASSEMBLY

Dec. 26, 2013

US. Cl. CPC .................................... .. F41B 7/025 (2013.01) USPC

............................................. .. 124/19; 29/428

(71) Applicant: Robert M. Coulston, Kansas City, MO (72)

Inventor'

(Us)

(57)

Robert M' Coulston’ Kansas Clty’ MO

A toy gun comprising a plurality of pre-cut thin layer mem bers along W1th a plurality of pin members, wherein the toy gun is adapted to store a number of elastic bands and to shoot the stored elastic bands in rapid succession. A barrel top notch is adapted to receive front end of a stretched elastic band that Will be ?red by the toy gun. The stock comprises a series of

(US)

.

(21)

App1_ NO; 13/925,524

(22)

Filed:

(60)

Related U-s- Application Data Provisional application NO 61/663,529’ ?led on Jun 22 2012' ’

Jun. 24, 2013

Publication Classi?cation (51)

.

.

.

recesses each of Which is adapted to accommodate the rear end of a stretched elastic band. The fore-end member is mov able and includes a series of secondary recesses along its back end, staggered in relation to the stock recesses, Wherein any

particular secondary recess is slightly beloW the correspond ing stock recess and functions as means to transfer each elastic band from its stock recesses to an adjacent stock recess

Int. Cl.

F413 7/02

8

ABSTRACT

(2006.01)

4

in the upWard direction, toWard the ?ring recess.

4s

g”

k,

No. 707,000.

Patented Aug. I2, I902.

'

W. H. PEASE. SPRING GUN. (Application ?led Feb 10, 190

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

//V VEN TOR

?/illz'aizz 17f. Pea we

8y % Arro rs

No. 707,000. r

Patented Aug. I2, 1902.‘ w. H. PEASE.

‘SPRING GUN. (Application ?le'd Feb. 10, 1802.)

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

97 d7 /

7/ / / / AE_ W/ TNESSE8 :

/N VEN TOR

i?llz'am J22’. Pawn" BY

A 77

THE NORRIS prrzas cc. wcmurnnov, WASHINGTON, n. c.

_ (No Model.)

J. A. CRANDALL.` TOY GUN.v

N0.267,679.

,

r

Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

United States Patent 1191

[1711 3,745,986

Crowson

145] July 17, 1973

[54]

ELASTIC BAND TYPE GUN

[76] Inventor: Ray E. Crowson, Rte. 11, Box 522, Texarkana, Tex. 75501

Primary Examiner--Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne Att0rney~William T. Wofford et a1.

[22] Filed: July‘7, 1971 [211 Appl.N0.: 160,337

A sling shot gun having a stock and barrel and a hous~

[57]

ABSTRACT

ing. Pivotally supported by the housing is an L-shaped [52]

US. Cl ...................... .. 124/17, 124/41, 124/35,

[51]

Int. CL... ......................................... .. F4lb 7/00

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/35, 41, 17, 26,

124/ 18

'

,

124/27

[56]

UNITED STATES PATENTS ‘- 3/1924 ‘ 6/1953

1,469,610

10/1923

Ustynik . . . . . . .

1,941,082

12/1933

Giese .... ..

housing and to pivot between holding and release posi~ tions for holding and releasing the end of a resilient

sling and a projectile. A biasing member is provided for biasing the holding and release member to its

holding position. A trigger is supported by the housing

References Cited

1,486,403 2,642,057 1

member including a holding and release member and a horizontal portion supported to extend from the

Watkins .......................... .. 124/35 X Watkins .... .. 124/35 X . . . . . ..

124/35 X

124/35 UX

2,500,509

3/1950

Bailey . . . . .

. . . . . ..

2,842,114 ‘

7/1958

Duncan...

..... .. 124/35 X

124/35 X

3,509,863

5/1970

Barkerm. ..................... .. 124/35 UX

to pivot between holding and release positions. The trigger is normally biased against the L-shaped mem ber for retaining the holding and-release member in its holding position. Movement of the trigger toward its release position releases the holding and release member to release the sling and the projectile. The holding and release member is positioned on top of the top portion that covers the open space at the rear end of the gun.

3 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures

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US007168424B1

(12)

United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.: US 7,168,424 B1 (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 30, 2007

Wing (54)

SLING-SHOT RIFLE Inventor:

Woolley Stan Wing, WA (Us) 98284 La” Sedro

’ (>3)

Notice:

4,050,438 A

9/1977 Pfotenhauer

4,278,065 A *

7/1981

4,784,106 4,852,543 A *

ll/l988 8/1989

Kees Mosser. . . ..... . . ..

5,431,145 A *

7/1995

Strait et al. .

A

*

12/1996

Wales ...................... .. 124/20.1

Subject. to any disclaimer’. the tenn ofthis

5,579,749

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

5 , 619 , 978 A

4/l997 F1 Ournoy

U-S-C- 154(b) by 31 days-

6,564,787 B1

5/2003 Barry

. . . . .. 124/20.1

124/17

Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

(21) Appl. N0.: 11/099,898

* Cited by examiner

(22) Filed:

Primary Examinerilohn A. Ricci (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiMichael P. Hughes; Hughes LaW Firm, PLLC

Apr. 5, 2005

(51)

Int. Cl. F41B 3/02

(52)

us. Cl. .................................... ..

(58)

Field of Classi?cation Search ............. ..

(2006.01) 124/20.1 l24/20.l,

124/202, 203, 25 See application ?le for Complete Search history

(56)

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

437,605 A

9/1890 Kelley

440,538 A 675,534 A

11/1890 Wilkins 6/1901 Bruton

1,188,027 A

6/1916 Widdup

1,606,609 A 2,638,885 A

11/1926 Wheeler 5/1953 Keadle

3,857,379 A

12/1974 Burghardt

3,949,729 A

4/1976 Pfotenhauer

y-j; g...

(57)

ABSTRACT _

_

_

_

_

Aprojectlle launching device having at least ?rst and second elastic members that are attached to a projectile pocket Where a tong member is adapted to grasp the projectile

pocket With the projectile therein and reposition the projec tile pocket rearWardly to store energy Within the ?rst and second elastic members. The tong member is adapted to be mounted to the base frame of the projectile launching device Where the projectile is positioned in a substantially consis tent manner from shot to shot and active involvement is

required by the shooter to maintain the projectile launching device in a stored energy state.

18 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

Sheet 1 0f 7

US 7,168,424 B1

78

2 FIG.

m1 '

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

Sheet 2 0f 7

US 7,168,424 B1

130

H110

86

m

100

W W/VJ

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

Sheet 3 0f 7

US 7,168,424 B1

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

w.OE

Sheet 4 0f 7

US 7,168,424 B1

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

141

Sheet 5 0r 7

Il

US 7,168,424 B1

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

Sheet 6 0f 7

US 7,168,424 B1

U.S. Patent

Jan. 30, 2007

Sheet 7 0r 7

US 7,168,424 B1

O F

3 FIG.12

313

United States Patent [191

[11]

4,386,598

Blaser

[45]

Jun. 7, 1983

[54] SLING SHOT APPARATUS [76]

Invento?

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Anton J- B18881‘, 700 E- Mason, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93103

'

‘e

:

u

. 2

’

5/1951 United Kingdom ........... .. 124/20 R _

_

Primary Examiner—R1chard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Ralph B. Pastoriza

[2'1] Appl. No.: 280,079 .22 F1 d J l 981

_[ 1

653458 ,

1

[57]

ABSTRACT

[51] [52]

Int. 01.3 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00 US. Cl. ..................................... .. 124/21; 124/ 83; _ ‘ 124/41 B

The Slingshot apparatus includes a handle with lateral arms to which an elastic cord is attached to form a Sling‘ A projectile holding member is connected to this sling

[58]

F161!‘ 01' Search ..................... .. 124/17, 21, 22, 26,

and also’ a guide Structure provided for guiding the

124/27’ 41 R’ 41 B’ 83’ 20 R’ 20 B

movement of the projectile holding member along a

‘

[56]

-

.

rectilinear path when the elastic cord is stretched and

References cued US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,51s,113

released. Sighting members can be provided on the guide structure so that much greater accuracy is possi

6/1970 Lawrence ....................... .. 124/25 x

3,913,554 10/1975

Pitcher ............ ..

ble “"111 the slmg'sh°t~

124/41 B X

3,949,729 4/1976 Pi‘otenhauer .................... .. 124/20 B

6 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Jun. 7, 1983

4,386,598

2o

5MTME I I

/

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,050,438

Pfotenhauer

[45]

Sept. 27, 1977

[54] SPRING TYPE PROJECI‘ING DEVICE

[57]

[76] Inventor:

A slingshot comprises a stoclg having front and rear

James M. Pfotenhauer, 1302 N. 19th St., Escanaba, Mich. 49829

[21] Appl. No.: 705,008 [22] Filed:

July 14, 1976

[51] [52]

Int. Cl.2 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00 U.S. Cl. ............................... .. 124/20 R; 124/80

[58]

Field of Search ................ .. 124/20 R, 20 B, 27,

124/26, 41 R, 41 A, 22, 86, 17, 80; 42/72, 94, I L

[56] l/1885 2/1951

2,825,323

3/1958

3,609,902

10/1971

3,783,852

l/l974

3,918,427

11/1975

3,949,729

4/ 1976

Bradley ................................ .. 124/21 Sylvester ...... .. 124/21

Huszar Casull

124/20 R . .. ..

Shepherd Turner

. .. .. .. . . . .

ends. A manual gripping handle is disposed at the rear end of the stock. A pair of sheaves are rotatably mounted adjacent the front end and rear end of the stock on opposite sides of the fore~to-aft longitudinal axis of the stock. These sheaves are rotatable about generally upright parallel axes of rotation. An elastic band is provided having outer free ends anchored at points disposed adjacent the rear end of the stock on opposite sides of the fore-to-aft longitudinal stock axis. The elastic band extends forwardly from these anchor

ing points and is wrapped around the rotatable sheaves. The elastic band includes a pouch capable of carrying an object to be propelled. Upon displacement, the band

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

310,873 2,540,303

ABSTRACT

. . . ..

42/94 X

...... .. 124/22 . . . . . . ..

124/20 B

Pfotenhauer ................ .. 124/20 R X

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—-William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis

is stretched in an energy-storing fashion so as to propel

the object forwardly upon release. This arrangement provides an inordinately long length of elastic band, thereby increasing the ability of the band to stretch and

maximizing its energy-storing capacity. As a result, the velocity of ?red projectiles can be signi?cantly in creased without appreciably increasing the force re quired to extend the band, or the length of the stock.

7 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Sept. 27, 1977

4,050,438

United States Patent 1191

[11]

Pfotenhauer

1451 June 15, 1976

I54l

[76] [22]

MANUALLY COCKING SPRING-POWERED PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

Inventor: James M. Pfotenhauer, 1302 N. 19th St., Escanaba, Mich. 49829 Filed: Jan. 6, 1975

3,963,017

leasably secured longitudinal sections. The housing de?nes a bore extending fore-to-aft and including a

spring-carrying compartment and a projectile dis charge channel. A spring tube is anchored adjacent the forward end of the bore and extends rearwardly within the bore over a reaction guide pulley. A

plunger is slidably disposed within the bore and in

[21] Appl. No.: 538,801

cludes a projectile impact portion slidably disposed within the projectile discharge channel. A cord is fas

US. Cl. .................................. .. 124/21; 124/80;

tened at one end to the spring tube and at its other

273/1065 C; 124/22; 124/40; 124/41 R

end to the plunger. A cocking aperture is provided in

[51]

Int. Cl.2 .......................................... .. F4113 7/00

the plunger and is operable to receive a removable

[58]

Field 01 Search .............. .. 124/22, 21, 37, 41 R,

cocking bar. Rearward movement of the cocking bar when disposed within the cocking aperture causes the plunger to expand the spring in an energy-storing

[52]

124/27, 30 R [56]

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS

manner. A trigger mechanism is provided at the rear

of the housing to retain the plunger and the spring

310,873

l/1885

Bradley ............................... .. 124/21

408,062

7/1889

Adams ...... ..

124/22

1,571,643

2/1926

ReniCk....

124/21

2,053,152

9/1936

Kiescl

2,760,480 3,415,239 3,476,100

8/1956 12/1968 11/1969

. . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

124/27

Carroll.... ............. .. 124/22 Swett .............................. .. 124/22 X Carbonneau ................ .. 124/41 R X

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 13,263

1890

United Kingdom ................. .. 124/21

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Burns, Doane, Swecker &

tube in a cocked position. Activation of the trigger en~

ables the spring tube to propel the plunger forwardly within the bore to advance and discharge a projectile

located in the projectile discharge channel ahead of

the plunger. The reaction pulley is disposed intermedi ate the ends of the spring tube and is arranged to con tract when the trigger mechanism releases the plunger

from a cocked position to propel the plunger for wardly, together with a projectile located ahead of the plunger and is also arranged to bend around the reac

tion guide pulley during forward travel of the plunger to exert rearward forces on the plunger to gradually

brake the speed of the plunger.

Mathis

[57]

ABSTRACT

A projectile launcher includes a housing formed of re

5 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

Q US. Patent

June 15, 1976

Sheet10f2

3,963,017

US. Patent

June 15, 1976

Sheet20f2

3,963,017

United States Patent [191

[11]

Pfotenhauer

[451 Apr. 13, 1976

[54] ELASTIC BAND GUIDED ARTICLE PROJECTING DEVICE

[76] Inventor: James M. Pfotenhauer, 1302 N. 19th St., Escanaba, Mich. 49829 [22] Filed: Jan. 6, 1975

[21] Appl. No.: 538,802

3,949,729

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner~William R. Browne

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Bu'rns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis

.

[57] ABSTRACT A slingshot includes a housing formed of releasably separable longitudinal sections. The sections de?ne an

[52]

US. Cl. .... .. 124/20 B; 124/20 R; 273/106.5 R;

124/22; 124/30 R

upwardly open slot extending fore-to-aft along the housing. A pair of arms project laterally outwardly

[51]

Int. Cl.2 .......................................... .. F41B 7/00

froma front part of the housing to de?ne anchor

[58]

Field of Search ........... .. 124/22, 25, 26, 27, 21,

points located laterally outwardly and above the slot.

124/35 A, 35 R, 41 R, 41 A, 20 R, 20 B; 273/106 R, 106.5 R, 106.5 C, 106.5 B [56]

References Cited

An elastic spring has forward ends thereof coupled to

the anchor points and converging rearwardly there from and above the slot. An plunger is slidably dis posed within the slot. A cord is connected between the elastic spring and the plunger so that release of the

UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,126,880

3/1964

Loe ........................ .. 273/1065 R X

elastic spring from a tensioned condition causes the

3,496,671 3,515,113

2/1970 6/1970

Korona .................... .. 124/26 UX Lawrence .................... .. 124/25 X

plunger to be propelled forwardly within the slot and eject a projectile located thereahead. An underarm

3,572,311

3/1971

Baer ..........................

butt may be provided at the rear of the housing to pro

124/41 A X

vide stabilization for the slingshot during actuation.

8 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Apn'l13, 1976

I [24

‘*0 Wm...

SheetlofZ

3,949,729

US. Patent

April 13, 1976

Sheet20f2

3,949,72

F/G 4 FIG 5.

10142342 /

l6\

n

{1

June 16, 1953

w. J. wAIKms TOY GUN

Filed Aug.- 20, 1951

.

2,642,057

March 11 , 1924.

W. J. WATKINS

HASGAQB

SLING GUN

Filed May ‘7, 1925

Ngr

mi ék

W'I Warm/m

H'.ÍÈ. COLE ETAI.v ’ TOY'

«- Filed Jan. 22», 1945

\. ./ ,n ./ Y .Y ,_

yl?NN..m„ .n._ mf. f.lurn , .

5z-wx1»-

WN.

’

`

Nov. 17, 1931

1,832,740

F. J. RIPPL ET A_L MECHANICAL TOY

Filed Deo. 19, 1928

IINl|I.lv

_

Mafia

F. HESS. TOY GUN AND PROJECTILE. APPLICATION FILED vm3. 26, 1921.

1,381,639.

Patented June 14, 1921. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. d.

l2?!

7

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............. ..

.

.

........................ >

H“

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a.

....... \.

‘8* ,5

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(A

wan .m :

am.

F. HESS. TOY GUN AND PROJECTILE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1921.v

1,381,639.

Patented Juné 14, 1921. 2 _SHEETS—SHEET 2

F1397. '

1°“

119

2

1?. REISS. TOY AEROPLANB. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1014.

1 , 1 1 6, 1 22.

Patented ‘Nov. 3, 1914. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESSES

Mil

l/VVEA/TOR

ATTORNEYS

P. REISS. TOY AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1014.

1 , l 1 6, 1 22‘.

t

M.

Dun

4. 0N

.& NH

W8 w

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MyMD2 an 0V

ET: E

NAla .S ,3

UW. V_

5%R 3H

WITNESSES

?gWK/BM

>(No Moaél.)

W. FREDRIGKS &

BROWN.

TOY REVOLVER.

'

Patented May 22" 1883.

WITNESSES:

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d. %4%%

Q

I

INVENTOR

-

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ATTORN

US 20120279483A1

(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0279483 A1 Hase et al. (54)

(43) Pub. Date:

T-SHIRT CANNON _

(75) Inventors:

NOV. 8, 2012

Publication Classi?cation _

(51)

Tristan James Hase, Milnor, ND (US); Reid Dale AIIdGI‘SOIl, Fargo, ND (US); Orrin Christian Hans”, Oakes, ND (Us);

_

Int. Cl.

F41B 11/02 B231) 11/00 F41B 11/32 (52)

(200601) (200601) (2006.01)

us. Cl. ......................... .. 124/77; 124/56; 29/890.09

Brandon Lee Steinhauer, Thief

River Falls, MN (US) _

(57) _

ABSTRACT

A system and method for launching promotional material is

(73) Asslgneer

Wrath Systems LLC, Mllnor, ND (US)

(21) App1_ NO;

13/464,683

ing the promotional items to be launched. A promotional item

May 4, 2012

is loaded into each tube, Wherein loading includes loading a ?rst promotional item in a ?rst one of the plurality of tubes

(22)

Filed:

described. A gas-powered cannon having an actuation system and a magazine attached to the actuation system is provided. The magazine includes a plurality of tubes capable of receiv

and loading a second promotional item into a different one of

Related US. Application Data

the plurality of tubes. The ?rst promotional item is launched and then the magazine is rotated around the actuation system

(60) Provisional application No. 61/482,444, ?led on May

under gas poWer to line up the second promotional item. The second promotional item is then launched.

4, 2011.

15

Nov. 24, 1942.

c. F. LEFE'VER

_

2,302,963

TOY GUN

‘Filed Dec. 6, 1939

‘INVENTOR. _

CHARLES BY

F.

LEFEYER"

.

‘ 'ATTORNEYs

June 24, 1952

J. K. POPE

2,601,555

REPEATING TOY GUN F .l l e d Am. .l l l 8, l 9.49

2 SHEETS-_SHEET l

«l

INVENTOR. JAMES K.POPE

ATTORNE SA

June 24, 1952

J. K. POPE REPEATING TOY GUN

Filed April 1s, 1949

2 SHEETS-_SHEET 2

I

infx),

l N

l

INVENToR.

JAMES KPOPE BY

www , v

ATTO NEYS

March 3, >1953

l.. L. WHITE

2,630,108

REPEATING AIR PRESSURE GUN

Filed July l, 1949

MN,

w

‘.Ñ1l .l

IN VEN TOR.

¿26E/v7 f

Sept. 22, 1953

2,652,822

G. l. GRIFFITH TOY PISTOL

Filed May 28, 1949

Y

’

@ieui'Zr:

67191; I aw”

Sept. 29, 1953

2,653,593

E. E. FOSTER REPBATING AIR GUN

Filed Oct. 10, 1952

§.l5`«4 '

IN VEN TOR.-

Egal/@6.43m `j M A TTÚR/VEYS.

Jan. 3, 1956

2,729,207

E. E. FOSTER REPEATER AIR GUN

Filed April 17, 1950

7 Sheets-Sheet 1

INVENTOR

Edm'rzEFosfer BY

Qua‘ 3:2 ATTORNEKS

June l2, 1956

E. E. FOSTER

2,749,902

REPEATING AIR GUN

Filed Feb. l0, 1955

f'gj

ATTORNEYS.

Sept. 11, 1956

E. E. FOSTER

2,762,356

REPEATING AIR ‘GUN Filed March 25, 1953

.

INVENTOR.‘

é’dzmé’if?m

MINRN.“N MNmN

ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent [191

[111

Scott

[451 Dec. 18, 1973

1541 SPRING TYPE PROJECTING DEVICE [75] Inventor: Walter T. Scott, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

3,779,227

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-W. R. Browne

Attorney-Thomas M. Ferrill, Jr. et al.

[73] Assignees: Duncan Pollitt, Titusville, N.J.; Roger Coe, Paoli, Pa. [22]

Filed:

Dec. 22, 1971

[57]

[21] Appl. No.: 210,920

ABSTRACT

Apparatus is disclosed for propelling game balls or like objects sequentially in a desired trajectory. A r0 tating elongated leaf spring, being bent over its entire length by the combined action of a trip lever and a ful crum, is used to propel the objects. The trip lever,

[52]

U.S. Cl .................. .. 124/16, 273/26 D, 124/50,

[51]

Int. Cl. ............................................ .. F41b 7/00

[58]

Field of Search ............. .. 124/16, 17, 36, 30 A,

when engaged by the elongated leaf spring, pivots to

124/41, 50; 273/26 D, 29 A

separate the object to be propelled from the ?ow of objects from a magazine and to retain the elongated

124/30 R, 273/29 A

[56] 1,834,395 2,652,822

References Cited

leaf spring in a stressed and cocked condition. The ap

UNITED STATES PATENTS

paratus prevents overloading of the leaf spring and also prevents extended vibration of the leaf spring by the use of leaf springs and snubbing spring.

12/1931 9/1953

Gavlak ................................ .. 124/16 Grif?th ........................... .. l24/49X

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 23.100

10/1930

7 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures

Australia ............................. .. 124/16

"5a....

United States Patent [191 D’Andrade [54] TOY AUTOMATIC PISTOL FOR PING PONG

11/ 1968

4,227,508

[45]

Oct. 14, 1980

DeRuymbecke et a1. ........... .. 124/27

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham

BALLS

[75] Inventor:

Bruce M. D’Andrade, Flemington, NJ.

[73} Assignee:

Arco Industries Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong

-

Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm—C. Hercus Just

[57]

ABSTRACT

A toy pistol for shooting ping pong balls having a frame with a barrel portion at the forward end and a handle extending downward from the rearward end, a maga zine extending upward and rearward therefrom, a ram

[21] Appl. No.: 972,247 [22] Filed:

3,408,997

[11]

Dec. 22, 1978

[51] [52]

Int. Cl.3 .............................................. .. F418 7/08 US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/16; 124/37;

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/16, 27, 37, 41 R,

[56]

124/50, 49, 21, 25, 28, 29; 273/26 D References Cited

124/49; 124/41 C

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 71,162 473,808 1,183,133 1,206,865 1,240,987

11/1867 4/1892 5/1916 12/1916 9/1917

Hall . Arno . Sperry . Lefever . Lefever .

2,053,152

9/1936

Kiesel .

2,652,822 2,737,942

9/1953 3/1956

Griffith ................................ ..' 124/27 Horowitz et a1. .

2,814,285

11/1957

Yamauchi ............................ .. 124/27

2,830,569 2,830,570

4/1958

Sakuta Horowitz et a1. et a1. ............... .. 124/37 X

movable along longitudinal guide member in the frame rearward from said barrel portion, a compression spring to tire the ram forward, and a T-shaped combination trigger and sear having a head with a sear movable

generally parallel to and below said guide members, the stern of said T-shaped member being movable into the forward portion of said handle and said head having pins on the opposite end movable in forward and rear- a

ward guide slots in the frame, the rearward slot extend ing rearward and downward, whereby near the end of rearward movement of said T-shaped member the rear end of said head is moved downward to disengage the sear on said head from said ram which is ?red forwardly

’

by said compression spring and a tension spring-auto matically restores the T-shaped member forwardly to

starting position. 3 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,241,716

Tsui

[45]

Dec. 30, 1980

[54] AUTOMATIC TOY GUN FOR PING PONG BALLS

[75] Inventor:

Kwok W. Tsui, Hong Kong, Hong

Kong

[73] Assignee: Arco Industries Ltd., Hong Kong,

Hong Kong

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-C. Hercus Just

[57]

ABSTRACT

A toy gun simulating an automatic ri?e adapted to shoot ping pong balls and comprising a pair of comple mentary molded hollow shells which are connectable

along a central plane to form an elongated frame having a shoulder stock at the rear end, a short cylindrical

[21] Appl. No.: 11,220 [22] Filed: Feb. 12, 1979

barrel at the forward end, a stationary supporting han dle extending downward from said frame intermedi

[51]

Int. Cl.3 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00

ately of the ends thereof, a magazine extending upward

[52]

US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/27; 124/49;

124/39 [58]

Field of Search ..................... .. 124/27, 28, 29, 37,

[56]

124/38, 39, 41 R, 50, 49; 273/260 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

511,069

12/1893

Brown ............................. .. 124/39x

902,771

11/1908

Stange ............... ..

.. 124/39 x

1,927,424

9/1933

Trubenbach et a1.

124/39 X

2,371,249

3/1945

Majewski

2,830,569

4/1958

Sakuta et a1.

2,836,167

5/1958

Saito

3,470,859 3,476,100

10/1969 11/1969

.. ... .. . .. ..

... .. .. . . ...

. . . . . ..

124/27

124/37 UX . . . . . . . . . ..

124/27.

Ponza ..... .. 124/50 X Carbonneau ..................... .. 124/37 X

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne

and rearward from said barrel to hold a limited number

of ping pong balls for discharge into said barrel, a ?ring ram supported by guide device for reciprocation within the interior of the frame and having a ball-engaging member on the forward end and a head on the rearward

end provided with a slot perpendicular to the path of movement of the ram, a crank rotatably supported by one side of said frame and connected to a support rotat

able therewith. The support has a crank pin positioned for movement in said slot, and a compression spring within the frame operable upon the ?ring ram to project the same forwardly to ?re a ball from said barrel inci

dent to the crank pin moving from the upper end of said slot in the head of the ?ring ram prior to the pin reach ing its zenith of movement'

3 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures

28

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll USOO5611321A United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Hoeting et al.

[45]

[54]

BALL LAUNCHING DEVICE

Date of Patent:

4,080,950 4,705,014

Inventors: Michael G. Hoeting; Sean T.

5,417,196

Mullaney7 both of Cincinnati,

5,611,321 Mar. 18, 1997

3/1978 Paulson m1. ........................... .. 124/1 11/1987

Kahelin ........... ..

.124/6X

5/1995 Morrison CI 2.1. .

124/6

5,471,967 12/1995 Matsuzaki 61 a1. ....................... .. 124/6

FOREIGN PATENT D

[73] Assignee: Bang Zoom Design, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

4021282

10/1991

OCU

MENT

S

Germany ................................. .. 124/6

Primary Examiner—.lohn A. Ricci

[21] Appl' No" 464’004

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Kurt R. Benson

[22] Filed:

[57]

[51] [52]

May 18, 1995 6

Int. Cl. ...................................................... .. F41B 4/00 US. Cl. ................. .. 124/6; 124/79 of Search ............................... ..

6, 78,

_

[56]

References Clted

Us. PATENT DOCUMENTS

ABSTRACT

A device for launching Soft foam balls includes a launcher body, a launching wheel having a Circumferential gripping Sui-face thereon and a restriction in the launcher

for

urging a soft foam ball into compressed engagement with the

launching wheel. The device further includes a manually

operable rack gear assembly for rapidly rotating the launch ing wheel and a feed assembly for individually releasing

1,211,738 2,477,308 2,989,045 3,548,801

1/1917 Marty ........................................ .. 124/6 7/1949 Malkan ................................... .. 124/79

foai'n so that they Contact the launching whsel for launching them from the launcher body in rapid Succession

6/1961 Hodge et a1. . 12/1970

Lohr .......................................... .. 124/6

3,995,859 12/1976 Goldfarb et a1. .

9 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

Mar. 18, 1997

Sheet 1 0f 6

5,611,321

US. Patent

Mar. 18, 1997

Sheet 2 of 6

5,611,321

US. Patent

Mar. 18, 1997

Sheet 3 of 6

5,611,321

US. Patent

Mar. 18,1997

Sheet 4 of6

5,611,321

mum. (2 I

I

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m0N

1:

.Ql 3.

a Ea

~N% g'wiA.@ a E “WW; @_ aZ” wMar‘:mw3o_ m1%

US. Patent

Mar. 18, 1997

Sheet 5 0f 6

60 H ]||"'

70

2K

58'

76

5,611,321

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll US005267549A

United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Webber

45

[54]

AIR-POWERED TOY GUN

Date of Patent:

l?vcmoh

Dec. 7 9 1993

3,022,779 2/1962 Bcnkoe ........................... .. 124/64X 3,726,266

[75]

5,267,549

David A- Webber, Amelia, Ohio

4/1973

Pal

4,848,307 7/1989

. . .. .

. . . . . . . ..

124/59

.................................. .. 124/59

[73] Assignee: Tonka Corporation, Pawtucket, RI.

priman, Exammer__Rando1ph A_ Reese

[2]] App]. N05 898,305

Assistant Examiner-John Ricci

[22] F1 d

Attorney, Agent, or Finn-Salter, Michaelson 8e Benson

J

[51] 11:6 5 11

[52]

.

.

15 1992

m

,

............................................ ..

F41B 11/12

us. 01. ............................. .. 124/65- 124/59

[58]‘ Field of Search ..................... .. 124/56, 59’, 63, 64,

124/65, 72’ 83

.

[56]

References Clted US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,601,555 6/1952 Pope . 2,630,108 3/1953 White . 2,653,593 9/1953 Foster . 2,749,902 6/ 1956 Foster . 2,762,356. 9/1956 Foster .

[57]

ABS

_

‘

Cr

An air P°wered my 8"“ mdudes ?rs‘ and 5mm‘ bar‘

‘e15 an‘? a “WWW °P¢r.ab1'= pism'anfi'cyliflder me!“

bly which includes a cylinder, and a piston 1n the cylin der. The piston is movable in a ?rst direction in the

cylinder for applying pressurized air to the ?rst barrel in order to launch a ?rst projectile therefrom, and it is movable in an opposite second direction for applying pressurized air to the second barrel in order to launch a

second projectile therefrom. 7 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

W. R. B'EARCE & R. J. JONES. TOY’ FIREARM. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-15,1915.

A1 , 1 84,41.

>

Patented May 23; 71916. '

)Y/LdO/Y It. ISM/ace E556 <J. Jon/E 5.

Márcfî‘ßl, 1953 _

M. M. BAUDERER ET AL PARACHUTE GUN

Filed April 5, 1951

_2,633,119

Unlted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Smith

[45]

[54]

[76]

SPRING TYPE BALL PROJECI‘ING DEVICE

Inventor:

Samuel c. Smith, 210 Hartman Road,

Newmn Centre, Mass‘ 02159 [21] Appl No. 428 250 .

.1

[22] Filed:

Jan. 21, 1986

2,458,828

l/ 1949 Boese .................................. .. 124/27

4,133,452

1 1979

/

W']

' "out

......................... ..

mm X

Primary Examiner-Richard J. Apley Assistant Examiner-Wi1liam R. Browne

,

57

Sep. 29, 1982

AB T

[ 1 . s .RACT . A spring-actuated plunger in an elongated tube imparts

Int. CL“ .............................................. .. F41B 7/00

_ [53]

Date of Patent:

4,565,183

a directional force to a spongy projectile. A gravity

release pin for cocking the plunger permits rapid ?ring.

Field of Search ..................... .. 124/ 16, 17, 27, 37,

A loading magazine with a releasable spring-loaded ball

124/40, 41 R, 51 R, 82, 50; 273/413

perrréits eithetr‘lgravtity or rl’nanulal loading. Dyel-tijnLpreg

56

References C-t d

na e

[ 1

le U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 262,644

2,437,727

8/1882

proJec 1 es s un rat er t an injure wou

- e at

tackers and leave an imprint not visible to the naked eye’

Connelly ............................. .. 124/27

3/1948 Drumheller ......................... .. 124/27

36 30

8 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures

28 / 32

B x ‘

/4 /2)

40

‘

ll

US. Patent

4,565,183

Jan. 21,1986

g

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/ A,

MN%

US005337726A

United States Patent [191

[11] [45]

Wood

Patent Number: Date of Patent

5,337,726 Aug. 16, 1994

[54] HAND HELD PNEUMATIC POWERED BALL THROWER

[76] Inventor:

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 519777 5/1953 Belgium 124/56 124/73 941917 V1949 France

Michael Irvine, Calif. J. Wood, 9272022 Columbus,

5244-47

.8 .f»

1. 1"1"2/14w,“ a ,0:F/4Q61 ,4B

5. ‘I-

[57]

ABSTRACT A pneumatic driven ball thrower employing a pressur ized gas to move a piston and connecting rod against a ball at rapid velocity to move the ball a pre-determined velocity. The pressurized gas ram at a pre-determined amount of pressurized gas in a very brief period of time

217M4Oylm.n v

1.2! 11/

e

[56]

,2 5

to rapidly accelerate the piston and rod. The device employs a pressurized gas reservoir in proximity to the

References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,818,056 3,233,601 4,086,902 3,308,803 4,280,248

12/1957 2/1966 3/1967 5/1978 7/1981

Martin Walther Walther Reynolds Herubel

124/61

124/61

Asszlttant Examiner-John Ricci Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Harness, Dickey & Pierce

_ Oct. 8, 1992

[.l 555um.m. .mUE S.Mma0 S.N mn" h

.. ..

Primary 2118443 Examiner-Randolph 11/1983 United Kingdom A. Reese

[21] App1.No.: 958,227 [22] Filed:

4/1955 Italy

pressurized gas ram employing a valve with a large gas

passage which opens rapidly permitting rapid passage 124/72 124/73 X 124/70 X 124/61 124/61 X

of the pressurized gas from the gas reservoir to the pressurized gas ram.

9 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets

B .\ t

llrill/llIIIIIIll/IllllIlI/llllllllI/l/ll) viz/Ila,(III)

r

I

.w ulw 5 Q ole mmH mm Imm Q ._i_.z Ma.Wlk IIIIIIIIIIIIIIw1

2

_

US005343849A

United States Patent [191

[11] Patent Number:

Steer

[45]

[54] RAPID FIRE BALL GUN

4,833,330 7/19s9 llzlliagayoshi .......................... .. 124/26 ,s , 1 1/1990 66mm 24 5

[76]

4,951,644 8/1990 B011 ......

Inventor:

Michael Steer, 416 W- Huron, Ann ’Arbor, Mich. 48103

[21]

APP1-N°-= 930,634

[22] Filed:

5,343,849

Date of Patent:

Sep. 6, 1994

124/75

5,063,90511/1991 Farrell ..... ..

124/72

5,113,842 5/1992 Moormann.

124/65

5,115,794 5/1992 Moormann .......................... .. 124/65

Aug- 17’ 1992

Primary Examiner—-Randolph A. Reese

[51] 1111. c1.5 ...................... .. F41B 11/26;F41B11/32 [52] US. 01. ....................................... .. 124/72; 124/69

Assistant Examl'1er—§°hn Rm Attorney, Agent’ affirm-ROY A- Ekstrand

[58]

[57]

Field of Search ............................ .. 124/56, 63-67,

124/69 74’ 83’ 45 [56]

References Cited

UDS. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,601,555

6/1952

2,630,108

3/1953

Pope . . . . . . . . .

. . . . ..

124/65

'

A rapid ?re ball gun includes a hollow body supporting at pressurizable air vessel and an air pump coupled

thereto through a check valve. An elongated cylindri cal barrel is supported by the body and de?nes a cylin drical ball chamber having a plurality of spaced inter mediate ?elds forming ball spaces therebetween and a

2,653,593 9/1953 2,725,868 12/1955

?nal seal at the extending end of the cylindrical barrel. A plurality of compressible foam balls are received within the ball spaces between the intermediate seals with the outermost ball being received in a ball spaced de?ned between the ?nal seal and the most forward intermediate seal. The cylindrical barrel is coupled to the pressurizable air vessel by a trigger valve mecha

2,725,869 12/1955 2,729,207 1/ 1956 2,749,902 6/1956 2,762,356 9/1956 2,762,357 9/ 1956

3,342,171 3,633,560 3,765,396 3,783,737 4,086,902 4,159,705 4,163,439 4,819,609

ABSTRACT

9/1967 l/l972 10/1973 1/ 1974 5/1978 7/1979 8/1979 4/1989

nism which responds to trigger pressure by coupling the pressurized air within the air vessel to the barrel thereby expelling one or more of the compressible foam balls from the barrel.

10 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet

7/

72

5

1i‘\

3‘

W

anal} I 26

3?

1

//

a?'l, __

5 23 Z] 22

50

~-'- --

5/ 24 20

564:1,

.521.

/

23

7324742575

r

86

76

90 I/

)1

.94

(No Model.)

Z‘Sheets-Sheet 1.

F. BURNS. TOY ARM

No. 560,570.

Patented May '19, 1896.

2M M.

YPHOTO-UTHQWASNI NGrON. u C

(No Model.)

2 Sheets__-Sheet 2.

F. BURNS. TOY ARM.

Patented May 19, 1896.

No. 560,570.

Il/16m.

“

ANDREW B GRAHAM,PHOTO'LITHQWASHINGTON DP

wad/4,15‘

llllllllll US005660160A

United States Patent [191

[11]

Patent Number:

Prescott, Jr.

[45]

Date of Patent:

[5 4] PNEUMATIC LAUNCHER [75] Inventor: Melvin Eulan Prescott, Jn. Houston. Tex.

[73] Assignee: Melvin Eulan Prescott, Houston, Tex.

[21] Appl. No.: 476,073 [22] Filed: [51] [52] [58]

Jun. 7, 1995

Int. Cl.6 ............................ .. F4113 11/00; F41B 11/32 U.S. Cl. ................................ .. 124/75; 124/70; 124/73 Field of Search ................................ .. 124/56. 70. 71.

124/73, 75. 81

[56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 352,110 1,266,764

11/1886 Bartlett .................................... .. 124/75 5/1918 Blair ........... .. 124/81

2,304,841

1211942 Mikkelsen

2,526,018

10/1950

Foster et a1. . . . . .

2,581,758

1/1952 Galliano et al. .

2,703,944

3/1955 Molyneux

3,400,703

9/1968

4,774,928

10/1988

5,337,726

5,660,160 Aug. 26, 1997

airborne delivery of soft promotional items to persons in an arena or stadium environment. It is manually operable by one person. Receiving its power from a tank of compressed inert gas (usually nitrogen) ?tted with a regulator and a three Way manifold with two air lines and a relief valve. the unit has two hoses attached to its rear housing plate. One line ?lls the accumulator tank while the auxiliary line insures the

pneumatic trigger always has gas pressure to complete the ?ring cycle. A ball valve of 11/2 or larger releases the volume of gas from the accumulator tank quickly and completely. much more so than solenoid operated valves by virtue of the pneumatic air ram mechanism attached to the valve stem by a balanced cam type ‘T” shaped handle assembly. The released gas is channeled through a 180° curved tube into an expansion chamber that uses thin metal vanes to spin the gas

as it approaches the barrel. thus allowing the lightest of objects to overcome air drag as best possible upon exiting the barrel. The loading and ?ring movements of the Pneu

124/73

matic Launcher can be performed with one hand while the other. with the use of a shoulder strap. supports and balances the unit. As the handle on the sliding breach cover is moved

....... .. 124/75

forward, the barrel is tilted down for safety during loading.

124/73 X

and as the handle is pulled back the barrel tilts up into normal ruing position. As the operator’s hand moves to the ?ring button. the opening in the housing allows for a ?rm

124/70 X . . . ..

Rhodes

.. . . . . . ..

. . . ..

124/75

Kholin

. .. . .

. . . ..

124/75

8/1994 Wood .................................. .. 124/75 X

grip in a central balanced position on the unit so that ?nal

Primary Examiner-John A. Ricci

[57]

aiming can be quickly achieved. The Pneumatic Launcher can put a beverage insulator in a 12" circle at 50 feet or a soft

ABSTRACT

ball in a 36" circle at 250 feet under normal circumstances.

This invention, the Pneumatic Launcher. is an improved.

compressed inert gas powered. launching system for the

“e i

10 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

No. 7|5,547.

`

Patented Dec. 23, i902. E. J. HÜWARD.

TOY GUN. (Application Bled June 12, 1902.)

if.l

l

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Í

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4

US007882829B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Witzigreuter (54)

US 7,882,829 B2

(45) Date of Patent:

SMALL PROJECTILE LAUNCHING AIR GUN

5,924,413 A

Feb. 8, 2011

7/1999 Johnson

7,156,085 B2

1/2007 Lewis

7,287,526 B1 7,316,565 B2

10/2007 Bligh 1/2008 L139

(76)

Inventor:

John D. Witzigreuter, 3221 S. Cherokee La., Woodstock, GA (Us) 30188

(*)

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent 15 extended or adjusted under 35

2007/005 1353 Al

7/2008 Henrlcks 523mm et a1‘ """"""" " 124/63 3/2007 Nygarrd

U50 1540’) by 94 days-

2007/0204841 A1

9/2007 Liao

(21) Appl. No.: 12/480,479 -

Primary ExamineriTroy Chambers

Jun‘ 8’ 2009

(65)

(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiQuickPatents, 1nc.; Kevin

Prior Publication Data

US 2010/0307472 A1

(52) (58)

* 1

* Cited by examiner

_

(22) Flled'

(51)

7,404,398 B2

Int C]_ F41B 11/00

Pnnce

Dec. 9, 2010

(57)

ABSTRACT

(200601)

The present device is a launcher for a projectile, comprising an enclosure that is adapted to be held by a human hand. The

us. Cl. ............................ .. 124/65- 124/69- 124/70 Field of Classi?cation Search ................. .. 124/65

enclosure Comprises a barrel ape/“urea a Pump ape/“urea and a trigger aPermre~ The launcher further Comprises a Pump

1 2 4 /69 70’

assembly that comprises a pump piston traversing the pump

See application ?le for Complete Search history' ’ 56

References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,818,810 A *

8/1931

Miller ....................... ..

aperture. The pump piston is con?gured to be actuated by a user and can be reciprocated in and out of a pump cylinder. The launcher comP rises a comP ression chamber in ?uid com

124/69

munication With the piston cylinder through a check valve that only alloWs air to pass from Within the piston cylinder into the compression chamber. The launcher comprises a trigger that opens the compression chamber and sends com

2,293,957 A * 8/1942 Wells 2,301,653 A * 11/1942 Wells

124/69 124/73

2,566,181 A *

8/1951

124/69

3,394,694 A

7/1968 Leclerc

a user. The barrel is in ?uid communication With the com

4,212,285 A

7/1980 Cagan

pression chamber through a trigger valve. The compact design alloWs for direct ?uid communication betWeen the pump assembly, the compression chamber, and the barrel.

4,843,751 5,363,834 5,429,108 5,592,931

A A A A

5,690,091 A *

Fitch ......................... ..

7/1989 11/1994 7/1995 1/1997

Ferri Stuchlik Hsieh Johnson et a1.

124/69

11/1997

Bissonnette ................ ..

124/80

pressed air into a barrel that can have a projectile stored

therein. The trigger is con?gured to be manually operated by

10 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

US008393299B1

(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Bernat (54)

(45) Date of Patent:

TOY GUN

3,219,022 A * 3,897,061 A *

(76)

US 8,393,299 B1

.

~

Inventor.

'

4,241,716

Jeffrey Bernat, M1nneapol1s, MN (US)

A

*

D328’l20 S *

Mar. 12, 2013

11/1965 Hagemeyer ................... .. 124/61 7/1975 12/1980

Grattan ..... .. Tsui

473/511

... ... ..

. . . ..

7/1992 Aigner

124/27

“ D22/l04

*

(>1) Notice:

subject to any disclaimer, the/term 001115

253231;? 2 >1 12%???‘ 5511311511; ,,,,,,,,,,, ,jjj 133/21}

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

5,769,064 A

U.S.C. 154(b) by 135 days.

5,979,424 A * 11/1999 Alvarez et al. ................ .. 124/16

.

(21) Appl' NO" 12/949’750

6,223,941 Bl*

5/2001

6,755,716 B2

6/2004 Agostini et al.

7,213,724 B1

_

(22)

7,448,371 B2*

Flledi

NOV-18,2010

7,537,001 B2*

Related US. Application Data (60)

(52) (58)

18 2009

'

ll/2008

Sapir ............................. .. 124/16

5/2009 Ma ................................ .. 124/69

http?/ l l l ~SWOrdWOrkS~Org/“m1OmiHg/OMgUPhUm~

_

http://WWW.cramster.c0m/ansWers-n0v-08/phys1cs/fun-spnng-gun spring-l0aded-toygun-sh00t-ball-mass-strai388349. aspX.

Int. Cl. A10K 15/02

*

(2006.01)

US. Cl. ..................................... .. 119/702; 40/70.11 Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 119/702; _

Nealey .......................... .. 222/82

5/2007 Langeret al.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Provisional application No. 61/262,388, ?led on Nov. ’

(51)

6/1998 Lu et a1.

_

_

42/7011

See appl1cat1on ?le for complete search h1story.

~t db C1 e y exammer

Primary Examiner i 15am Alsomiri Assistant Examiner i Justin Benedik (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Underwood & Associates,

LLC

References U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 403,096 A

*

899,448 A *

5/1889

Egler

............................ ..

9/1908 Grobl

124/21

124/27

1,580,854 A * 1,615,266 A :

4/1926 Piessens V1927 French ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~

l’927’424 A 2,600,883 A *

?rst, pre-?r1ng con?guratlon to a second, rest1ng con?gura

124/26 ~ 473/511

t1on. The barrel compr1sesataperedport1on capable of hold ing balls of variable siZe substantially Withinthe barrel, anda

9/1933 Tmbenbmh et a1‘

124/26

portion of the ?ring ram is capable of contacting a ball held

6/1952 Klng .................. ..

124/63

2,633,119 A *

3/1953 Baudereretal“

124/27

2,636,738 A * 2,962,837 A *

4/1953 Abagoff ......... .. 12/1960 Lemelson

.. 473/511 .. 446/193

3,166,321 A *

A toy gun is described. The toy gun includes a ?ring rarn con?gured in a toy gun barrel to be capable of shifting from a _ _ _

.thi th t

W1

11

d

rt.

h

e.apere po 1onW en

th ? .

. . th

e nngram1s1n

Con?guranon

1/1965 Fleishman .................... .. 124/27

17 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

1,” ‘ O 77/

lb0 i

l

\ I 'l |

/////// ////////////// _

_

_

__

T__

(

[30

-1

‘Hf

Hz)

1&0 nr

\IZ;

t.

eres1ng

E. S. ROE. COMBINED AIR RIFLE, RUBBER BALL, AND POP GUN. APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 22, 1908.

977,549.

Patented Dec.6,1910._ .

74/2‘ {-22 ass es

152 renter

THE NORRIS PETERS 50., WASHINGTON. 1:. c.

.

US005398665A

United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Carlson

[45]

[54] BALL LAUNCHING DEVICE _ _ [76]

Invcntcn

Date of Patent:

[51] [52]

5,154,522 10/19 10/19gg gay-ifs ............................. .. 124/291.1 eac ey . 124 7

1

5,249,5

5,257,615 11/1993 Jones ............ ..

124/56

Ct, W1lkesboro, N.C. 28691

5,303,695 4/1994 Shopsowitz

124/17

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Allg- 9, 1993

Sports Tutor, Inc., “Sports Tutor,” 1992, all pages.

Int. (:1.6 .............................................. .. F41B 3/02 US. Cl. ................................... .. 124/17; .

'

[58]

Jugs, Inc-1 “JUGS,” 1993’ cover Page Primary Examiner__Randolph A_ Reese Assistant Examiner—Harry C. Kim

Z2: 248/ 163.1

[56]

References Cited

Us. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—W. Thad Adams, III [57] ABSTRACT A ball launching device includes a tripod, an elastic

cord connilcted to the griplolil,e tripo and (ail‘tlaallfholder con as irst and sec

nected to t e e astic cor .

gzg?‘gslllen """"""""""" " 124/17 X 2:357:165 8/1944 Brady 2,828,097

Mar. 21, 1995

P1111111 B- Carlson, 2163 Crabapple

[21] App1~ No-= 104,328

[22] Filed!

5,398,665

0nd downwardly diverging front legs and a back leg.

............................ .. 248/194

The ?rst and second front legs de?ne a ball launching

3/1958 Faunce .............................. .. 248/106

passage therebetween- The elastic cord is connected to

3,018,769 1/1962 Parsoneault

..... .. 124/11

the ?rst and second front legs for launching the ball

124/201

through the passage. The ball holder is connected to the

3,277,373 10/1966 PaPk-‘aa ------ ~

i’ggg’gi

gigs); a1‘ '

elastic cord for releasably holding the ball therein.

510121790

5/1991

5,123,643

6/1992 Heilhecker et a1. ................ .. 273/26

Bates ........................... .. 124/81

’

11 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets

/20 26}?

f\ 12

52

26a

‘

55

\

25 25

\'’4

22a

.-\L| -‘\Q~O ,

l _

.

‘ ? 22b

21

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United States Patent [,9]

[11]

4,016,854

Lehman

[45]

Apr. 12, 1977

[54] SPRING TYPE BOTTLE CAP PISTOL [76]

Inventor: James A. Lehman, 1312 - 12th Ave.,

San Diego, Calif. 92101 Sept. 22, 1975

[22] Filed:

[57] ABSTRACT A pistol to propel and spin ring-like projectiles such as

[21] Appl. No.: 615,567 [52]

US. Cl. ........................... .. 124/27; 273/106 B;

124/42; 124/37; 124/81 [51]

Int. Cl.2 ....................................... .. F41B 15/00

[58]

Field of Search ................ .. 124/27, 42, 28, 29,

124/37, _47, 41 R, 36, 2; 273/101, 106 R [56]

References Cited

'

UNITED STATES PATENTS 325,042

8/1885

1,240,987

9/1917

2,182,369

12/1939

2,742,889

4/1956

3,487,824 3,515,114 3,859,977

1/1970 6/1970 l/1975

I02 \

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner--William R. Browne

Benjamin ...... ..

124/49 X

Lefever .... ..

. 124/27

Barron ........................... .. 124/81

bottle caps. An impeller is released by a trigger and an off-center mounted hammer strikes and propels the bottle caps with a spin. As the bottle cap exits from the barrel of the gun, a wall mounted rib imparts an addi

tional spinning force to the bottle cap. The trigger of the pistol has a portion for engaging and holding an inside surface of the peripheral wall of the projectile in the ?ring chamber. When the trigger is actuated the

portion engaging the projectile will pivot away and permit the spring biased plunger to engage and propel the projectile.

Clauss .................. ..

9 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures

68

96

\

"I

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,059,089

Lehman

[45]

Nov. 22, 1977

[54] FLYING SAUCER LAUNCHING PIISTOL

[57]

[75] Inventor;

The invention is a pistol designed to ?re inverted con

James A, Lehman, El CajQn, Calif,

_

_

[73] Asslgnee:

ABSTRACT

cave disks which are smaller in size but similar in princi

wafne'l'Le'lma“ Corporanon’ E1

plc to the flying saucers popularized under the trade

ca-lon’ Cahf' [21] Appl, NO_; 722,707

mark, Frisbee. The pistol is characterized by a generally rectangular ?ring chamber into which the disks are

_ [22] Flled:

individually loaded, there being a spring loaded plunger which is trigger operated to strike the disks off center to

Sept‘ 13’ 1976

[51]

Int. Cl.2 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00

impart a spinning as well as translational movement to

[52]

US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/27; 124/83; 124/41_R; 42/76 R Field of Search ..................... .. 124/27, 28, 29, 37,

them, and a rib at. the exit end of the ?ring chamber retards one side of the existing disk to accelerate the spin- The rear end of the ?ring chamber beneath the

124/41 R, 42, 49, 83, 21, 46, 47; 42/76 R, 78, 54, 55

loading opening is provided in its lower side edges with a pair of doubly inclined ramps which de?ne centering

_

surfaces so that the loaded disk will automatically settle

[58]

‘

[56]

References C'ted

into a laterally central position, and an upright post

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

connected to the trigger projects into the hollowed area

1 845 703

2/1932

Feild ...................................... .. 42/55

°f the disk fmm beneath to restrain Same in ?ring Posi'

3:2O4:627

9/1965

Yam _____ __

124/37 X

tion, the post moving clear of the disk simultaneously

3,734,075

5/1973

staples

124/49 X

with the ?ring action initiated by drawing the trigger

3,859,977

1/1975

Lange ...........................

mm x

rearwardly

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner~William R. Browne

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Frank D. Gilliam

7 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Nov. 22, 1977

Sheet 2 of2

4,059,089

US 20120073554A1

(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0073554 A1 (43) Pub. Date:

Victor et al. (54)

TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER APPARATUS

(76) Inventors:

Robert James Victor, Sunnyside, NY (U S); Brian Jablonski,

Mar. 29, 2012

projectile receptacle connected to the cocking slide, release levers mounted to the housing, a guide Wall mounted to the loWer panel, a positioning Wheel also mounted to the loWer

Providence, RI (U S)

panel, and a trigger mounted to the housing. The loWer panel includes a slot positioned parallel to the guide Wall but off

(21) Appl. No.:

12/890,689

center relative to a center point of a load projectile. Beneath the loWer panel is a rotatable launch arm connected to a

(22) Filed:

Sep. 26, 2010

torsion spring and a catch structure. The upper and loWer panels are parallel to one another and spaced to receive a

Publication Classi?cation

projectile. The projectile is loaded into the projectile recep tacle When the receptacle is exposed during the time the

(51)

(52)

(57)

Int. Cl. F413 7/00 B23P 11/02

(2006.01) (2006.01)

US. Cl. ........................................... .. 124/16; 29/446

ABSTRACT

A toy launcher apparatus for discharging circular projectiles, the apparatus having a housing, loWer and upper panels mounted to the housing, supports mounted to the housing, a cocking slide and a slide spring connected to the supports, a

12?’

launch arm and torsion spring are cocked by a user pulling

rearward on the cocking slide. The launch arm is captured by the catch structure, and the cocking slide and the receptacle are also captured. After loading the projectile, the one of the release levers is activated to snap the cocking slide, the car riage and the loaded projectile to a predetermined launch position. When a user pulls the trigger the launch arm is

rapidly rotated by the torsion spring through the slot Where the launch arm impacts the loaded and correctly positioned projectile and causes the projectile to be discharge With a spin.

US005933892A

Ulllted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Tramontano

[45]

[54]

MULTIPURPOSE BOTTLE CAP LAUNCHER

[76]

Inventor:

Steve Tramontano, 102 FlaXWood Dr., Holbrook LI, N_Y_ 11741

[21]

Appl' NO" 09/073’897

_

[22] Filed: [51]

May 6, 1998

US‘ Cl‘

[58]

Fleld of Search """""""""

_

_

7/1989 Bryant et al. . 2/1994 Chamberland .

5,537,985 5,621,936

7/1996 Kohl 4/1997 Penaligon .

’

h aunc er

(14)

_ _ comprising a

facility (30) in the body member (16) is for holding at least 7/151

locks‘

Cook ..................................... .. 7/151 X

21 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets

14

///

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one key (32) thereon, to prevent loss of the at least one key (32), so that it can be used by the person (28) to unlock

......................................... ..

83

b d

be held and manipulated by a hand (26) of a person (28). A

6/1984 Roberts .

83

1 e cap

for removing a bottle cap (20) from a bottle (24), Which can

4/1977 Lehman .

20

0

target practice. A structure (22) in the body member (16) is ’

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2621 550 12/1952 B h 11/1983

mu ipurpose

for shooting a bottle cap (20) therefrom for recreational

.

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b m

_

References Clted ,

ABSTRACT If

member (16). An assembly (18) in the body member (16) is

’

[56]

A

""" " 7/151’ 124/26’2172;/;127’

,

4,455,894

4,846,024 5,282,634

[57]

[52]

4,412,464

Aug. 10, 1999

Primary Examiner—James G. Smith

_

,

Date of Patent:

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Michael I. Kroll

Int. Cl.6 ...................................................... .. B25F 1/00

4,016,854

5,933,892

Jan. 1 1, 1949.

2,458,828

A. H. BOESE TOY GUN '

Filed Aug. 16, 1943

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

3

_‘-.,/ a

M. J _,H 2

17 74/119

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gwuvrvbow ART/‘lbw H. 50555

Jan. 11, 1949.

A,

B0555

2,458,828

TOY GUN

Filed Aug. 1641943

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

.

awhm' '

ARTHUR H- BOESE

H. R. GILSON. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1912.

1,083,361 .

Patented Jan. 6,1914.

in is

W/TA/ESSES:

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J. D. KILGORE. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1913.

1,076,125.

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On .

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dmJ. eW

IHm F

MWWMWm: J

J. D. KILGORE. TOY CANNON. APPLIGATION FILED APR. 1, 1913.

1,076,125.

Patented 0013. 21, 1913. 2 SHBETSASHEET 2.

awuawkva

GLvi/Huzomw

wasp/u ? 122570115’

Dec. 22, 1931.

<w. 1.. KAEHNT'ETAL ELECTRIGAL CANNON

Filed March 10, 1930

5 ,2.

1,837,550

F.' S. JONES. TOY RAPID FIRE GUN. APPLICATION FILED Dic. s, 1918.

1,360,410,

m

T. G. STOUGH. MACHINE GUN TOY.

1,356,664;

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8,1919.

Patented Oct; 26,1920. 2 SHEETS—SHEET l

.WI."VIHHHI‘HIHWILWHHHHM _

W1"“ 6M6[WWW Q“, FIG. 3.

-_____,._

‘Ci 50

1''

J70

T. G. STOUGH. MACHINE GUN TOY.

1,356,664.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a. 1919.

Patented 001;. 26, 1920. 2 SHEETS~SHEET 2.

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Toy.

l

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26.1915.A

Í 1,151,663. =

Patented A_ug. >31, 1915.

e. c. LAS‘ARES,

''

TOY CANNON. ‘

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-28, I915

1,1,74,508. '

w

Patented Mar. 7,1916;

|

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INVENTOR.

é’wzye éflwaw . .

BY

/ZW ‘ A TTORNE-YS. ‘

C. B. OSBORN. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION rlLgo'luuszs. 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

1,175,803.

3 SHEETS—SHEET 2.

"HIid. gvwewtm'y WZQR 011-507”.

THE COLUMBIA PWOGRAPH ‘10-, WASHINGTON, n. c. -

C. B. OSBORN. ' TOY CANNON.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 23.4915.

1,175,303.

I Patented Mar. 14, 1 3 SHEETS-SHEET

J. C. DETTRA. TOY OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6,1915.

1L 2.] O 5 6 W01.

PM

1%

5

1..

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60

1.

INVENTOR

WITNESS

ATTORNEYS

J. C. DETTRA TOY OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 1915.

1 20)v 0

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

w 6.

E 5Q 1,

2 SHEETS—SHEET 2.

1/

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WITNESS

@%

ATTORNEYS’

J. L. TROUBHIDGE. TOY MACHINE GUN. APPLICATION FILED APR.5.1916.

Patented Dec. 5,1916. 2 SHEETS-~SHEET I.

lW/ma/

J. L‘ TROUBRIDGE. TOY MACHINE GUN. APPLICATION FILED APR.5, I916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

7% Wig-£53176

R. A. PEAcoçK. SPRING GUN. `APPL|CAT10N man MAY15.1915

11,229,129.

yPutenïed June 5, 1917. 2 SHEETS¢SHEET l

a ¿wifi/lll „Il 1

w,

ff 3v» van to@

WHA/wm»

@55.4.4

VR. A. PEACOCK. SPRING GUN. `

APPLICATKON

1,22931129.

_

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FILED

MAY 15. 1915:

`

'

Patented June 5, 191?. ` 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2.

H. H. KEMPF. TOY GUN.

1

1 1L

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I916

Patented Dec. 4, 1917. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

H- H- KEMPF. _ TOY euw.

9,11,.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAN. [8. l9l6.

Patented Dec. 4, 191?. 2 SHEETS~SHEET 2.

y? ?

7

7/,

l. D. KILGORE. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED MM5. 191e.

1,258,018„

y

Y

«59”

Patented Mar. 5,1918.

f’

/

.

1. H. >BURGHEHl TOY CANNON. APPLlC-ATION FILED SEPT. I. |917-

_

Patented Mzu‘. 26, 1918. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

1. H. BURGHER. ’

1,260,633..

' TOY CANNON.

Y. T. AHERN. TûY. APPLICATION mso APH. 1. 1911.

Patented May14,1918.

É

ÜÜ

T. R. ARDEN. '

TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED MAY23. 19!].

1,270,764.

Patented July 2,1918.

§$0\

11/1/72. " 24 A? as 2? " Z6

.

,0 I? . .

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M" and,“ 3 mnwtoz

A. C. GILBERT. TOY GUN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1918.

1,810,613.-

.

'

Patented July 22, 1919. 4 SHEETS~SHEET l

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A. C. GILBERT. TOY GUN. APPLICATION FILED MAR-25,1918.

1,3 1 0.6 1 3 .

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Patented July 22, 1919 4 SHEETS—SHEET 2.

32

A

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .l

A. C. GILBERT. TOY GUN, >

1,8 1 0,61 3.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-25, 1918-.

Emma July 22, 1919. 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3

37-5

$21M §V

94

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?fomeg/

A. C. GILBERT. TOY GUN. APPLICATION FILED MAR-Z5. I918.

1 ,3 1 0,6 1 3’

Patented July 22, 1919. 4 SHEETS—SHEET 4

/ 64

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_________________________ n

é-ZQW 6. mm

JZZZTW

C. J. EMERSON. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED APR.20, 1918.

1,332,490,

Patented Mar.

1920.

Imvmnm on

CYRUS \lEMEREEIN

BY

WWW AT T EIRNBY

W. S. GARDNER. '

10v CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 97 1918.

'1‘,333,,405.

_

,

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

I.

I1’

,1

/

1% -

1g

4

I.

III!

II"

T. HALLINAN. ELECTRICAL TOY GUN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1919.

1 ,343, 1 27,,

WITIVESS'ES

-

Patented June 8, 1920.

w. L. NICOLS. TOY CAN-NON. APPLICATION-FILED AUG.29, I919.

1,352,681‘

I

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

if

u .71, 4D Y i ,J

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/. 4.

I

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'4

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mm

I.(ZH_ l

1% /7

INVENTOR 4/7”! . Mac 1- .s.

8% '

'ATToRNEY

E. E. STURK. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION man um. 22. |920.

1,358,125.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

AN A

'rif/:w56 ses

F.' S. JONES. TOY RAPID FIRE GUN. APPLICATION FILED Dic. s, 1918.

1,360,410,

m

C. W. MINNICH. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED $EPT.20, 1919.

1436211 7 1 .

_

I

Patented D60. 14, 1920.

M. E. JOHNSON. TOY CANNON.

1,364,765.

APPLICATION FILED on. 15, 1920.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921. _3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

11511777222503,

1,364,765.

\ Im%N

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 15. 1920‘

M. E. JOHNSON. TOY CANNON.

‘1,364,765.

APPLICATION F|LED_0CT. 15, I920.

I,

gwvemlroz

MEL/‘072725022;

P. PETERSON. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED JAN-6.1921.

1 ,414,827.

Patented May 2,1922.

I

I?

-.

/0

'

9

1i

v

2 % W42

Dec. _11 ,

1923.

P. GADECKI MECHANICAL TOY

Filed Jan. 6. 1923. 15

FIG.2

km“

'4.

1,477,341

Aug. 12, 1924. `

Y

l

_

1,504,819 -

C.'

H.

HANWELL

Y

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TOY CANNON, PISTOL, GUN, AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 29. 1923

@y

á-

. y -

,my

Dec. 30, 1924.

1,521,510 '

E. s. DOUGHTY

TOY CANNON

Filed Aug. 29, 1924

r

I

.

'

IHHHHIIIIIHHHI I INVENTOR.

34'

3,5

25.’$021 Z5?

June 19, '1928.

1,673,945

»

A. S. LITTLEFIELD

TOY CANNON

Filed July 11, 1927

e’

f

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May 20, 1930.

L. MARX

_

TOY REPEATING GUN

1,759,128 ’

Filved Oct. 11. 1928‘

INVENTO‘R

Louis Marx

BYC i

(vigil/HM ATTO R N EYS

June 24, 1930.

.

c_ Q BLACKMQRE TOY

CANNON

7‘

Filed 'Jan‘ 1e.v 1929

1,765,561 '

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

CHARLES c. BLACKMORE,_ WW

June 24, 1930.

-

1,765,561 I

C. C, BLACKMORE

TOY CANNON

Filed Jan. 16, 1929

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

9.

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W /QN

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ME, WM

APril 7,, 1931.

P. J. HEMMER ET AL ‘

1,800,069

‘TOY CANNON

Filed Dec. 13. 1929

INVENTORS

“T55 5 -

Peier Jfj'emm _

BY

.lfenly ‘WEI/"9c

1%. ATTORNEYS

Nov. 17, 1931.

1,832,177

s. 1. BERGER TOY CANNON Filed July 3. 1930

'

IN VEN TOR.

/\

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Jmé/J. @

g \l // - 13V: ATTORNEY.

_

Dec. 1, 1931.

J. G. GAVLAK

1,834,395

TOY CANNON

Filed March 10' 19.30

%M¢ @- {1M

June 14, 1932.

J. w. MaCDQNALD

1,863,062

TOY CANNON Filed Dec. 13, 1930

2 Sheets-Sheet

l ‘

NVENTOR

WWW

June 14, 1932.

J. w. MaCDONALD '

1,863,062

TOY CANNON

Filéd Dec. 13, 1950

2 Sheets-Sheet

INVENTOR

2

' July 7, 193B.

G_ E, WADE

2,046,663

MINIATURE CANNON

Filed suept. 111., 1955

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George -E. Wade, BY

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ATTO RN EY.

Feb- 24, 1942.

P. M. STEPHENS

2,274,009

TOY CANNON OR HOWITZER

Filed Sept. 13, 1940

T‘ § /

,| my ‘ ml 19"

2 Sheets-Sheet l

J2

ATTOEN EY

Feb. 24, 19421.

2,274,009

P. M. STEPHENS TOY CANNON OR HOWITZER

Filed Sept. 13, 1940

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

-

ATTORNEX

Oct. 13,‘ 1942.

E.‘ o. ‘BONEWITZ FIRE-CRACKER CANNON

Filed June 21>. 1940

2,298,609

July 20, 1943-

A. 4. MANNIGEL

2,324,860

TOY F'mgpam Filed "April 13, 1940

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2 Sheets-Sheet l

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July 20, 1943. '

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A. L. MANNIGEL '

TOY

FIREARM

2,324,860

.

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Filed April :3. 194a ‘

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By Attorneys 1

Dec. 7, 1943. I

w. J. BURCHETT

2,336,391

TOY SPAHKING CANNON OR THE LIKE.

Filéd Dec. 6, 1941

.

2 Sheets-?nest 1'

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INVENTQR BY

W/MQM ATTORNEYS

> Dec. 7, ‘1943.

W. J. BURCHETT ' TOY SPARKING CANNON >0R' THE LIKE 'Filed Dec. 6, 1941 '

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2,336,391 2 Sheets-Sheet 2

March 6, 1945.,

1-_ R‘MENDLES

2,371,059

TOY GUN

Filed May 29, 1943

3 Sheets-Sheet l

24

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3mm I

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March 6, 1945.

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2,371,059 '

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3 Sheets-Sheet 2

$42

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‘March 6, ‘1945.

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TOY GUN

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Feb. 1, 1949.

2,460,770

c. H. sHlRl-:Y ARTILLERY WAR GAME

3 Sheets-Sheet l

Filed April '7, 1948 '

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ARTILLERY wAR GAME

Filed April 7, 1948

s sheéts-sheet 2

Feb. l, 1949.

C. H. SHIREY

2,460,770

ARTILLERY WAR GAME

Filed April 7,4 1948

3 Sheets-Shea?l 5

June 21, 1949.

Q; JONES

2,474,054

ELECTRIC RELEASE FOR TOY GUNS

Filed May 1, 1944

1

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INVENTOR.

Clz‘rzz‘azz Jérzas _

BY'

6

ATTORNEY

Jan. 3, 1950

B, wAGMAN

2,493,429

TOY CANNON

Filed March 18,‘ 1946

'7 N

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07/6/2170?

Bar/MM”! "441mm!

Oct- 24, 1950

J. l. WHITE ET AL

2,527,284

TOY CANNON Filed April 12, 1946

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

24

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ROBERT BMOSSMAN

WP #CLM ATTORNEY

J. ‘I. WHITE ETAL

Oct. 24, 1950

2,527,284

TOY CANNON

Filed April 12, 1946

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

33 32

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March 4, 1952

F_ C, BEYERS

2,587,687

TOY GUN

Filed Dec. 17, 1946

2 SHEETS--SHEET l

38

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,March 4, 1952

F. c. BEYERs

2,587,687

TOY GUN

Filed Dec. 17, 1946

2 SHEETS--SHEET 2

FIG. 3.

gri/Umm Fred C ßeyers,

2,587,687 ing into the rear bore 2t, and a second nut 5@ rod portion #l5 secures nent contact with the bore 28.

in said barrel produces the eiïect of a barrel of a real anti-aircraft gun recoiling in consequence of

2S of the gun breech on said threaded piston said washer in perma~ front wall oil the rear '

being discharged.

5

The outside- diarneter oi the gun barrel 31 is

such that the barrel nts slldably in the front bore 2l of the gun breech 2t. The helical spring lid urges the barrel rearwardly into Contact with

_

vFigure d illustrates a gun barrel ‘i8’ oi the type described mounted on the stoel; liâ of a pistol'. The construction ci the gun barrel is exactly the same as described above, with exception that

the stop pin 5l in the path ci the gun barrel

isy retracted by means of a trigger 'il instead of 10 a lanyard. Figure '7 shows a rifle stock 'J8 equipped with a To cool: the gun the barrel 3l is pulled out gun barrel di? and having a trigger l@ for re wardly in relation to the breech 21%, A stop pin tracting the stop pin el in the path ci said iii extends through a guide tube E52 inserted in barrel. the wall of the gun breech The stop pin 5i »Having described my invention I claim as new has an eye 53 on its lower end, and the end 5tV desire to secure by Letters Patent: oí a crank lever 55 engages this eye. rThe crank A toy pop gun comprising a holder having a lever is pivot-ally mounted at on a’bracket 5l barrel portion with a central bore and a support "astened tc the underside o'î the gun breech 2li. extending downwardly from the barrel portieri ,e of the cranl: lever o is provided with an eye 5“, to which a lanyard is attached 20 intermediate the length thereof, a. trigger piv oted on the holder forwardly of the support, and trained '. on a second bracket said holder having an opening in its barrel poru2 on the underside ci the breech "il «A coil

the shock pad di’.

tion through" which the 'gger ina-y be extended, spring 53s surrounding the pivot pin 5 urges the second barrel slidable ‘within the> central bore crank lever to raise the stop pin 5i into the gun breech and into the path of the barrel 3l, 25 oi the barrel portion ci the h '.der, a rod ex~ through the barrel and connected so that the barrel isssecured in cocked position. to the rear end oi the barrel portion of the l on the outer end oi the rod, holder, _c_unger an operating spring surrounding the rod and ex between the plunger the rear end of W hen the barrel El is in cocked position a cor * 30 ten the second barrel to urge the rearw rd move or any other suitable plug or wad is forced inent thereof, the forward or" the second into the muzzle end of the barrel 3l'. The gun barrel being adapted to receive a charge oí ina~ is aimed by training it by means of the ilrst terial, said trigger being adapted when extending mentioned worm 2li and sector worm gear i“, through the opening the holder to engage the and by elevating the breech ‘ill by means of the . rear end ci the second barrel to normally retain second 35i and sector worm gear rthe stop pin iii is pulled downwardly actuating in the extended position, rod be ing threaded on its rear end, an adjustable lock the crank lever 5:5 through the lanyard Sil, per n'iitting the gun barrel 3l to slide rearwardly nut on the threaded end of the rod to retain the into the gun breech. The air being compressed Li() _rod against rearward displacement and to allow for the proper adjustment oi the. rod within the in the barrel 3l between the piston tl and the second barrel, a cushioning means surrounding cork expels the latter from the barrel muz zie with a loud bang. The distance, to which the the rod and adapted to react against the rear cork is projected, can be regulated by the tension end of the second barrer to lcushion and resist of the spring dll in the barrel. the rearward movement thereof at the end of its To protect the gun breech 2t against excessive rearward stroke and upon the second barrel wear by the sliding of the barrel a metal lin being released from the trigger, and a nut se ing 65 may be provided in the forward end of cured to the threaded end oi the rod tor retaining the `front bore ¿El in the gun breech. the saine on the holder against forward displace Figures a and 2i illustrate a modification of 50 nient therefrom. » « FRED C. EEYERS. the plugged front end et the gun barrel. In this modification the muzzle end of a gun barrel @l is

The rear opening of the rear bore 253 of the breech 26 is closed by means of a plug or in any other conventional and desired manner.

@FEED provided with a plurality of blade springs 68 securely fastened onto the outer surface of the The following references are of record in the barrel, and having bent, forward portions Sil ex 55 ille of this patent: tending into the bore of the barrel through lon ÚNETE@ STATES PATENTS gitudinal slots ‘iii in the barrel El, the foremost Number Name Date ends li of the bent spring portions il@ being 295,271 Mole ____________ __ Mar. 18, 1884 shaped to extend outwardly through said slots. 304,654 King ____________ __ Sept. 2, 18S-i A stop pin 'le extends diametrically through the barrel at a distance rearwardly of the slots l@ 60 and is secured in the circumferential wall of the

381,695

Vavasseur _______ __ Apr. 10, 1888

barrel. A plug lf3, having a disk-like gasketfid

971,549*

Roe _______________ ,_ Dec. e, 191€)

fastened to its rear end fits slidably into the barrel El and has a semi-globular iront end l5. ’.ïhe length or" this plug projectile riii is such that it engages the spring portions td inside the barrel tl' with its front end, when the gasket 'le is

1,114,615

Hough __________ __ Get. 2li, 19111

1,204,803 1,237,928 1,248,507

McCullough ______ __ Nov. 1a, 1916 MacLean ________ __ Aug. 21, 191'! Leiever ___________ __ Dec. 4, 1917

1,482,424 2,371,059

Zimmerman _____ -_ 5, 1924 Mendles __________ __ Mar. 6, 1945

arranged in contact with the stop pin l2. rll‘he gasket lil and the springs SSB increase the eni ciency of the gun by producing a greater resist 70 v ance against the displacement of the projectile "it from the barrel, so that a greater air pressure

is needed to discharge the gun. The rearward movement of the floating gun barrel under the pressure of the helical spring 75

3fi4,353

Dannn __________ __ June 29, 1885

FGREÍGN PATENTS

Number 1,181

Country Great Britain

Date _____ _

_ _ _ __

1354

4,078

Britain ________ __1____ 1915

419,936

France _______ _____- Nov. 9, 1910

Nov. 17, 1953~

E. s. LEACH

2,659,356

TOY CANNON

Filed May 18, 1951

2 Sheet‘s-Sheet 1

Nov. 17, 1953

2,659,356

E. S. LEACH TOY CANNON

Filed May 18 , 1951

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

l

i

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9%‘;

Fig. 7

J‘ n

W //

Edward 5. Leach .

BY

INVENTOR.

‘

May 25, 1954 .I

A, Q GRAHAM ‘

2,679,242

TOY CANNON

Filed Oct. 18, 1952

155-2. l8

a

,

.JI 4%

l

2

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,

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2/0

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ALLEN 0. GRAHAM

"Wm ' QTTOR/VEY

June 8, 1954

‘2,680,619

0. w. REITER

REMOTE CONTROL BOMBI-NGPGA‘MEMPPARATUS Filed May 22, 1950

I5 Sheets-Sheet 1

Orva W- Reifer ,

IN VEN TOR.

BY “1%mfg”

ay 13, 1958

J. M. GUTHRIE

2,834,332

TOY GUN

Filed July 18, 1955

5 Sheets-Sheet 1

JOHN M. GUTHR/E', INI/ENTOR

HUEBNER, BEEHLER, WORREL £9’ HERZ] G, ÄTTORNEYS.

May 13, 1958

2,834,332

J. M. GUTHRIE TOY GUN

5 Sheets-Sheet 2

Filed July 18, 1955

¿55 5456575651 Í

53

49 47" I Inn“

86

` JOHN M. GUTHR/E,

INVENTQR H UEBNER, BEEHLER, WORREL ¿d HERZIG, lfTToRNEl/s.

May 13, 1958

J. M.`GUTHR1E TOY GUN

2,834,332 '

Filed July 18, 1955

5 sheets-sheet s

103

JOHN M. GU THR/E', ' INI/ENTORk

HUEBNER, BEEHLER, WORREL £9’ HERZIG, ÄTTORNEYS. BY

sept. 3o, 195s `

y A. w. HALEY TOY

CANNON

2,853,990 `

Filed Jan. lO, 1956

2? g3 35

37v

l5 26 2.9

¿j

/6

IN VEN TOR. ,

BY

> ATTORNEY

Dec. 15, 1959

T. J. HANDLEY "

TOY GUNS Filed Feb. 3, 195a

' 2,91 7,038

Feb. 27, 1962

R. A. RUCKER, -

3,022,597

ELECTRIC TOY CANNON 2 Sheets-Sheet 1

Filed Feb. 18, 1959

L...

T0 GROUND '

'24

Richard A. Rucker

INVENTOR.

Feb. 27,, 1962

3,022,597

R. A. RUCKER‘ ELECTRIC TOY CANNON

Filed Feb. 18, 1959

2 Sheets~$heet 2

1.i-"~l Richard A. Ruc/rer INVENTOR.

.

mg.

”’ Z‘Mwmm

Sept. 5, 1967

_

M. l. GLASS ‘ET AL

3,339,536

TOY CANNON WITH SEPARABLE FRONT AND REAR BARREL. SECTIONS

Filed April 16, 1965

2 Sheets-Sheet l

Sept. 5, 1967

M_ |, GLASS ET AL

'

3,339,536

TOY CANNON WITH ,SEFARABLE FRONT AND REAR BARREL SECTIONS

(ab

.34 @W%

Oct. 1, 1968

3,403,669

D. L. CROSMAN TOY CANNON WITH BARREL RECOIL MECHANISM

Filed Aug. 11, 1966

3 Sheets-Sheet 1

INVENTOR FJAQL 4”” l. CIQOJMHA/

¢ TTORNEYS

Oct. 1, 1968

3,403,669

D. L. CROSMAN TOY CANNON WITH BARREL RECOIL MECHANISM

Filed Aug. 11, 1966

NNNW

3 Sheets-Sheet 2

(No Model-)_

T' Hl BROWN. TOY PISTOL.

J. J.>LOUD. TOY CANNON.

Patented Dec. 27,1887. 0

United States Patent 1191

1111

Boyd

1451 Nov. 27, 1973

'

3,774,585

[54] ELASTIC BAND PROJECTILE PROJECTING DEVICE

['57]

‘

ABSTRACT

[76] Inventor: Robert A. Boyd, 1974 Seward St.,

A projectile projecting gun having a gear arrangement

Detroit, Mich.

for changing the elevation of the gun barrel. Below the

[22] Filed:

barrel of the gun there are two slidable structures that ride on a track. The forwardmost structure is the unit

Apr. 6, 1972

that receives and propels a projectile. The rearmost

[21] Appl. No.: 241,500

structure pulls the forwardmost structure to a projec

tile receiving position, where, after receiving a projec tile, a pivoted portion of the rearmost structure is piv

[52]

US. Cl ...................... .. 124/21, 124/50, 124/41,

[51]

Int. Cl. ............................................ .. F4lb 7/00

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/41, 29, 40, 35,

most structure is pulled along forwardly with the for~

124/34, 21, 50, 17, 31; 74/530, 527, 528

wardmost structure by a common elastic band, the

124/37, 124/29, 273/106 E

[56]

References Cited

oted so as to release the forwardmost structure so that

the latter stucture may propel the projectile. The rear

1

band furnishing the force necessary to project an ob ject, The rearward movement of the forwardmost structure causes an arm to be cammed away so that

UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,310,613 2,860,731

7/1919 11/1958

Gilbert ................................ .. 124/29 Hause ................... .. 74/530 X

2,264,399

12/1941

Oppenheim et al.

3,572,311

3/1971

..... .. 124/21

Baer ................................ .. 124/41 X

one projectile may be positioned in the barrel for ?r ing. The barrel of the gun may be locked in a desired position. After the barrel has been locked in a desired position a separate safety lock may be used to releas ably hold the above mentioned lock for the barrel.

Primary Examiner-—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—William R. Browne

Att0rney~Charles Krassov

1 Claim, 8 Drawing Figures

United States Patent [191

v[11]

Torgow ‘ [54]

3,811,675

[451 May 21, 1974

PROJECTOR, FIELD, AND TARGETS

[57]

ABSTRACT

A game combining strategy and skill has a game play ing surface with two ends, the surface being marked

[76] lnventor: Abraham M. Torgow, 185 E. 206th St., Bronx, NY. 10458 [22] Filed: Apr. 6, 1972

off from each end in an assembly zone, numbered ad vance zones, and an option zone. Movable playing

[211

App]. No.: 241,696 '

pieces are two sets of target symbols, usually repre

[52]

US. Cl. ................................. .. 273/101, 124/26

[51]

Int. Cl ............ ................ ..; .......... .. A63b 71/02

senting soldiers, and shielding blocks. Each player has

[58] Field of Search... 273/95 R, l0l, 127 R, 85 R; '

124/26, 37, 40, 29; 46/22, 15, 115

[56] '

disposed about the rod, a compression spring urging

References Cited

‘UNITED STATES PATENTS 2/1970

a shooting means operated from his end of the game surface with which he may knock down shielding blocks or soldiers of the other player. The shooting means is preferrably a spring operated cannon having a barrel, an axial rod in the barrel, an impulse plunger

' 3,495,828 2,460,770

2/1949

‘Kymla ................................. .. 124/29 Shirey ...... .. ..

3,375,008

3/1968

‘Atkinson...

3,495,828 2,607,591

2/1970 8/1952

Kymla ..... .. Tilley ...... ..

2,563,969

8/195]

Skinner.....

2,735,221

2/1956

Fields .........................

the plunger towards the muzzle of the barrel, means locking and releasing the plunger in a rear position, and a projectile containing an axial bore disposed about the rod and ejected on release of the plunger. Emplacements at each end of the game surface or board have end walls through which the cannon

project. Side nets extending between the emplace ...... .. l24/37

ments contain projectiles on the playing surface.

1 Claim, 6 Drawing Figures

Primary Examiner-Richard ‘C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-Marvin Siskind Attorney, Agent, or Firm-William Anthony Drucker

(Model.)

J. JQLOU‘D.. PIRE GRACKER CANNON.

Nó. 385,127.

Patented June 26, 1888.

I

W/ T/VESSES myx a „GM/Á _

//\/ VEA/TOR. -

`

N. PErERg Fnnwlmmgnpher, washington. 0.-?,

¿ML

United States Patent ' [191

[11]

Ditto et al.

[45] Feb. 17, 1976

3,938,272

i541 TOY CANNON [76] Inventors: Donald R. Ditto; Kenneth H. Hare, both of 3129 Maple Leaf Lane, Dallas, Tex. 75233 [22] Filed: Mar. 28, 1974

Primary Examiner—Charles T. Jordan Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Howard E. Moore; Gerald

[2l] Appl. N0.: 455,854

G. Crutsinger

[52] [51] [58]

U.S. Cl .......................................... .. 42/55; 89/7 Int. Cl.2 ........................................... .. F41F H00 Field of Search .............................. .. 42/55; 89/7

2,754,607

7/1956

Wily ...................................... .. 42/55

3,247,611

4/1966

Wilson . . . . . . . . .

3,745,691

7/1973'

Brown, Jr. ............................ .. 42/55

[57]

. . . . ..

42/51

ABSTRACT

A toy cannon for ?ring a resilient projectile when a

References Cited

compressed fuel-air mixture is ignited. Air is com pressed-into a chamber containing fuel as the resilient projectile is forced into the barrel of the cannon. An

UNITED STATES PATENTS

ignitor in the chamber is actuated from a shielded po

[5 6] 1,352,715

9/1920

Wily 1 . . . . . .

. . . ..

42/55

1,998,023

4/1935

Peake . . . . . . .

. . . ..

42/55

1,999,357

4/1935

Driggs, .lr..

2,000,607

5/1935

Peuke ................................... .. 42/55

42/55

17/

20/

Tim i“

sition externally of the chamber to ignite the fuel-air mixture.

4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Feb 17, 1976

3,938,272

1_ IIIIIIIIIAIIIIIIlV/l’lI y

z

'

1 I

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,036,203

Chapman

[45]

July 19, 1977

ELASTIC BAND TYPE TOY CANNON

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkharn

[76] Inventor: Clyde H. Chapman, 9535 Yorkwood,

Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm-—Donald Gunn

[54]

Houston, Tex. 77016

[57]

[21] Appl. No.: 638,181 [22] Filed: [51] [52]

Dec. 5, 1975

gate cylindrical barrel. A projectile is hurled by the

Int. (31.2 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00 11.5.01. ...................................... .. 124/21; 124/37; ~

124/29

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/29, .27, 35 R, 41,

[56]

124/21, 2, 22, 37, 31; 42/55; 89/37 R; 273/101 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 159,003 706,399

1/1875 8/1902

1,151,663

8/1915

1,360,410 3,108,583

11/1920 10/1963

ABSTRACT

A toy cannon is disclosed which incorporates an elon

Wiedemann et a1. ................ .. 124/21 Fifer ...................... .. 124/29 Carter ........... ..

.. 124/29

Jones ......... .. Andis ........ ..

124/29 .. 124/22

cannon by inserting it at the mouth of the barrel. Inside the barrel, a plunger travels at the urging of rubber bands which are mounted on the exterior and parallel to

the barrel. The barrel is preferably split so that the plunger has a pair of supporting and extending hooks which are located on the exterior. The hooks'engage the rubber band to enable the toy cannon to ?re. The toy cannon incorporates a latch at the rear of the barrel to hold the plunger at a caught position. A cowling is , provided on the outer surface of the barrel to house the rubber bands that act on the plunger.

4 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

U.S. Patent

July 19, 1977

Sheet 1 of2

4,036,203

M.DE

US. Patent

July 19, 1977

m6E

Sheet 2 of2

4,036,203

,

(No Model.)

G. W. NASH.

I

TOY CANNON.

No. 410,433.

Wr'r?sssas:

Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

‘

INVENTU-H:

N. PEIERS. Phawmnugnpher. wllhi nnnnnnn c.

(No Model.) '

2 sneeié-Qsneet 1. .

O. M. VAN BUREN.

.

TOY CANNON.

No. 524,772;

Patented A

.

A!

[76.7.

‘

. 21, 1894.

21%

~

a’

3

I12 VPIZZOP" . ' WIZMSSPS :

‘ymggfw

.

-

(No Model.)

'

- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

O. M. VAN BURBN. TOY CANNON.

No. 524,772.

Wiliwsses:

%//M @w/ZW

TUTWWQ

Patented Aug. 21, 1894.

\v\/

6 ‘w/M é]

@

rZLM/

J6 '

'

(No Model.)

‘No. 535,124.

S._S'PARLING. VTOY CANNON. Patented‘ Mar. 5, 1895..

l 1 I

‘2%; WWMCWJ:

20%27571‘ M

MM“

(No Model.) J

HANNAN

_

TOY CANNON AND TARGET.

No. 669,282.

E“In|

Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

in. 632,005.

Pa‘tent'e'd Aug‘. 29, I899. E.

J.

BOWEN.

-

*

'

TOY CANNON. '

(Application ?led Apr. 15, 1899.)

Wu Model.)

WITNESSES:

Q

_

/%5Z/% '

W 91. @WM

01,54,647 '

INVENTOR

-

Jam-678g

_

,

‘m: NORRIS Prrzns ca, nomad-mo

w-snmcnm. n \:

- . ATTORNEY

Q

"’

so. emga.

` ` 1 Patented kur. 18, |633. A. G. JACOBS. T0Y CANN0N L (Application ßled July 27, 1898.)

(No Model.)

. WÍTNESSES

/NI/ENTOR

US006644294B2

(12) United States Patent

(16) Patent N65

Christensen

(45) Date of Patent:

(54) AIR CANNON

5,343,849 A

Inventor:

Robert N. Christensen, 1300 AlA S. Oceancrest #502, Jupiter, FL (Us)

*

2/1997

5,613,678 A 5,681,043 A

33477 .

5,727,538 A

.

.

.

.

5,850,826

*

3/1998

11“ er 3

_

_

124/31 2/2000 Sanders et a1. ............. .. 124/78 3/2000 Smith et a1.

6,065,460 A

5/2000 Lotuaco 5/2001 Scott

6,276,353 B1 *

8/2001 Briggs et a1. ............... .. 124/71

6,279,259 B1

8/2001

Us 2003/0089361 A1 May 15’ 2003

*

Otteman ....... ..

42/122

6,295,754 B1 * 10/2001 Otteman et a1.

42/124

6,349,711 B1 *

124/73

2/2002 Perry et a1. .... ..

6,481,429 B2 * 11/2002 Nishio et a1. ........ ..

Int. Cl.7 ............................................... .. F4113 11/00

(52)

U..S. Cl. .......................................... .. 124/77; 124/32

(58)

Field of Search ...................... .. 124/63—77; 42/113,

124/29

2002/0170551 A1 * 11/2002 Kotsiopoulos et a1. ...... .. 124/54

* Cited by examiner

42/114

Primary Examiner—Michael J. Carone

,

Assistant Examiner—Susan L Piascik

References Clted U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3 469 842 A

4/1999 Morin

6,233,928 B1 PYIOF Publlcatlon Data

(56)

Guthrie

5,890,479 A * 6,026,798 A * 6,035,843 A

_

(51)

12/1998

Patent 15 exten e

NOV. 9, 2001

(65)

A

5,857,451 A * 1/1999 Ciluffo et a1. ............... .. 124/6

(21) APPL No; 10/035,430 Filed:

E1115 .......................... .. 124/77

6/1998 Schneider

sublecito any ‘3531mm; the fiermé’fthlg or a 111ste U-S-C- 154(b) by 0 days~

(22)

Mesiano .................... .. 434/19

3/1997 McKee 6t a1~ 10/1997 Winblad et al.

5,769,066 A

(Hi) Nome:

Nov. 11, 2003

9/1994 Steer

5,599,187 A

(76)

US 6,644,294 B2

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—McHale & Slavin, P.A. (57) ABSTRACT

9 1969 W lb

375827079 A

6;1971 Breeslgifn

Agolf ball projecting air cannon capable of propelling a golf

3:807:379 A *

4/1974 Vodinh ...................... .. 124/26

ball or Similar Projectile With high Pressure to reach dis

3,843,125 A

10/1974 Loose et a1,

tances beyond 100 yards. The device employs an electronic

3,938,272 A

2/1976 Ditto et a1.

circuit providing safety, ?ring, and reloading controls. The

4,021,037 A 47086902 A

5/ 1977 Torbet 5/1978 Reynolds

timer and motor provide for the timed activation of a series of microsWitches and solenoids to distribute air to various

?/

3pc“

ports at a designated position Within the device to force

/

00p

2 ’

’

4,223,472 A

appropriate movements.

9/1980 Fekete et 211.

4,703,869 A

11/1987 Rooy

4,770,153 A

*

9/1988 Edelman .................... .. 124/72

12 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets

30 21

42

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44

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27

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32

22

No. 7|4,770.

Patented. Dec. 2, |902. ~

W

A

ZELCH

-

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TOY TARGET AND GUN APPARATUS. - (Application medlsepc, 1.6% 1902.) .(No Model.)

`l

2 sheets-»Sheet 2.y

afg@ BY

[NVÈNTOR '

TOY CANNON.”

„

MAN 15 1901; RNNEWEU

9 0, 3

7... 1,

W. H. GORNPORD. TOY CANNON. APPLICATION FILED fm. zo; 1909.

938,982.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Sept. 25, 1945.

D_ (3, ‘LA BARRE N

142,427

TOY CANNON

‘Filed July 5,‘ 1945

N

u' ,1 1 .' v.

_

I

INVENTOR.

?ouans C LAB/422E; w/kww _ a

.

US005370571A

Umted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Bosch

[45]

[54]

TOY PROJECI‘ILE LAUNCHING DEVICES Inventon '

3,469,846

Warren E- Bvsch, Bu?mgton, NJ‘

.

~

4

APPL No_; 4,377 _

[51]

Filed:

Jan. 14, 1993

I _

[58]

Clo

Lippert .................... .. 273/129 W X

3,572,715

3/1971

Ramirez .

3,691,675

9/1972 Rodgers .

3,709,495

1/ 1973 Krombein .

3,715,121

2/1973

Renn et a1. .

3,739,764 6/ 1973 Allport .

Int. Cl's ..................... " A63H 29/24; F41B 15/00 UQS.

9/ 1969

3,596,400 8/1971 cheng .

e'

[22]

Dec. 6, 1994

3,481,605 12/1969 Giraurd et a1_ ............... .. 446/309 X

[73] Assrgnee. gyclo Investment Corp., W1lm1ngton, [21]

Date of Patent:

3,466,792 9/1969 Goldfarb .

_

[75]

5,370,571

3,892,405

7/1975 Trevlno ............................ .. 273/872

4,246,719

1/1981

Kulesza et a1. .

I u u a a 0 I o a n 6 I e e - e e e I e e l I - e 6 u n a n a - I u on

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII "

X

124/79; 124/35.1; 124/29; 124/36; 273/128 R; 273/129 W; 273/129 V; 273/428 Field of Search ............. .. 446/429, 430, 435, 308,

4,504,242 3/1985 Grain et a]. _____ " " 4,564,197 l/ 1986 Lambert et a1. .............. .. 446/430 X 4,575,348 3/1986 Wiggs et a1. .

446/309, 247, 266, 268, 450, 473, 486; 273/128

4,661,080 4/1987 Goldstein et a1. ............ .. 446/429 X

R, 128 A, 129 T, 129 W, 129 V, 428, 87.2, 87 D, 7 R 145 B 12

8

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.

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.

,

gubois 6t ala-l ‘

, 54’ 351, 26’ 5, 6,

9 P’ 124/1 79

,

37 29‘

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.

_

_

_

_

Projectile launching toys include a surface suitably con?gured to support and guide a projectile, a lever

16; ,

ABSTRACT _

1,649,045 11/1926 Tickel . 1,721,704 7/1929 Madaschi _ ,

7/1935 Germany ...................... 1. 273/129 V

Nadel

1,089,229 3/1914 Klein . 1,504,819

124/79 X

. ................. ..

Primary Examiner—-Danton D. DeMille

BOWCI'S ........................... .. 1,063,803

rosson et

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

U_S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS

99,023

,

5,069,451 12/1991 Martens et a1. ................. .. 124/79 X

pivotally mounted so as to traverse a portion of the m,

_

.

2,274,009 2/1942 Stephens I 2 279 857 4/1942 Bodnar

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

surface in the dlrection the projectlle 18 being gulded, a .

.

124/1 X

2:303:652 12/1942 McGaug'g'j """"""""""""" " 2,600,116 6/1952 Kopf _

manual actuator coupled to the lever to manually move

2,853,644 11/1953 Derham -

the lever from an initial position to a second, pivoted position to launch the projectile and a return member coupled with the lever to automatically return the lever to its original position after being manually moved and

3,084,680

released

2,680,934 6/ 1954 Gowland . 4/1963

3,108,395 10/1963

Goldfarb et a1. ............... .. 124/36 X Goldfarb .

'

3,403,669 10/1968 Crosman .

3,462,153 8/1969 Giraud et a1. .

9 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 1 of 9

5,370,571

US. Patent

Dec.6, 1994

Sheet 2 of 9

5,370,571

US. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 3 of9

5,370,571

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Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 4 of 9

5,370,571

U.S. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 6 of 9

US. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 7 of 9

..

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5,370,571

US. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 8 of 9

5,370,571

US. Patent

Dec. 6, 1994

Sheet 9 of 9

5,370,571

US006192612B1

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Maier et al.

US 6,192,612 B1

(45) Date of Patent:

Feb. 27, 2001

(54)

PROPULSION DEVICE

3,472,218 * 10/1969 Mers ...................................... .. 42/54 3,648,395 *

3/1972

(75)

Inventors: Timothy J. Maier, Arlington, VA (US);

3,710,675

1/1973 Asikainen

-~ 89/41

Gregory J_ Maier, Potomac, MD (Us)

3,745,691 3,745,879

7/1973 Brown, Jr. ..... .. 7/1973 Aslkalnen et 211.

. 42/55 89/37

Assigneez Neustadt Oblon, Spivak, PC Arhn Mcclelland’ ton VAMaier (Us) &

3,774,585

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.

( * ) Notlce:

g .

’

.

.

SIlbJGCI' to any dlsclalmer, the term of this

11/1973 Boyd LaSplsa.................................... 618.1. ............................ 124/21

3,782,243

1/1974

Ziegler

3,938,272

2/1976

Ditto et a1.

470597820 4,222,307

9/1980 Roettges et a1. .

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 clays~

4,369,592

1/1983

4,869,151 *

App1_NO_:09/235’340

(22)

Filed:

4,941,390 4,967,638 5,079,987 5,149,907

Jan. 22, 1999

Provisional Related application U-SI Application NO_ 60/076,672’ Data ?led on Man 2’

42/55

Perry

340/155 89/87

............

. . . . .. 42/54

9/1989 Chahin ..

89/14.4

* 7/1990 Bulman . * 11/1990 Bulman * 1/1992 Pate et al. . * 9/1992 Thiesen

5,531,150

89/7 .89/7

89/7 .89/7

7/1996 Gegareglan 618.1. ..... .. .................. .. 89/15

1998'

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 7

(52)

.. 89/87

11/1977 Turpening

Pawnt 1S mended 0r adlllsted under 35

(21)

(51)

Nathanson ............................. .. 42/54

Int. Cl.

.

.

............................... .. F41C 3/06, F41F 1/00,

BTCKYTRD BTLLIS ICS, Backyard Ballistics Home Page,

F41A 21/00

pp. 1—4 http://WWW2.csn.net/%7Ebsimon/backyard.html,

US. Cl. ....................... .. 42/55; 42/54; 89/7; 89/14.6;

_

89/14'4

(58) Fleld 0f Search ......................... .. 42/54, 55§9§j3/1;.64, ’

(56)

'

References Cited

PO T O BTZOOKT, Hair Spray Spud Gun, Home Page, pp.

1_3 httpI//WWW2~CSH~net%7Ebsimon/hspray'htm, Sep' 9, 1998.

* cited by examiner

U,S, PATENT DOCUMENTS

Primary Examiner—Charles T. Jordan

_

Assistant Examiner—Glenda L. Sanchez

1’352’715

9/1920 Wlly '

1,504,819 *

8/1924 HanWell

45/55

1,624,086

4/1927

42/54

*

Sep 9 1998

Wily ..... ..

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, aler

t dt PC eus a

’

'

'

4/1935 Peake ....... ..

1,999,357 2,000,607

4/1935 Driggs, Jr. . 42/55 5/1935 Peake ..................................... .. 42/55

A propulsion device including a fuel chamber and barrel

2,046,663 : 7/1936 Wade ..................................... .. 42/55

Constructed With off_the_shelf parts for propelling biode_

271297042

9/1938 Amh°_ny

42/54

gradable objects. The fuel chamber includes a fuel noZZle

2’324’860 *

7/1943 Manmgel

42/55

actuator for receiving fuel from a pressurized gaseous con

2,754,607

7/1956

42/55

3,022,597 *

2/1962 Rucker ................................... .. 42/55

......... ..

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& N

1,998,023

Wily

42/55

M .

ABSTRACT

.

.

.

.

.

. .

“men The fuelchamberalsomcludes anlgmtolforlgnmng

3,049,828 * 8/1962 Mills ...................................... .. 42/54

th? 916119916 £1191 ChaIPbeR The_ barrel may be lnterchanged

3,050,893 *

8/1962 Maddux

With one mcludmg nolse reducmg holes.

3,400,661 *

9/1968 Coon et al.

42/55 . 89/14.6

3,412,497 * 11/1968 Denton et al. ......................... .. 42/54

33 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets

24

US007721722B1

(12) Unlted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Tulkis (54)

(45) Date of Patent:

WATER-POWERED TOY GUNS AND

5,242,323 A

METHOD

5,267,549 A 5,343,850 A

(76) Inventor: Peter Tulkis, 266 Central Ave., Paramus,

,

NJ (Us) 07652 .

(*)

_

.

Nome‘

.

.

.

Filed:

(51)

Int. Cl.

1%;

JDElndmde 0

son

5,553,598 A

9/1996 Johnson et a1.

5,653,215

8/1997

A

Chung et a1.

U-S-C- 154(1)) by 18 days-

6,192,612 B1

2/2001 Maier et a1.

6,527,518 B2*

3/2003

6,904,901 B2

6/2005 Mitchell

Oct. 26, 2007

(2006.01)

*

US. Cl. ............................ .. 124/73; 124/65; 124/69 Field of Classi?cation Search ................. .. 124/69,

124/70, 75, 56, 63; 417/40 See application ?le for complete search history.

(56)

1/1916

Hill ........................... ..

*

5/1916

Hill ........................... ..

124/56 124/75

*

12/1919

Goodyear .................. ..

124/75

5/1935 6/1952 9/1956 2/1962 6/1973 2/1976 3/1983 12/1987 8/1989 1/1990 1/1990

Peake

Rucker

Allport Ditto et a1. Curtis Curtis Shindo Moormann

Fertig et a1.

1/2007 Brown et a1. 1/2005 Nadel ........................ .. 124/56

2005/0183711 A1*

8/2005

2007/0012305 A1

1/2007 Williams

Eichner et a1. .............. .. 124/73

. . clted by examlner

Primary ExamineriMichael Carone

Assistant ExamineriReginald Tillman, Jr. ABSTRACT

A toy gun is operated by Water under pres sure, supplied from

*

F0 ster

7,163,009 B2 2005/0016514 A1*

(57)

US. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Pope

OstroWski .................. .. 417/40

(74) A1101’"6y! Agenll 01’ FirmiAl'thul‘ Jacob

References Cited 1,167,178 A 1,183,644 A 1,324,772 A 2,000,607 2,601,555 2,762,356 3,022,597 3,739,764 3,938,272 4,376,327 4,712,274 4,854,480 4,892,081 4,897,065

i

9/ 1993 Rappaport 12/1993 Webber 9/1994 Steer

5,653,216 A * 8/1997 Johnson ..................... .. 124/69 5 819 717 A 10/1998 Johnson et a1‘

F41B 11/28

(52) (58)

,

May 25, 2010

sublectto any dlsclalmeritheterm Ofthls patent 15 extended or adjusted under 35

(21) Appl. No.: 11/924,732 (22)

US 7,721,722 B1

a conveniently available source of Water under pressure, such as a garden hose connected to a municipal Water supply, a household Water supply, or a similar source of Water under pressure, to launch a projectile, such as a Water-?lled balloon,

along, and preferably through, the barrel of the gun. The projectile is coupled With a ?ring chamber, preferably by being placed in the ?ring chamber, adjacent the barrel, and Water under pressure is admitted to an actuator for actuating

an air compressor Which, in turn, creates compressed air that is accumulated in an air chamber and then selectively released to the ?ring chamber to launch the projectile from the barrel.

20 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets

J. DITTRICK'. TOY CANNON. 'APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. i917.

1,282,549a

J. D'iTTRICK. I

TOY CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 8. 1917.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918'.

1,282,5%9...

2 SHEETS—SHEET 2.

7/47

55

,7”

l2

l5

1. B. BLACKSHEAR. TOY`AUTOMOB|LE AND RAPID FIRE GUN. ‘

APPLICATION

F|LED1AN.4.191B.

_ Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

1 ________„

1

v

/

llllI-pllllllllllll.

________ _____no

Q

__'_--

____ __,---

Q

M // ¿WwW/111,111,111,...

_____ *6,

r _

April 14, ‘ 1942.

R. N. CARVER PROJECTILE SHOOTING TOY

p,

Filed Sept. 15, .1941

2,279,386 ’2- Sheets-Shed 1 _

I02

'

"slur I" % ~

INVE‘NTOR PlcHARD- N. CARVER .

B

'

I

.

'

V

ATTORNEYS

_

-

April 14, 1942.‘

R. N. CARVER 2,279,386‘

I PROJECTILE SHOOTING TOY I

‘Filed Sept. 15, 1941'

'2 Sheets-Sheet 2‘

Iil..

INVENTOR

RICHARD N. CARVER ATTORNEYS »

. '

Mayl, 1951

H. FORNARY

2,551,109 ‘

TOY MILITARY TANK

Filed 00%- 27, 1947

‘

"

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

Inventor

Harry Fornary l2

a ‘

‘

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_

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By

'

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WWW

M5)’: 1, 1951

H. FORNARY '

2,551,109

TOY MILITARY TANK

Filed Oct. 27, 1947

‘

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

Inventor

l8

'

Harry Fomary

72 B)’

WWW 8mm

United States Patent [191

[111

Heberlein

[45] Mar. 11, 1975

[54] TOY TANK [76] 1

Inventor: Harold V. Heberlein, PO. Box 269, .

[22]

[57]

A toy tank is disclosed which is intended as a source

of recreation for children. The tank consists of a body

May 30’ 1974

wheels secured thereto for allowing forward and re

mounted upon a moveable chassis having a plurality of

1211 Appl. No.: 474,384 [52]

ABSTRACT

Riverton, Wyo. 82501 _

Fned‘

3,869,825

verse motion. A pair of rachet mechanisms convert

US. Cl ....................... .. 415/219, 124/11, 124/19

[51]

Int. Cl ........................................... .. A63h 17/04

[58]

Field of Search ........... .. 46/219, 244 R; 124/11,

124/29

[56]

the rotary motion of the wheels into linear motion which is used for cocking a projectile ?ring mecha nism. A sear is provided for detaining the projectile

?ring mechanism in the cocked position. The projec tile ?ring mechanism includes a spring~loaded air pis~ ton disposed inside of a piston housing. The spring is

compressed when the projectile firing mechanism is cocked. A trigger mechanism, which is mechanically

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS

coupled to the sear, permits the selective activation of

2,279,386

4/1942

Carver ................................ .. 46/219

2,551,109

5/1951

Fornary . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,065,569

11/1962

Nielsen et a1. . t . .

3,774,586

11/1973

Siato ................................... .. 46/219

. . . ..

46/219

. . . . . . . .. 46/219

Primary E.raminer—Louis G. Mancene Assista nt Examiner-Robert F. Cutting

the projectile ?ring mechanism by the tank’s operator. Pulling of the trigger mechanism releases the spring loaded air piston which produces a blast of air that forces a projectile from the ?ring mechanism. Each tank is provided with a plurality of targets which disin~ tegrate when hit by a projectile.

10 Claims, 14 Drawing Figures

%

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WENTEDRARI H975

3,869,825 SHLEI 1 [1f 7

6E ~

mgmgnumr 1 19.75

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sum 2 or 7

NQE

3,869,825

FMENTEB KARI I LQFS SHEET 3 BF 7

IIIW

5

PATENTEDHARI 1 I975

3,869,825 SHEET 5 [If Y

PATENTEUWI “975

3 869 825

FIG. 14

United States Patent [191

[11] [45]

Grogg, Sr. [54] AMUSEMENT VEHICLE [76] Inventor: Charles J. Grogg, Sr., 2964 Sun?ower St., Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360

,

Jul. 22, 1980

Primary Examiner-Louis G. Mancene Assistant Examiner—Mickey Yu [5?] ABSTRACT A toy tank is disclosed having tracks and a cannon supported on a turret. The tracks consist of multi-ele

[21] App]. No.: 883,210 [22] Filed:

4,213,269

ment, hingeable links forming a chain type loop sup ported by tensioned rollers and idlers such that the

Mar. 3, 1978

[51] [52]

Int. Cl.2 ........................................... .. A63H 17/04 U.S. Cl. ................................ .. 46/219; 124/82

tracks are articulated realistically in accordance with the contours of the surface on which the tank travels.

[58]

Field of Search ....................... .. 46/202, 219, l E;

The turret carries a cannon for dispensing bullet-like projectiles in a realistic fashion. Atop the turret is a

124/49, 50, 82

[56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2,652,822 9/1953 2,921,573 l/l960 3,065,569 1l/l962 3,869,825

3/1975

projectile containing and feeding mechanism ‘which automatically loads the breech of the cannon when the cannon ram rod or plunger is fully withdrawn there from in order that same is cocked for the next ?ring sequence.

Heberlein ............................. .. 46/219

'

10 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures

US Patent

Jul. 22, 1980

Sheet 1 of4

4,213,269

U.S. Patent

Jul. 22, 1980

Sheet 2 of 4

4,213,269

U.S. Patent

FIG. 5

Jul. 22, 1980

cm’ 40 ,-,1

Sheet 3 of4

‘I111

"WI 1

4,213,269

U.S. Patent

Jul. 22, 1980

Sheet 4 of 4

4,213,269

Nov. 27, 1962

3,065,569

E. A. Nu-:Lsr-:N ETAL SELF-PROPELLED TOY TANK

Filed Jan. 25. 1961 5 Sheets-Sheet 1

v

MN AIY

nÈ

NNYNä.

f.

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INVENTORS ¿'ow//v 4 /V/¿Lsf/v BY A44 ffm/v 4% 622 :A «vo

Nov. 27, 1962

E. A. NIELSEN ETAL

3,065,569

SELF-PROPELLED TOY TANK Filed Jan. 25, 1961 5 Sheets-Sheet 2

NN.

.l|I IL.

_ .

IL|

Nov. 27, 1962

E. A. NIELSEN ETAL

3,065,569

SELF-PROPELLED TOY TANK Filed Jan. 25; 1961

5 Sheets-Sheet 5

FIGB ff ff

25

if

al ¿90

-Iy

/ä

INVENTORS , 60W/1v ,4A//fas5/v

Am@

Nov. 27, 1962

E. A. NIELSEN ETAL

3,065,569

SELF-PROPELLED TOY TANK Filed Jan. 25, 1961

5 .Sheets-Sheet 4

fía, 4M /

w

FIG. I4

/55 752

Amt/Ji@

Nov. 27, 1962

E. A. NlELsl-:N ETAL

3,065,569

SELF-PROPELLED TOY TANK

Filed Jan. 25, 1961

5 sheets-sheets

Umd@

E. A. CLOONAN. TO'Y TANK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.3, I918.

13%,2370 Y

Patented Feb. 11, 19191 '

‘-l—

e

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m

-

in .31. Elm EJ113111,

I? 1"

y

/

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a. P. BREESE. TOY TANK CAR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. Hr. 1918.

1,373,649.

Patented Apr. 5|, 1921. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

„f/m.

_mmf .x.

A TTORNEY

R. P. BREESE. TOY TANK CAR.. APPLlcATloN FILED rEß.14. 191s.

1,373,649. `

' Patented Apr. 5, 1921.` _2 SHEETS-SHEET 2

~ July 14,1931.‘

1,813,985

C. C. BLACKMORE TOY

Filed Oct. 11, 1928

1

I ‘

_

5 Sheets-Sheet

_

1

@IINVEZTOR

BYM'W 4- W A TTORNE Y

July 14. 1931.

c. c. BLACKMORETOY

Filed on. 11, 1928

I

1,813,985 ‘

s Sheets-Sheet s

Sept. 15, 1964

3,148,478

M. G- MILLER MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY

Filed NOV. 6, 1961

3 Sheets-Sheet 1

22

34

INVENTOR.

BYi

é,

g ; AIV'O/PA/L'V'

Sept. 15, 1964

M. G. MILLER

3,148,478

MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY

Filed NOV. 6, 1961

3 Sheets-Sheet 2

@ INVENTOR.

/

BY

-

/

/

ATTORNEY

Sept. 15, 1964

M. G. MILLER

3,143,478

MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY Filed Nov. 6, 1961

5 Sheets-Sheet‘3

Me/wn G‘. gig/£15243?

w 3

/ ‘y

my nrramvm/

Feb. 21, 1956

E.’ FIELDS

2,735,221

TOY WEAPON CARRIER

Filed NOV. 10, 1954

2 Sheets-Sheet l

INVENTOR. ERNEST FIELDS

BY M431. Hm}, ATTORNEY

Feb. 21, 1956

E; FlELDs

2,735,221

TOY WEAPON CARRIER

Filed NOV. 10, 1954

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

INVENTOR. ERNEST FIELDS BY

ATTORNEY

Dec. 13, 1960

S. NOBLE

2,964,032

MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY Filed Jan. 22, 1959

3 Sheets-Sheet 1

II

INVENTOR

12

SID NOBLE

BYMMMU ATTORNEYS .

Dec. 13, 1960

s. NOBLE

2,964,032

MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY

Filed Jan. 22, 1959

5 Sheets-Sheet 2

INVENTOR

SID NOBLE BY

ATTORNEYS.

ec. 13, 1960

S. NOBLE

2,964,032

MISSILE LAUNCHER TOY

Filed Jan. 22, 1959 3 Sheets-Sheet I5 74

63 64

42 as 35

44

671

23\, 7

30 \/

—INVENTOR SID NOBLE BY

ATTORNEYS,

March 20, 1962

3,025,846

D. |_. CROSMAN TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

Filed April 29, 1960

4 Sheets-Sheet 1

INVENTOR

DUEL/7ND Z. U/PosMm/ BY

WM 74% #17M ATTO R NEYS

March 20, 1962

D, |_. CROSMAN

3,025,846

TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

Filed April 29, 1960

4 Sheets-Sheet 2

_Nmu mvwP11w7/A 9N

B _,

N\

QM

‘“a 7

&

MME00MN RW MT V/w ma’ m T

oE

March 20, 1962

D. |_. CROSMAN

3,025,846

TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

Filed April 29, 1960

4 Sheets-Sheet 3 I

i

ATTORNEY5

March 20, 1962

D. 1.. CROSMAN

3,025,846

TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

Filed April 29, 1960

4 Sheets-Sheet 4

INVENTOR

.Do/a/wvo LC’Avos/wm/

C. A. LEWIS AND H. E .

SMOCK.

AUTOMATIC SELF PROPELLED TOY TANK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. I919.

1,343,834.

Patented June 15, 1920.

INVENTORJ Wl TM88E8

CH/IELES A’. L£w/5 ’H,4e0L0 5. 50406 BY

United States Patent [191

[111

Saito

[45] Nov. 27, 1973

4

SPRING TYPE PROJECTING DEVICE WITH

[5 ] REVOLVABLE MAGAZINE [75] Inventor: Shigeru Saito, Tokyo, Japan [7 3] Assignee: Masudaya Toy Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan [22] Filed:

Foreign Application Priority Data Oct. 12, 1971

ABSTRACT

' A toy successive missile launcher having a launching

device and a transmission device. The launching de

vice has a hollow complex cylindrical body having plu ral launching tubes, a circular disk, and supports for a plurality of launching levers and a rotatable shaft' The transmission device has a frame provided with a mem ber, a reduction gearing, a changing lever and a mo

July 7, 1972

[21] AppL. No.: 269,564

[30]

[5 7 ]

3,774,586

Japan .............................. .. 46/93877

[52]

US. Cl ...................... .. 124/29, 124/41, 124/48,

[51]

Int. Cl. ............................................ .. F41b 7/00

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/29, 27, 26, 37,

124/31, 46/219 124/41, 48, 34, 31; 273/106 R

tor. The launching device is connected with the trans mission device by the rotatable shaft which is mounted on said frame. The cylindrical body is attached to the circumference of said disk and contains said lever sup port and said launching levers inside it. The transmis sion device is caused to operate by a motor. The trans mission device causes the launching device, with the in place missiles, to rotate. As the launching levers ro tate they engage the ?xed cam on the frame and are

caused to pivot out of engagement with the in place

missiles. A compressed spring in each launching tube will project a missile once the_ launching lever has

_ [56]

References Cited

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,888,004

5/1959

2,964,032

12/1960

Noble . . . . . .

Steiner .............. ................ .. 124/27

3,010,718

11/1961

Pearson...

3,035,564

5/1962

. . . . . . ..

124/26

.. 124/29 UX

Hellman .......................... .. 124/31 X

,been pivoted from engagement with the missile. A new missile may be positioned for ?ring by placing it in the launching tube while compressing the compres sion springv An elastic band is used to bias each launching lever so that once the missile is in place in

the launching tube the forward end of the launching ‘ lever will engage a ring on the missile and hold the

Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—Williarn R. Browne

missile until the launching lever is pivoted out of en gagement with the missile.

Attorney-Michael S. Striker

4 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

N

I

Patented Nov. 27, 1973 4 Sheets-Sheet l

F/G./

3,774,586

Patented Nov. 27, 1973 4 Sheets-Sheet 2

F/G.2

3.774,586

Patented Nov._ 27, 1973 4 Sheets-Sheet :5

3.774586

Patented Nov. 27, 1973 4 Sheets-Sheet 4

F/G.7 22

3,774,586

US006527619B1

(12) Umted States Patent Agostini et al.

(10) Patent N0.2 (45) Date of Patent:

(54)

PROJECTILE FIRING TOY VEHICLE

(75)

Inventors: Matthew F. Agostini, Philadelphia, PA _

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3/1975 Heberlein

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Rlverton’ NJ W5)’ Wllham F‘_ M‘ Dougherty, Oakford, PA (US), Jeremy

4,708,683 A * 11/1987 Lehmann et al. ........... .. 446/75 4 , 813 , 907 A * 3/1989 Rissman . et al. .......... .. 446/175

S. R0b0tham, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US)

5 125 668 A

@1992 Welte

5,335,917 A

8/1994 Kuna

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(73) Asslgneei Mattel, Inc-31598119910, CA(US) Notice:

*

4213269 A * 7/1980 Grogg, SI

(US); Mary Ellen G. Fosbenner, -

Mar. 4, 2003

3,774,586 A * 11/1973 Saito 3,869,825 A

(*)

US 6,527,619 B1

5,389,031 A

2/1995 Sharpe, IIIetal.

5,759,083 A

6/1998 Polumbaum et al.

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

5,766,056 A

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

6,033,285 A

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days,

6,106,356 A

(21) Appl. No.: 10/143,387

6/1998 Tsai *

3/2000 Fine et al. ................ .. 446/465

8/2000 Trageser

* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Derris N. Banks

(22) Filed:

May 10’ 2002

Related US. Application Data (60)

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Int. Cl. .............................................. .. A63H 17/00 U..S. C]. ...................... .. 446/435; 446/438; 446/270 Fleld 0f Search ............................... .. 446/435, 438,

446/93, 94, 95, 96, 269, 431, 434

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ABSTRACT

Atoy Vehicle has a Vehicle body, a ?ring apparatus rotatably mounted on the Vehicle body and a ram mounted Within the ?ring apparatus Asprjng is Operably coupled to the ram and

a ?ring lever is rotatably coupled to the ?ring apparatus and the ram. Rotation of the ?ring lever retracts the ram against

(56)

References Cited

the spring and abruptly releases the ram to strike a projectile

Us PATENT DOCUMENTS

Within the ?ring apparatus to ?re the projectile from the

1,282,549 A * 10/1918 Dimick 12897621 A * 12/1918 Blackshear 2,279,386 A 4/1942 Carver 2,551,109 A *

5/1951 Fornary

2,652,822 A * 9/1953 Gri?ith 3,065,569 A * 11/1962 Nielsen et al.

3,264,782 A

8/1966 Glass et al.

?ring apparatus. A pair of foot rests are pivotally mounted and releasably latched to the vehicle body and released by a button mounted on the rear of the vehicle body. The toy

vehicle further includes circuitry having sWitches for oper ating light and/or sound effects on the toy vehicle. 11 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

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3,41 7,507

PROJECTILE-FIRING TOY

Filed Feb. 10, 1966

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Dec. 24, 1968

3,41 7,507

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J. w. RYAN ET AL

3,417,507

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Nov. 1, 1955

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Wtmm;

Patented June 6,1871.

R. S. AVELSGARD. TOY PISTOL. APPLICATION FILED NOV-10,1915.

1,179,887,

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H. B.’ SPERRY. MAGAZINE SPRING GUN 0R PISTOL. APPLICATION FILED OCT-14,1914.

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(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.: US 6,564,788 B1 (45) Date of Patent: May 20, 2003

Hu

(54)

(76)

MOTORIZED TOY GUN

Inventor:

5,261,384 A

* 11/1993 Hu ............................ .. 124/66

5,323,755 A

*

6/1994

Hsieh ........................ ..

Shih-Che Hu, 58, Ma Yuan West St.,

5531210 A * 7/1996 Meisef et a1~

Taichung

5,611,321 A *

NoticeZ

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

Primary Examiner—Peter M. Poon

Ap p1 N O _ 10/012 153 .

..

124/31

* Cited by examiner

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(22) Filed:

124/6

Juan .......... ..

2002/0166551 A1 * 11/2002 Lee ........................... .. 124/78

patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (21)

124/66

3/1997 Hoeting et al. ..

6,302,092 B1 * 10/2001

(*)

124/66

Assistant Examiner—Susan L. Piascik

,

Nov. 29, 2001

(57)

ABSTRACT

(51)

Int. Cl. 7 ............................................... .. F41B 11/00

Th e P resent lnventlon ' _'

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U S C] 124/66, 124/31 Field 0 """""""""""""""" " 12 M63169 31 124/32 41 446/399_’401’

lng a bullet feeding device, a power set, and a trigger operation set. The poWer set includes a motor, a ?rst drive gear, a second drive gear, and a force output gear. The trigger

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ment of the piston cylinder may be accelerated by the restoring force of the piston spring and by a poWer provided by the force output gear and the rack, thereby increasing the pressure in the cylinder, so that the BB bullet may be ejected

5:112:15 """""""""""" " 124/67 2/1968 Hills et al ......... ..

Outward qulckly

3,951,038 A *

4/1976 Van Langenhoven

4,114,311 A

9/1978 Chow ....................... .. 446/406

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01

a locking member, and a microsWitch. Thus, forWard move

US. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2 i

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a trigger arm, a lift member, a connecting arm, a sWitch arm,

References Cited

3,370,581 A

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operation set includes a trigger, a connecting arm push plate,

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re ates to a motorlZe

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United States Patent [19]

[11] [45]

Gegere [54]

PELLET-FIRING TOY GATLING GUN

[75]

Inventor:

_

Michael A. Gegere, 1020 Bartlett Dr.,

Vistay calm 92034 '

_

Patent Number: Date of Patent:

4,834,058 May 30, 1989

3,726,266

4/1973 Palmer ................................ .. 124/48

3,729,853

5/1973

.

Critcher .............................. .. 124/48

Primary Examiner—R1chard C. Pinkham _

,

[731 Asslgnees‘ John 0' Beckw‘th’ EnPmltas; Michael A. Gegere, Vlsta, both of Calif.

Assistant Examiner—T. Brown

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Baker, Maxham, Jester & Meador

[57]

ABSTRACT

[21]

Appl. No.: 933,240

,

[22l [51] [52]

Flledi NOV- 21, 1986 Int. C19‘ ............................................ .. F41C 17/00 us. 01. ...................................... .. 124/29; 124/39;

124/48; 124/41 C

tlme during each rotation of the ‘barrel assembly, A

[58]

Field of‘ Search ..................... .. 273/29, 39, 48, 83,

?rmg mechamsm Posmons a spherlcal pellet at the ?r

273/59’ 45’ 27, 31, 26; 124/29, 39, 43, 83, 27

ing position and propels the pellet through a barrel in

_

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[56]

References C‘ted U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 36,836 11/1862 1,328,929 1/1920 1,353,696 9/1920 1,360,410 ll/l920 2,837,078 6/1958

_

_

A pellet-?rlng toy gatlmg gun includes a rotatable mul

Gatling ................................. .. 89/12 McDaniel ........ .. 124/39 Abramowitz .... .. 124/39 Jones ............ .. 124/39 Daniel ................................. .. 124/48

tiple barrel assembly with a number of barrels arranged in a Substantially Circular array [hat is [mated $11911 that each bwel Passes a Pfédetermmed ?ung Posmon one

response to a cooking and ?ring actuation sequence. An

actuating mechanism acts between the rotatable barrel assembly and the ?ring mechanism in response to rota tion of the barrel assembly by effecting the cocking and ?ring actuation sequence in synchronism with rotation of the barrel assembly.

9 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 1 of3

4,834,058

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 2 of3

4,834,058

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 3 of3

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4,834,058

C. F. LEFEVER. POP GUN. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, I916.

Patented Dec‘ ‘4, 1917.

R. N. COX. MAGAZINE PISTOL.

1,369,401.

APPLICATION FILED IuNI-:24, 1920.

Patented Feb. _22, 192.1. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I

M

H. N. COX. MAGAZINE PISTOL. APPLICATION F‘ILED JUNE 24, 1920.

1,369,401 .

PatentedI Feb. 22,1921. _ 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2

fmïwlèNIm. El.:, Úoz. ` l' ATTORNEY.

J. H. PARSONS. CENTRIFUGAL GUN. APPLICATLON FILED OCT. 16, 1918.

1,408, 137, ’

Patented Feb. 28,1922.

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Ahmed Feb. 28, 1922.

1,408,187

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A. c. JONASSEN

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A - C. J'an app'aeu

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Feb. 21, 1928.

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1,660,127

AUTOMATIC REPEATING TOY PISTOL

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TOY SHOTGUN Filed Sept. 26, 1925

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May 29, 1928.

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REPEATING AIR GUN Filed Dec. l0,4 1928

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1,856,285

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Hu (54)

ELECTRIC TOY GUN WITH AN ATTACHED CARTRIDGE CARRIER

(52)

Sep. 27, 2012

US. Cl. ..................................................... .. 124/411

(76) Inventor:

Shih-Che Hu, Tainan City (TW)

(21) App1.No.:

13/155,397

(57)

(22) Filed:

Jun. 8, 2011

An electric toy gun includes a gun body carrying a piston set and a gear set having a ?rst gearWheel provided With a side pin and rotatable to move the piston of the piston set, and an attached cartridge carrier, Which includes a propelling mem

(30)

Foreign Application Priority Data

Mar. 21, 2011

(TW) ............................... .. 100109571

Publication Classi?cation

(51)

Int. Cl. F41A 9/61 F41F 1/00

(2006.01) (2006.01)

ABSTRACT

ber movable back and forth by the pin of the ?rst gearWheel, a sWivel hook member tumable back and forth by the propel ling member, a cartridge rack hung on the sWivel hook mem ber and movable back and forth With the sWivel hook member to simulate the cartridge feeding operation of a real gun and a

return spring for returning the propelling member.

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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0192577 A1 Maeda (43) Pub. Date: Aug. 1, 2013 (54)

TOY GUN AND ATTACHMENT DEVICE

(52)

US. Cl. USPC

(75) Inventor:

Tetsuo Maeda, Tokyo (JP)

.......................................................... ..

(57)

124/74

ABSTRACT

It is made possible to use a toy gun that ?res bullets by

(73) AssigneeZ Maruzen Company Limited’ Tokyo

compressed gasWithoutthereplacement of a gas cartridge for

(JP)

a long time and the portablhty of the gas car‘tr1dge 1s enhanced. The air chamber body placed in the toy gun forms an air chamber. Compressed gas in the air chamber body passes through a gas discharge portion and shoots a bullet held by a bullet holding portion out of a muZZle. A Valve

(21) Appl_ No. 13/358,655

establishes or breaks communication between the air cham

(22) Filed:

Jam 26, 2012

her body and the gas discharge portion according to operation With an operation portion. The toy gun includes multiple gas cartridge attachment portions. A gas bomb is attached to each

of the gas cartridge attachment portions. Each gas cartridge attachment portion is provided With a ?rst Valve portion.

Publication Classi?cation

Compressed gas in the gas bomb attached to each gas car

(51) Int. Cl.

tridge attachment portion is guided into the air chamber by

F413 11/06

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B. F. KIESEL TOY GUN

Filed June 27, 1954

INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEYS.

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R. E. REARDON PLAY GUN

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2,145,277

Sept. 10, 1940.

H. A. DOUGLAS

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2,548,984

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ELECTRIC PELLET PRoJEcTTNG PIsToL

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ELECTRIC PELLET PRoJEcTING PIsToL

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July 24, 1951

H. J. cRlNER

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TOY PERCUSSION GUN ,Filed Dec. 28, 1946

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June 14, 1955

E. HEILMAN TOY GUN

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March 13, 1956

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2,737,942

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H. HOROWITZ ET AL TOY GUNS

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POPGUN CONSTRUCTION Filed May 8, 1956

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May 26, 1959

Z. SWANSON

2,888,003

PEA-SHOOTERS

Filed March 9, 1956

Ziegner Swanson

Oct. 16, 1962

3,058,456

|_. ELLIS, JR COMBINED ARROW AND PELLET-SHCOTING CANE

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United States Patent 172] lnventor

[111 3,550,574

Norman C. Lee

[56]

Rocky Mount, N.C. [21 l Appl. No. 780,430 Dec. 2, 1968 122] Filed

[45] Patented

[731 Assignee

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS

2,856,912 3,476,100

Dec. 29, 1970

Carolina Enterprises, Inc.

10/1958 1 H1969

Erickson .................... .. Carbonneau ............... ..

Primary Examiner-George J. Marlo

Tarboro, N.C.

Assistant Examiner—-William R. Browne

a corporatin of North Carolina

Attorney-Kirschstein, Kirschstein, Ottinger & Frank ABSTRACT: A pump action toy ri?e ?res soft pellets stored in a chamber above a barrel and gravity fed into ?ring position

[54] SPRING PROPELLED TOY PELIIJET GUN

in front of a spring propelled ?ring plunger. The ?ring plunger

6 Claims, 15 Drawing Figs. {52]

[1.8. CI ...................................................... ..

[51] [50]

Int. Cl ....................................................... ..

124/27 124/27

124/27,

124/37, 124/41, 124/50 F41b 7/08

Field of Search .......................................... .. 124/27, 29,

26,37, 38, 49, 50,41

is moved to cocked position by a loading rod and there held by a trigger. A retainer tip is urged by a spring part way into the barrel forwardly of the pellet in its ready-to-?re position.

When pulling the trigger releases the ?ring plunger the im~ pelled pellet is forced over the retainer tip which pinches the pellet as it passes, thereby adding forward impetus to the pel let.

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,083,349

Clifford

[45]

Apr. 11, 1978

[54] RAPID-FIRE, FLUID ACI'UATED B.B. GUN

[76] Inventor:

Eugene Russett Clifford, 753 Minorca, Coral Gables, Fla. 33134

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,203,207 1,085,636

7/1959 7/1954

France .... ..' ........................... .. 124/56 France ................................. .. 124/56

Primary Examiner—Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner—T. Brown

[21] Appl. No.: 704,836 [22] Filed:

Jul. 13, 1976

[51]

Int. Cl.2

[52]

US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/72; 124/45;

....

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

F41B

11/02

[58]

Field of Search ................. .. 124/72, 51 A, 74, 83,

124/83; 124/51 A; 124/71; 124/74

124/84, 85, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 53,45, 71, 73-74; 89/160, 191, 193

[56]

References Cited

from a source of gas propellant preferably a canister of

lique?eld gas, has a trigger-operated valve releasing propellant gas from the source to a pellet containing

magazine for projecting the pellets in rapid succession through a barrel passageway to be ejected from the gun at high speed at a target to which the gun is pointed. The pellets underlie and surround a sleeve in the maga zine acting as a cofferdam to maintain a local level of

the pellets below the gas inlet and the gas outlet so that

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 679,670

7/ 1901

Hamilton ............................. .. 124/85

2,238,384

4/1941

Feltman

2,357,951

9/1944

Hale

3,204,625

9/1965

Shepherd ..

3,227,148

1/ 1966

Spack ................................... .. 124/74

.. .. ..... .

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Hill, Gross, Simpson, Van Santen, Steadman, Chiara & Simpson [57] ABSTRACT A rapid-?re B.B. pellet-type machine gun operated

........... .. 124/72 . . . . . . . ..

124/72

the gas will impinge against and actuate the pellets causing them to be successively swept into the gas out let for discharge through the barrel.

124/74

19 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

April 11, 1978

4,083,349

Unlted States Patent [191

[111

4,086,902

Reynolds

[45]

May 2, 1978

[54]

TOY PROJECI‘ILE LAUNCHING APPARATUSES

[75]

Inventon

[73]

Assigneez

John Dudley Reynolds, New Malden, England Lesney Products & Co‘ Limited’

London, England .

..

1,673,945 3,219,022 3,388,696 3,662,729

6/1928 11/1965 6/1968 5/1972

Neats .................................... .. 124/65 Beachy ..... .. 124/65

Llttle?eld Hagemeyer ....... .. Hoverath et a1. Henderson ........................... ..

124/26 124/61 124/62 124/73

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Browdy and Neimark

,

Apr. 11, 1977 '

[30]

3/1918 4/1918

Primary Examiner-Richard T. Stouffer

[21] Appl NO _ 786 619

[22] Filed:

1,260,013 1,262,004

_

[57]

_

_

_

Forelgn Applicant,“ Pnonty Data Apr. 13, 1976

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for use in launching toy projectiles which

comprises a piston or bellows having one side pneumati

United Kingdom ............. .. 15148/76

cally connected to an operating mechanism and its op

[51] [52]

Int. c1.2 .............................................. .. F41F 1/04 US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/61; 124/49

[58]

Field Of Search ..................... .. 124/26, 27, 29, 61,

exhibiting a chamber WhOSe Size can be Suddenly

124/64’ 65’ 70’ 71’ 72, 73, 74’ 75, 76, 77’ 50’ 79’

changed by squeezing, or a manual blow, or the release

49

of a stressed Spring, to alter the pneumatic pressure applied to the piston or bellows and displace it launch ingly towards a projectile, the initial volume of the

124%‘;

_

[56]

References C'ted US. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Pm.“ side arranged 8° as t° be capable °f launching a Pmlectile {mm the apparatus when “med ‘Wards that

projectile at a sufficient speed, the operating mechanism

chamber preferably being rapidly restored to suck the

174 628

3/1876

Hicks ................................... .. 124/61

Piston or bellows back t° Substantially its initial Position

565:423

8/1896

Beck et a1. .

124/62

after each launching Operation

632,838

9/1899

Jacobs ...... ..

124/62

706,399

8/1902

Fifer ..................................... .. 124/29

15 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

May 2, 1978

Sheet 1 of2

4,086,902

U.S. Patent

May 2, 1978

Sheet 2 of2

4,086,902

United States Patent [19] Hung

[11] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:

[54]

2,437,728 3/1948 Drumlllleller ......................... .. 124/48

TOY GUNS FOR FIRING PELLETS

2,550,887

[75] lnvenw?

Lam H- Hung, Hong Kong, Hong

[73]

Assigneei

[21]

Appl. NO.: 768,797

[22] Filed:

Kong

2,836,167

124/27

Longreen Limited, Hong Kong’

4,422,433 12/1983 Mllllman ......................... .. 124/48 x

o

"""""""""""" " F4113

124/27 29’ 39 31

4/32 3’7_3é 4543; ’

?ring

mechanism

which

reciprocates

a

hammer

through a ?ring point in the gun barrel ‘to sequentially

discharge pellets therefrom. The mechanism is operated means of a cam and follower mechanism. This mecha

U S PATENT DOCUMENTS

nism successively withdraws and releases the hammer

' "

which is continuously biased in a firing mode by a

124/48 X

32,619 6/1361 CPU“ F1 31- 8/1877

ABSTRACT

by an electric motor which reciprocates the hammer by

References Cited

194,690

[57]

A toy gun for ?ring pellets wherein a trigger operates a

’

[56]

2/1929 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/29

35:51:01’, 5g’r’g‘vaden' Ewkenmh"

United Kingdom ............... .. 8519051

""""""""""

Saito ..... ..

Primary Examiner—-Paul E. Shapiro

. ...................................... .. 124/36. 124/49,

[58] Field of Search

5/1958

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 306516

Aug. 23, 1985

Jul. 29, 1985 [GB]

. .

124/54

124/45

Foreign Application Priority Data 4

..... ..

2,713,859 7/1955 Brad?eld

Hong Kong

[30]

5/1951 'Tratsc

4,694,815 Sep. 22, 1987

spring. Also disclosed is a pellet delivery system in

Klrkbnde - - ' ' ' ~

~ - ' " :2:/

which a magazine is slidably mounted on the gun body

ipetlrgrig'é' ' ' ' '

‘

enabling one of a plurality of pellet sources in the maga

433; X

1’23l’833 7/1917 Aggy

l24/39 X

zine to be in communication with the barrel and ?ring

1,830,763 11/1931

124/52 x

mechamsm

1,860,611 2,170,221

Loomis ........... ..

5/1932 De Minno et al. 124/49 X 8/1939 Stanley ................................ .. 124/29

12 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

17-’ 4B

46;: a ’

~\ J I 746

United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:

Hung [54]

TOY GUNS FOR FIRING PELLETS

2,437,728 3/1948 Drumlllleller ......................... .. 124/48 2,550,887

[75] lnvenw?

124/45

2,836,167

124/27

Longreen Limited, Hong Kong’

4,422,433 12/1983 Mllllman ......................... .. 124/48 x

Appl. NO.: 768,797

Hong Kong

Aug. 23, 1985

Jul. 29, 1985 [GB]

o

"""""""""""" " F4113

[57]

ABSTRACT

A toy gun for ?ring pellets wherein a trigger operates a

124/27 29’ 39 31

4/32 3’7_3é 4543; ’

[56]

2/1929 United Kingdom ................ .. 124/29

35:51:01’, 5g’r’g‘vaden' Ewkenmh"

United Kingdom ............... .. 8519051

""""""""""

Saito ..... ..

Primary Examiner—-Paul E. Shapiro

. ...................................... .. 124/36. 124/49,

[58] Field of Search

5/1958

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 306516

Foreign Application Priority Data . .

124/54

Kong

[21]

4

..... ..

2,713,859 7/1955 Brad?eld

Assigneei

[30]

5/1951 'Tratsc

Lam H- Hung, Hong Kong, Hong

[73]

[22] Filed:

4,694,815 Sep. 22, 1987

’

?ring

mechanism

which

reciprocates

a

hammer

through a ?ring point in the gun barrel ‘to sequentially

discharge pellets therefrom. The mechanism is operated by an electric motor which reciprocates the hammer by

References Cited

means of a cam and follower mechanism. This mecha

U S PATENT DOCUMENTS

nism successively withdraws and releases the hammer

' "

which is continuously biased in a firing mode by a

124/48 X

32,619 6/1361 CPU“ F1 31- 194,690

8/1877

spring. Also disclosed is a pellet delivery system in

Klrkbnde - - ' ' ' ~

~ - ' " :2:/

which a magazine is slidably mounted on the gun body

ipetlrgrig'é' ' ' ' '

‘

enabling one of a plurality of pellet sources in the maga

433; X

1’23l’833 7/1917 Aggy

l24/39 X

zine to be in communication with the barrel and ?ring

1,830,763 11/1931

124/52 x

mechamsm

1,860,611 2,170,221

Loomis ........... ..

5/1932 De Minno et al. 124/49 X 8/1939 Stanley ................................ .. 124/29

12 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

17-’ 4B

46;: a ’

~\ J I 746

(No Mode1.)"

0.V H. ARNO; MAGAZINE SPRING GUN.

No. 473,30@1

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United States Patent [19]

[11] [45]

Gegere [54]

PELLET-FIRING TOY GATLING GUN

[75]

Inventor:

_

Michael A. Gegere, 1020 Bartlett Dr.,

Vistay calm 92034 '

_

Patent Number: Date of Patent:

4,834,058 May 30, 1989

3,726,266

4/1973 Palmer ................................ .. 124/48

3,729,853

5/1973

.

Critcher .............................. .. 124/48

Primary Examiner—R1chard C. Pinkham _

,

[731 Asslgnees‘ John 0' Beckw‘th’ EnPmltas; Michael A. Gegere, Vlsta, both of Calif.

Assistant Examiner—T. Brown

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Baker, Maxham, Jester & Meador

[57]

ABSTRACT

[21]

Appl. No.: 933,240

,

[22l [51] [52]

Flledi NOV- 21, 1986 Int. C19‘ ............................................ .. F41C 17/00 us. 01. ...................................... .. 124/29; 124/39;

124/48; 124/41 C

tlme during each rotation of the ‘barrel assembly, A

[58]

Field of‘ Search ..................... .. 273/29, 39, 48, 83,

?rmg mechamsm Posmons a spherlcal pellet at the ?r

273/59’ 45’ 27, 31, 26; 124/29, 39, 43, 83, 27

ing position and propels the pellet through a barrel in

_

_

[56]

References C‘ted U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 36,836 11/1862 1,328,929 1/1920 1,353,696 9/1920 1,360,410 ll/l920 2,837,078 6/1958

_

_

A pellet-?rlng toy gatlmg gun includes a rotatable mul

Gatling ................................. .. 89/12 McDaniel ........ .. 124/39 Abramowitz .... .. 124/39 Jones ............ .. 124/39 Daniel ................................. .. 124/48

tiple barrel assembly with a number of barrels arranged in a Substantially Circular array [hat is [mated $11911 that each bwel Passes a Pfédetermmed ?ung Posmon one

response to a cooking and ?ring actuation sequence. An

actuating mechanism acts between the rotatable barrel assembly and the ?ring mechanism in response to rota tion of the barrel assembly by effecting the cocking and ?ring actuation sequence in synchronism with rotation of the barrel assembly.

9 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 1 of3

4,834,058

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 2 of3

4,834,058

US. Patent

May 30,1989

Sheet 3 of3

K '2

D

FIG. l3

690

56

5 x

4,834,058

US005666937A

United States Patent 1191 Mendoza-Orozco

[11] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:

[54] REPEAT-FIRE PELLET RIFLE AND

1,862,697

IMPROVED PELLETS

1,886,704

2,713,338

[76] Inventor: Hector Mendoza-Orozco, Fuego 986, colonia Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Alvaro Obregon, Federal District,

5,666,937 Sep. 16, 1997

6/1932 Mihalyi ............................... ..124/s3x 11/1932 Loomis ..

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Mexico

519142 568929

11/1957

3/1955

Italy ....................................... .. 124/67 Italy .. ..

978502

1211964

United Kingdom . . . . . . .

[21] Appl. No.: 532,146 [22] Filed: Sep. 22, 1995

Primary Examiner-John A. Ricci Attorney Agent, or Fimt-Han‘ison & Egbert

[30]

[57]

Foreign Application Priority Data

Mar. 13, 1995 [MX]

Mexico .................................. .. 951316

[51]

Int. Cl.6 .................................................... .. F41B 11/14

[52] [58]

US. Cl. ............................. .. 124/67; 124/51.1; 124/53 Field of Search ............................. .. 124/51.1, 52, 53,

124/66, 67, 82 [56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 906,309

12/1908 Schobbert ............................... .. 124/67

1,660,127

2/1928 Jonassen

1,793,625

2/1931

1,859,816

5/1932 Decker ................................ .. 124/53 X

Lafever

124/53 X

124/52

7/1955 Abagotf .............................. ..124/s2x

. . . . ..

124/67

ABSTRACT

A repeat-?re pellet ri?e for sport shooting including a ?rst and second rectangular, slightly curved plate which coin cides with the curve of the barrel of the gun. One of the curved plates is located on the upper section and having a central hole which can be used to ?x it on the gun barrel. The

second curved plate has a central hole which allows it to be ?xed on a lower part of the gun barrel. A rectangular plate is located vertically at the side of the ear and compression chamber of the gun. A pellet loader, in the form of a groove, includes a window through which a pellet can be fed. A

puller is provided to feed the pellet to the loading chamber.

...... .. 124/52

5 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets

USOO5819715A

United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Haneda et al.

[45]

[54]

[75]

5,819,715

Date of Patent:

BULLET SHOOTING APPARATUS, BULLET SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND BULLET

1,408,137 1,662,629

SHOOTING SYSTEM COMPRISING THESE APPARATUSES

2,684,062 4,632,086

Inventors: Hisatsugu Haneda, 25 W. Highland Dr.

Oct. 13, 1998

2/1922 Parsons ..................................... .. 124/6 3/1928 Baden-Powell .. 124/6 7/1954 Rose .......... .. 12/1986 Rutten .

124/6 124/6

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

#33, Seattle, Wash. 98119; Hiroyuki Kata, Tokyo; Masaru Suzuki,

Nerimaku both of Japan ’

[73]

Assignee: Hisatsugu Haneda, Seattle, Wash.

794349

2/1936

87964

1/1896

France ..................................... .. 124/6

Germany

.. 124/6

329550

9/1935

Italy .................... ..

.. 124/6

Unlted Qngdom "" "

" 124/6

20363 of 1914 526908

9/1940

United Kingdom ..................... .. 124/6

[21] Appl. No.:

537,662

[22]

PCT Filed?

APr- 8! 1994

Primary Examiner—John A. Ricci

[86]

PCT NO _

PCT/‘1P9 4/00591

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Seed and Berry LLP

§ 371 Date:

Oct. 5, 1995

[57]

§ 102(6) Date: Oct 5’ 1995

ABSTRACT

[87]

PCT Pub- NO-I W094/24509

The apparatus according to the invention comprises an acceleration barrel (29); a bullet supply apparatus (42) for supplying bullets (46) to the acceleration barrel (29); and a

_

rotor (30) for shooting a bullet (46) in the acceleration barrel

[51]

PCT Pub' Date' Oct‘ 27’ 1994 Int. Cl.6 ...................................................... .. F41B 3/04

(29) from a bore placed at the end of the shooting barrel (18) by directly pushing the bullet (46). Therefore, the present

[ 52 ]

US. Cl. ................................................................. .. 124/ 6

' ' ' lnventlon PTOVl'd 65 a b 11 ll 6t 5 h ootlng apparatus, a b 11 ll 6t

[58]

Field of Search .................................................. .. 124/6

Supply apparatus> and a bullet Shooting System Comprising these apparatuses, Wherein bullets can be shot consecutively ata h'h 1g spee d ,an d ata h'h"'lh' 1g 1n1t1a s ooting spee d ,Wit'hout

[] 56

References Cited

using compressed gas, and Without causing energy loss. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,201,626 10/1916 Reynolds .................................. .. 124/6

22 20 \

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13 Claims, 21 Drawing Sheets

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US006152125A

United States Patent [19]

[11]

Patent Number:

Piper

[45]

Date 0f Patent:

6,152,125 Nov. 28, 2000

[54]

MULTI-BARRELED RAPID FIRE BB GUN

[57]

[76]

Inventor: Paul A Piper, PO. Box 95, Lamposas,

A multi-barreled rapid ?re gun and method of use for ?ring a plurality of projectiles contained Within a container releas

Tex. 76550

ABSTRACT

ably connected to the gun. The gun includes at least one

barrel for receiving the projectiles from the supply. Asupply

[21] Appl. No.1 09/221,440

of gas is connected to the at least one barrel and a device for

providing gas from the supply to the at least one barrel is

[22]

Filed:

Dec. 28, 1998

[51] [52] [58]

Int. Cl.7 ............................ .. F41B 11/06; F41B 11/02 US. Cl. ................................ .. 124/59; 124/72; 124/82 Field of Search ................................. .. 124/59, 72, 82

connected therebetWeen. A gas regulator is provided for

[56]

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,073,280

2/1978 Koehn et a1. ........................... .. 124/72

4,083,349

4/1978

4,108,272

8/1978 Paitson et a1.

4,137,893

2/1979

5,054,464

10/1991

Clifford

. ... ... ... ..

Beauchamp

......

124/72

181/120 . . . . ..

124/72

Young ...................... .. 124/72

5,282,455

2/1994 Adamson et a1.

5,596,978

1/1997

5,699,781

. . . . ..

Johnson

... ... ... .... ..

124/59 . . . . ..

rotating the plurality of barrels Wherein each barrel receives a projectile to be ejected therefrom from the supply of projectiles upon each revolution. The barrels are fed the

projectiles through a feedWay extending around the barrel housing from Which the plurality of barrels extend. The

124/72

12/1997 Johnson et a1. ..................... .. 124/72 X

Primary Examiner—Robert P. SWiatek Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Michael I. Kroll

regulating a pressure of the gas supplied to the at least one barrel Wherein activation of the device for providing causes the gas to be supplied to tie at least one barrel to be received at a desired pressure causing the projectile to be ejected from the at least one barrel, a velocity at Which the projectile is ejected and a distance at Which the projectile travels being dependent upon the pressure at Which the gas is provided to the at least one barrel. The multi-barreled rapid ?re gun may include a plurality of barrels and a rotational motor for

projectiles are draWn into each barrel by a bolt having a

magnetic tip for attracting the projectiles Which is caused to extend into the barrel prior to ejection of the projectile.

17 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

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14

(No Modal.)

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WITJVESSES.

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my” LN ENTOR, 'n Ä

Mw` Attorneys. ma Nonfus PETERS co, mmourwo.. wAsHlNamu, n c.

No. 683,431.

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Patented Oct. I, 19m.

F. r. BENNETT &. w. J. BURRUW. AIR GUN. I

(No Modal.) ‘

(Application ?led Jan. 23, 1901.)

'

No. 723,227.

M. ANTHONY, DEO'D.

PATENTEDMAR. 24.1903.

M. o. ANTHONY, ADMINISTRATRIX.

TOY GUN. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 1 Í

N0 MODEL.

54 â. A Tron/v' s.

US007377274B2

(12)

(54)

(75)

United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Morikawa et a].

(45) Date of Patent:

RAPID-FIRING TOY GUN

US 7,377,274 B2 May 27, 2008

6,181,032 B1*

1/2001 Marshall et a1. .......... .. 307/150

6,276,353 B1*

8/2001

Briggs et a1. ............... .. 124/71

Inventors: Evan Takashi MorikaWa, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); Patrick James

Moore, San Diego, CA (US) _

(73) Ass1gnee: High Tech High Foundation, San

(Continued)

Diego, CA (US)

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

(*)

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

EP

0 772 022 A1

5/1997

USC 154(b) by 112 days. (21) Appl. No.: 10/845,058

Primary ExamineriMichael J. Carone

_

Assistant ExamineriSteWart T Knox

(22) Flled?

May 121 2004

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm4Cooley GodWard Kronish LLP

(65)

Prior Publication Data Us 2005/0252500 A1

Nov. 17, 2005

(57)

ABSTRACT

(51)

Int. Cl. F41B 11/02

(2006.01)

An automatic, rapid-?ring toy gun is powered by a fast

(52)

US. Cl. .......................... .. 124/71; 124/72; 124/49; 124/63 Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 15/334;

moving air stream- The toy gun is simple in design and does not require a lot of effort and time to ?re the projectiles or to lead the Projectiles between ?ring- The my gun includes

(58)

124/72’ 56, 63, 411’ 49’ 60, 67, 82 56) (

See application ?le for complete search history. R f C d e erences ite US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,673,945 A *

6/1928

Little?eld .................. ..

3,388,696 A *

6/1968

Hoverath et a1. ........... .. 124/62

3,731,421 A

5/1973 Frattolillo et a1.

3,911,888 A *

124/56

inner passage of the barrel one at a time. The trigger is

5/1978 Reynolds ................... .. 124/61 2/1984 Vincent ....................... .. 42/50

electrically connected to the fan. Pulling the trigger causes the fan to drive a large volume of air through the gun barrel

4,461,055 A *

7/1984

4,586,482 A

5/1986 Di Pietro 12/1989 10/1993

Horvath ..................... ..

plurality of projectiles and the opening is sized and shaped to sequentially release the plurality of projectiles into the

4,086,902 A * 4,430,821 A *

4,884,314 A * 5,251,906 A *

10/1975

124/26

a barrel, a fan, a loading chamber, and a trigger. The barrel has a forward end, a rear end, and an inner Passage between the tWo ends. The fan is arranged With respect to the barrel to direct an air stream through the inner passage from the rear end to the forward end. The loading chamber is mounted on the barrel and has an opening directed into the inner passage. The loading chamber is sized and shaped to hold a

Zerrer et a1. ................ .. 15/344

and the air stream to accelerate as it travels through a narroW

passage of the gun barrel. Projectiles sequentially fall into

Miner et a1. ................ .. 15/344 Heller et a1. .............. .. 273/397

5,323,755 A 5,429,108 A

6/1994 Hsieh 7/1995 Hsieh

5,507,271 A *

4/1996

Actor ........................ ..

5,887,578 A *

3/1999

Backeris et a1. ............ .. 124/49

10

Opening for

the air stream one at a time and are quickly released from the

gun as the air stream accelerates through the gun barrel and exits the gun barrel.

124/56

11 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

No. ‘798,471.

PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. J. H. WIESMAN. TOY GUN 0R PISTOL. APPLIOATION FILED DEO.14, 1904.

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Umted States Patent [191

[11] “P1116111 Number:

Hadley

[45] Date of Patent:

[54]

Bow WITH BARREL ARRANGEMENT Inventor;

Claude Hadley,

4,696,281

Bream St” Mob?c,

A1a_36502

.124/241x

4,829,974

5/1989 Anderson . . . . . .

. . . .. l24/24.1

4,957,093

9/1990 1111111160

Jun. 7, 1995

[51]

Int. c1.6 ...................................................... .. F41B 7/00

US. Cl. ........................ ..124/2s;124/24.1;124/25.5;

[58]

Field ofSearch ............................. .. 124/24.1, 65, 66,

124/27

124/25, 25.5, 25.6, 25.7, 26, 27

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Gregory Friedlander [57] ABSTRACT A projectile launcher having a barrel for holding projectiles traveling through an aligning opening in or connected to a

rigid support. Two bow arms extend from the rigid support. A bow string travels between the ends of the two bow arms

References Cited

and behind the aligning opening. The rigid support may

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

include a brace which extends from the rigid support to the forearm of the user. A piston within the barrel or the barrel

2,214,224

9/1940 Douglas ........................... .. 12404.1 X

2,313,803

3/1943 Ca?son

2,757,657

9/1956 Lohme'yer

2,995,128

9/1961

.... .. 12405

3,561,418

2/1971 Fredrickson 2/1971 Cucuzza, Sr.

3,572,311

3/1971 Baer .......... ..

7/1975 Kellogg

when used. This bow may have an arm brace characteristic of a wrist slingshot or other bow designs. Pulleys or cams of

12404.1

novel design having curved lips are attached to either bow

....... .. 12405

arm to decrease wear on the bow strings. A novel pulley

12404.1 X

arrangement is disclosed which limits the number of strings passing behind the rigid support. 'lubing or elastic bands may run between the rigid support and bowslring to (1) give additional power to the bow and (2) to keep the bow string travel in line in conjunction with the tubular aligning open

..... .. 124/24.1

11/1975 Marshall .

124/41.1 X

4,146,009

3/1979 Adams ...... ..

4,291,664

9/1981

4,385,618

5/1983 Nishioka

12404.1

4,446,844

5/1984 Nishioka .

124/44.5

4,662,345 4,688,539

5/1987 Stephens . . 12405 8/1987 Lawrence ............................ .. 124/37 X

Nishioka

. ... .

itself is propelled by the string. The piston moves relative to the rigid support which remains substantially motionless

. . . . .. 12402 X

12404.1 X

Hornbostel . . . . . .

3,561,419

3,895,621

124/241

12/1990 Je?rey ..................................... .. 124/25

Assistant Examiner—Th0mas A. Beach

[52]

3,916,867

9/1987 191511161111 ................................. .. 124/25

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

[21] Appl. No.: 474,702

[56]

Oct. 21, 1997

4,708,341 11/1987 Paraskevakos 4,976,250

[22] F1166:

5,678,528

124/44.1 X . . . . . ..

124/445

ing in the rigid support.

5 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets

Aug. 25A, 1942.

2,293,951

w. s. wELLs AIR PISTOL

Filed March 13, 1939

2 Sheets-Sheet 1

I m\|-l l. Ií:l,._NNN -„ ww -

_ bww àD»w.NEE.Èmw.kw.ßm

Ñ WM,EVRM.mm,M¢\NY\h.ÄÑMWXM,

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Aug. 25', 1941

w. s. wELLs

2,293,957

Am rrsœor.

Filed »man 15. 1939

2 Sheets~Sheet 2

Nov. 10, 1.942.

2,301 ,653

w. s. WELLS AIR PISTOL

Filed Deo. 19, 1959

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d?äNhbl

82

PL »mw

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INVENToR.

-W/LL/AM áï WEL/.s

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July 2.2, 1952

W. S. WELLS

2,604,088

AIR GUN

Filed Jan. l2, 1949

2 Sl-IEETS--SE‘IEET l

fami/Kyi

July 22, 1952

w. s. WELLS

2,604,088 `

AIR GUN z SHEETS-_SHEET 2

Filed Jan. 12, 1949

LL i

3„A.S5Q3

H. W

\

wwwQJMN E=.

INVENTOR.

v/f//f'dm 6T w/e/Zf. BY

/77

@HWK/ó'

v

Sept. 3, 1963

w. s. WELLS ETAL

3,102,527

TOY PISTOL

Filed March 10,’ 1961 4 Sheets-Sheet 1

>3.?=?(

0%WW”.H%My.”

r. 0M m”mil. I ,

‘rwe”

3.24,

Sept. 3, 1963

w. s. WELLS ETAL

3,102,527

TOY PISTOL Filed March 10, 1961

4 Sheets-Sheet 2

June 8,_ 1943.

J. J. GORA EFAL. ‘

2,321,076

PUMP TYPE DART GUN

Filed March 25, 1940

2 Sheets-Sheet l

\ %\

INVENTOR? 9’ 4m.

ATTORNEYS

Jdne 8, 1943

J. J. 'GORA EI'AL

‘2,321,076,

PUMP TYPE DART GUN‘ Filed March 25, 1940

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

.H.Mm.QH.

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m . _.

,

May 8, 1945-

‘

R. |_. WULFERT

2,375,607

’ TOY ROCKET PROJECTING GUN

Filed Jan. 18, 1944

2 Sheets-Sheet l

Inventor

P00”: y L /l(/; F5? 7.

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May 8, 1945.

R. L; WULFER-T

2,375,607

‘ TOY ROCKET PROJECTI‘NG GUN

Filed Jan. 18, 1944

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

Inventor

‘

' Pom/EVA. Wane-er

a?“

Agtqrneys ‘

Aug. 14, 1951(

2,563,969

L. A. sKlNNl-:R TOY SPRING ROCKET LAUNCHER

Filed March l5, 1947

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Feb. 3, 1953

H.'.ZlMMERMAN

2,627,260

MAGNETIC DART-PROJECTING TOY

Filed April 20, 1950

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6/9»? "TE-.2 1 4/ l I

Bnnemtor: HARRY ZIMMERMAN

Clttorneg

Oct. 8, 1957

A.

2,808,820

HALEY TOY PISTOL

Filed April 20, 1956

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United States Patent 1191

1111

Lange

1451 Jan. 14,1975

[54] TOY GUN APPARATUS WITH BAFFLE IN BORE THEREOF AND PROJECTILE THEREFOR CONFIGURED T0 EXTEND THROUGH THE BAFFLE

3,859,977

Primary Examiner—George J. Marlo Assistant Examiner—R. T. Stouffer Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Bain, Gil?llan & Rhodes

[76] Inventor: Arthur A. Lange, Oak Tree Ln., Rumson, NJ. 07760 [22] Filed: Nov. 15, 1973

[57]

ABSTRACT

In toy gun apparatus provided with a bore having an

_

open end for receiving a projectile and including a

[21] Appl' No" 416’167

spring operated plunger movable into the bore to

[52] [51]

out of the open end of the bore, the toy gun apparatus bore capable of receiving a certain shape of projectile to be placed in direct mechanical engagement with the

compress air and propel a projectile received therein U.S. Cl .............. .. 124/14, 124/27, 273/1065 A Int. Cl. .......................................... .. F4lb 11/00 Field of Search .......... .. 124/11 R, 12, 13 A, 14,

124/15,27,28,29; 273/106 R, 106 E, 106 F, 106.5 R, 106.5 A, 106.5 B, 106.5 C [56] 786 426

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 4/1905 Daniels

1,0s0i170

12/1913

1,199,074 2,649,849

9/1916 8/1953

2,808,820

10/1957

2,333,004

5/1959

‘24/14

plunger and to be propelled thereby and by com pressed air out of the open end of the bore, the'ini provement characterized by a baf?e mounted interme diate the bore between the plunger and the open end of the bore for preventing direct mechanical engage~ ment between most foreign objects and the plunger

Roe...._.:::::::::::::::: """"""" '11:: 124/14

“P0n the foreign °bjects being received Within the

I-Ieyman et al ....... _. Parris ................... ..

124/14 124/14

bore and the Plunger being moved into the bore whereby the plunger will not propel most foreign ob

Haley . . . . . .

. . . I . . ..

124/27

jects out of the bore. On the other hand, there are

Steiner ------------- u

l24/27

projectiles which are designed to be propelled out of

iaulglah ------ 1 , ya a ---------------------------------- ~~ 3,368,815 ‘ 2/1968 Alabastro ...................... .. 273/106 F FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS

the bore, each projectile of which includes a portion

589,939

3/1959

Italy ................. ..

870,409

6/1961

Great Britain.....' ................. .. 124/27

thereon which will ?t through openings in the baf?e,

and thus is capable of coming into direct mechanical > engagement with the plunger. ‘

273/1065 R

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US005156137A

UIlltBd States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Clayton

[45]

5,156,137

Date of Patent:

Oct. 20, 1992

[54] PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

[57]

[76] Inventor;

Richard A, Clayton, 10200 l-?llview

A projectile launching device is disclosed herein hav- ’

ABSTRACT

Ave, Chatsworth, Calif, 91311

ing, in its simplest form, a single elongated launching tube or barrel, onto the rearward end of which is pivot

[21] Appl' No‘: 663’563

ally mounted-a lever assembly having a latch member

[22] Filed;

and a release member coupled to one another about the pivot. The release member extends across the rearward end of the barrel and the latch member extends for

Mar, 4, 1991

Related US Application Data ,

[63] [51] [52]

[58]

,

‘

wardly along the barrel. The barrel is open at its for

ioménuatécm'm'pm of set‘ N°'408’283’ sep' 18' 1989’

ward end to receive a shaftlike projectile. A hook is

a an one ‘

carried at the forward end of the latch member to pro

Int. Cl.5 .............................................. .. F41B 7/00 US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/27; 124/37; 124/48 Field of Search ..................... .. 124/27, 26, 48, 83,

trude through a slot radially into the barrel for engage ment with a tab on the projectile shaft. A spring, housed inside the barrel, rests against the release member of the lever assembly such that when a projectile is inserted

124/37, 31, 39

into the barrel it compresses the spring against the re lease member and pivots the lever assembly to force the

56

R f C, d e ?ames “e

‘hook into the barrel and into engagement with the pro

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

jectile tab, thereby preventing the spring from ejecting

[ 1 2 625 927 2:888:004 2,977,950 3,009,453 3,465,744

1/1953 5/1959 4/1961 11/1961 9/1969

Rosenbloom ................ .. 124/48 x Steiner .... ' ' 124/27 Ryan _______ ‘_ 124/27 Ayala , 124/27 Nielsen .. 124/27

the Pmjectile fmm the barrel- A trigger "Pam'sd ham‘ m.“ as might be found in a convemmal ?rearm is Piv otally coupled to a barrel supporting frame to allow the

hammer’s striking surface to strike the release member at the rearward end of the barrel to pivot the lever

3,757,760 9/1973 Darnell

124/48 X

assembly to a releasing position which disengages the

' lslqinero

:2 i

hook from the tab on the projectile, allowing the spring

,

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a1

0

....... ..

-

3,916,867 11/1975 Marshall ......................... .. 124/37 x

Primary Examiner—Peter M. Cuomo

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to launch the molecule from the barrel‘

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A.

2,808,820

HALEY TOY PISTOL

Filed April 20, 1956

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United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Hunter

[45]

[54]

3,949,729 4/1976 Pfotenhauer ..................... .. 124/20.3

POWER DART LAUNCHER

[76] Inventor:

Date of Patent:

Oct. 18, 1994

Gary R. Hunter, 2530 Oak Grove,

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

Toledo, Ohio 43613

Assistant Examiner—-John A. Ricci

[21] App1.No.: 124,335 [22] Filed:

5,355,866

[57]

Sep. 21’ 1993

ABSTRACT

A hand-held launcher for a dart comprises a pistol shaped frame with a stock and handle. A channel is

[51] Int. C1.5 .......................... .. F4113 7/00; F4113 7/08 [52] U..S. Cl. ....................................... .. 124/26; 124/16 [58] Fleld 0f Search ............... .. 16, 17, 20.1, 20.3,

provided in the stock to receive a Slidable launcher block The dart is received in the launcher block The launcher block is spring biased forward and retained

124/26’ 27

from moving beyond a predetermined position by a stop

[56]

References Cited

bllockhin thei chainnlel. lSlots ire lglovilsled on eacl; side 1(15f

U'S' PATENT DOCUMENTS

channel by a cross pin which extends through the

t e c anne an

267,679 11/1882 Crandall .............................. .. 124/ 17

1,287,401 1,827,023 2,017,778 2,106,400 2,663,291

12/1918 10/1931 10/1935 l/1938 12/1953

3,114,362

12/1963

3,496,671 3,509,863

t e aunc er

launcher block in the rearward cocked position. When the lever is pivoted, the launcher block is released and Hellman . . . . . .

b /j

. . . ..

/

7 5

m t e

two upper catches to engage the cross pin and retain the

124/27

pushed forward by the spring until it contacts the stop block, whereupon the dart is released.

2/1970 Korona ..... .. 124/26 X 5/1970 Barker ................................. .. 124/16

2

1s retame

launcher block and into the slots. A release lever has

2 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets

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USOOD361 lOSS

Unlted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number: Des. 361,105

Grif?n

[45]

[54]

4,569,666

REPEAT FIRING TOY PROJECI‘ILE

LAUNCHER

[75] Inventor: [73] Assignee: **

T

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Date of Patent: ,1... Aug. 8, 1995 2/ 1986 Wolf .................................. .. 446/473

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

David R. Griffin, Morning View, Ky. Tonka Corporation, Pawtucket, RI. 14 Y

Hong Kong Toys, 2/91 p‘ 348 Dart Gun #531_ Primary Examiner-Terry A. Wallace Assistant Examiner-R. Barkai

ears

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Kurt R. Benson

[21] Appl. No.: 22,261

[57]

[22] Filed:

The ornamental design for a repeat ?ring toy projectile

May 2, 1994

{52]

US. Cl. ................................................. .. D21/147

[58]

Field of Search .......... .. D2l/3, 13, 127, 145~147;

launcher, as shown and described.

132mm, 103, 113; D23/223-227; D14/116;

DESCRIPTION

446/28, 175, 267, 473; 222/78, 79; 239/211, 329, 332, 337, 373; 127/21, 27, 56, 65-67

FIG- 1 is a Perspective View Of a repeat ?ring toy Pro jectile launcher embodying my new design;

_

[56]

CLAIM

References CIted U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

D. 286,900 D. 346,837 2,871,617 2,888,004 3,026,864 3,919,799 4,016,854

11/1986 Barthropp ........................ .. D2l/ 147 D2l/l47 5/1994 Sun ....... .. _ 446/267 2/1959 West D2l/147 5/1959 Steiner 3/1962 Gray ................................... .. 124/27 11/1975 Austin et a1. .................... .. D2l/l46 4/1977 Lehman .............................. .. 124/27

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof; FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof; FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof in a collapsed posi

tion; and, FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof in a loaded and

cocked position.

US005901693A

United States Patent 119]

[11]

Patent Number:

Smith

[45]

Date of Patent:

[54] TOY GUN HAVING AN OFFSET PROJECTILE LAUNCH AND TRANSPARENT VIEWFINDING PLUNGER

5,267 ,549 12/1993 5,323,755 6/1994 5,343,850 9/1994 5,373,832 12/1994 5,375,847 1211994 5,377 ,655 1/ 1995 5,535,729 7/ 1996

[75] Inventor: Joseph J. Smith. Cincinnati. Ohio

[73] Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.. Pawtucket. R.I.

5 .605, 140

Oct. 22, 1997

[51] [52]

Int. Cl.6 .................................................... .. F41B 11/14 US. Cl. ............................................... .. 124/66; 124/67

[58]

Field of Search ................................. .. 124/65. 66. 67

2/1997

Primary Examiner-J. Woodrow Eldred Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Marsha1l. O‘Toole. Gerstein. Murray & Borun

[57] [56]

May 11, 1999

5,701,878 1211997 5,711,285 1/ 1998 5,715,802 2/1998

[21] Appl. No.: 08/956,173 [22] Filed:

5,901,693

ABSTRACT

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

D. 295,058

4/1988 Turner, Jr. ............................ .. D21/146

D. 306,304 D, 337,796

2/1990 Tichy 7/1993 Sutyak

2,145,277

D16/130 D2l/145

8/1939 Rtmrdon . .

46/195

A toy gun for launching a foam projectile from a launch station that is oifset from the axis of the launcher. The gun includes a pneumatic launcher having a retractable plunger that reciprocates in a cylinder to de?ne a compression chamber. One or more air ports are provided to communicate

air from the compression chamber to the launch station in

2,214,224

9/1940 Douglas .

124/15

order to eject a projectile therefrom. The plunger incorpo

3,262,440

7/1966 Kuhn .... ..

124/15

rates a hollow shaft having transparent ends which are

3,267,600

8/1966 Ryan .... ..

46/175

3,397,484

8/1968 Ryan et a1.

461175

3,441,270

4/1969

3,869,825

3/1975 Heberlein

46/219

4,294,445

10/1981 Crosbie ..

272/8 M

Nielsen

.. . . . .

4,625,706 12/1986 Turner, Jr. .. 5,242,323

. . . . ..

272/8

aligned with the transparent compression chamber. thus providing a continuous line of sight through said shaft and the compression chamber for aiming the gun toward an intended target.

124/67

9/1993 Rappaport ............................. .. 446/180

19 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets

United States Patent [19]

[11]

4,289,109

D’Andrade

[45]

Sep. 15, 1981

[54]

TOY AIR PISTOL WITH HOLLOW BREECH SLIDE

' Primary Examiner—Richard T. Stouffer Attorney, Agent, or Firm—C. Hercus Just

[75] Inventor: lggltcignMlzlgAndrade, whitehouse

[57]

[73] Assignee: Arco Industries Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong

A}p astic to}, plstol folrmeg by moldlng frog] Flam/$13, “g1: materia an comprising a ‘o ow e ongate

.

frame portion having a handle dependmg from one end,

[21] Appl. No.: 143,849

[22] Filed:

ABSTRACT

a composite tubular barrel and coaxial cylinder rear

Apr. 25, 1980

ward thereof ‘and of larger diameter than said barrel and

supported within the frame, a piston slidable 1n the

[51]

Int. Cl.3 ...... ., .................................... .. F41B 11/00

cylinder and having a rearwardly extending piston rod

[52]

U‘.S. Cl. ........... .; .

Surrounded by a Compression Spring and having a trans_

. . . . . . .. 124/67; 273/344

Fleld of Search ..................... ..

66, 67,

Verse Shoulder member adjacent but Spaced from the

273/344; 46/1 E [56]

piston, a trigger pivotally mounted adjacent the handle

References Cited

and having a scar engageable with the shoulder member

Us PATENT DOCUMENTS

when the piston is in rearward-cocked position and the

_

spring 1s compressed, and a simulated hollow breech

439,246v 10/1890 10811111 ................................... .. 786’426

4/1905

Dame 5 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ '

‘''"

1,199,074 9/1916 Heyman et al.

Slide Slidable longitudinally upon the upper rearward /

124/66

part of the frame portion above the handle and operable

h

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h

.

d

Lewis . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . .. 124/67

“f 6“ move

1,868,292

Roe . . . . . . .

. . . .. 124/67

Plston t0 cocked Posltlon to compress the Sprmg and

2,132,173 10/1938 Lefever .

124/67

permit the sear to engage the transverse shoulder as

124/67

aforesaid‘

2,306,668

7/1932

12/ 1942

Stevens

. . . . . . . .. . . .

. . . ..

3,818,887 6/1974 Akiyama et a]. Lange

.. .. . .. . . . .. . . .

rearwar, _Y to retractt e Plsm“ To

d

1,692,555 11/1928

124/67

3,859,977

l/1975

. . . ..

4,212,285

7/1980 Cagan et a1. ........................ .. 124/67

124/66

5 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures

an

,

United tates

atent [191

Cagan et a1. 1046235 7/1953 418 of 1718

[54] DAR’! GUN AND DART THEREFOR

[75] Inventors: Bernard J. Cagan, Los Angeles; Kenneth L. McQuary, Hermosa Beach, both of Calif.

[73] Assignee: Place Products Company, Torrance, Calif.

[51]

rm. cu ............................................ .. F4113 11/00

US. CL ....................... .. 124/67; 273/344

[58]

Field of Search ..................... .. 124/65, 66, 67, 27,

[56]

124/83, 41 R, 41 C, 62, 22; 46/1 E; 273/ 1065 R, 106.5 A, 106 F, 106.5 C; 102/38 NC, 92.1 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

4/1974

3,859,977

1/1975

J1111. 15, 1930

France ............................ .. 273/ 106.5 A United Kingdom .,.. ........ .. 102/921

Primary Examiner-Richard T. Stoui'fer Attorney, Agent. or Firm—Harris, Kern, Wallen &

Tinsley ABSTRACT

suction cup at its forward end and an integral, air actu

[52]

3,801,102

[45]

A one-piece dart comprising a shaft having an integral

Jan. 31, 1978

786,426 4/1905 1,704,810 8/1953 3/ 1929 2,649,849 2,888,004 5/ 1959 3,104,588 9/1963 3,388,696 6/1968 3,472,218 10/1969

4,212,285

7/ 1964 United Kingdom ........... .. 273/ 106.5 R

[57]

[21] Appl. No.: 874,032 [22] Filed:

963384

[11]

Daniels ................................ .. 124/66

Lange ................................... .. 124/66

barrel having a non-circular cross section uniform

throughout the length of the barrel, the propelling ele ment on the dart being complementary to the dart bar rel so that the propelling element makes a substantially air tight seal with the dart barrel. A dart barrel and a

dart propelling element which are substantially square. An air operated dart gun having a barrier for positively preventing physical contact between an air displacing piston and the dart, and for making physical contact between the piston and ‘a foreign object in the dart barrel virtually impossible. A piston provided with a 1 central conical element facing the dart barrel. A dart ‘gun having an air cylinder and a dart barrel which are

separate pieces capable of being joined directly to gether, or in spaced relation by a connecting air pas

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 145220

4/1936

Austria ..................................... .. 124/27

195806

2/1958

Austria . . . . . .

1043352

6/ 1953

France ............................ .. 273/ 10615 A

. . . . . . . ..

able, propelling element at its rearward end, the dart being molded from a soft, ?exible plastic material. A spring activated air operated dart gun including a dart

sage.

124/27

4

20

, 9 Drawing Figures

US. Patent

Jul. 15, 1980

Sheet 1 Of?!

26 /IU 24

44

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4,212,285

22

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US. Patent

Jul. 15, 1980

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U.S. Patent

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4,212,285

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United States Patent 1191

1111

Lange

1451 Jan. 14,1975

[54] TOY GUN APPARATUS WITH BAFFLE IN BORE THEREOF AND PROJECTILE THEREFOR CONFIGURED T0 EXTEND THROUGH THE BAFFLE

3,859,977

Primary Examiner—George J. Marlo Assistant Examiner—R. T. Stouffer Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Bain, Gil?llan & Rhodes

[76] Inventor: Arthur A. Lange, Oak Tree Ln., Rumson, NJ. 07760 [22] Filed: Nov. 15, 1973

[57]

ABSTRACT

In toy gun apparatus provided with a bore having an

_

open end for receiving a projectile and including a

[21] Appl' No" 416’167

spring operated plunger movable into the bore to compress air and propel a projectile received therein

[52] [51]

U.S. Cl .............. .. 124/14, 124/27, 273/1065 A Int. Cl. .......................................... .. F4lb 11/00 Field of Search .......... .. 124/11 R, 12, 13 A, 14,

124/15,27,28,29; 273/106 R, 106 E, 106 F, 106.5 R, 106.5 A, 106.5 B, 106.5 C [56] 786 426

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 4/1905 Daniels

1,0s0i170

12/1913

1,199,074 2,649,849

9/1916 8/1953

2,808,820

10/1957

2,333,004

5/1959

‘24/14

out of the open end of the bore, the toy gun apparatus bore capable of receiving a certain shape of projectile to be placed in direct mechanical engagement with the

plunger and to be propelled thereby and by com pressed air out of the open end of the bore, the'ini provement characterized by a baf?e mounted interme diate the bore between the plunger and the open end of the bore for preventing direct mechanical engage~ ment between most foreign objects and the plunger

Roe...._.:::::::::::::::: """"""" '11:: 124/14

“P0n the foreign °bjects being received Within the

I-Ieyman et al ....... _. Parris ................... ..

124/14 124/14

bore and the Plunger being moved into the bore whereby the plunger will not propel most foreign ob

Haley . . . . . .

. . . I . . ..

124/27

jects out of the bore. On the other hand, there are

Steiner ------------- u

l24/27

projectiles which are designed to be propelled out of

iaulglah ------ 1 , ya a ---------------------------------- ~~ 3,368,815 ‘ 2/1968 Alabastro ...................... .. 273/106 F FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS

the bore, each projectile of which includes a portion

589,939

3/1959

Italy ................. ..

870,409

6/1961

Great Britain.....' ................. .. 124/27

thereon which will ?t through openings in the baf?e,

and thus is capable of coming into direct mechanical > engagement with the plunger. ‘

273/1065 R

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Dec. '10, 1968 ‘

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3,415,420

TOY GUN

Filed Feb. 20, 1967

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Dec. 10, 1968

3,415,420

W. H. WHITE TOY GUN

Filed Feb. 20, 1967

2 Sheets-Sheet 2

FIG. 6

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WILLARD HENRY WHITE

544,44 6. Wm ATTORNEY

May 7, 1963

R. MQICROSBY ETAL

3,088,451

TRICK snow GUN

Filed Feb. 1, 1961

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May 7, 1963

R. M. CROSBY ETAL TRICK SHOT GUN

Filed Feb. 1, 1961

3,088,451

May 26, 1959

A. M. STEINER TOY DART GUN

Filed'MarOh 16. 1956

2,888,004 I

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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May 26, 1959

A. M. STEINER

2,888,004

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United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Hunter

[45]

[54]

3,949,729 4/1976 Pfotenhauer ..................... .. 124/20.3

POWER DART LAUNCHER

[76] Inventor:

Date of Patent:

Oct. 18, 1994

Gary R. Hunter, 2530 Oak Grove,

Primary Examiner-Randolph A. Reese

Toledo, Ohio 43613

Assistant Examiner—-John A. Ricci

[21] App1.No.: 124,335 [22] Filed:

5,355,866

[57]

Sep. 21’ 1993

ABSTRACT

A hand-held launcher for a dart comprises a pistol shaped frame with a stock and handle. A channel is

[51] Int. C1.5 .......................... .. F4113 7/00; F4113 7/08 [52] U..S. Cl. ....................................... .. 124/26; 124/16 [58] Fleld 0f Search ............... .. 16, 17, 20.1, 20.3,

provided in the stock to receive a Slidable launcher block The dart is received in the launcher block The launcher block is spring biased forward and retained

124/26’ 27

from moving beyond a predetermined position by a stop

[56]

References Cited

bllockhin thei chainnlel. lSlots ire lglovilsled on eacl; side 1(15f

U'S' PATENT DOCUMENTS

channel by a cross pin which extends through the

t e c anne an

267,679 11/1882 Crandall .............................. .. 124/ 17

1,287,401 1,827,023 2,017,778 2,106,400 2,663,291

12/1918 10/1931 10/1935 l/1938 12/1953

3,114,362

12/1963

3,496,671 3,509,863

t e aunc er

launcher block in the rearward cocked position. When the lever is pivoted, the launcher block is released and Hellman . . . . . .

b /j

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/

7 5

m t e

two upper catches to engage the cross pin and retain the

124/27

pushed forward by the spring until it contacts the stop block, whereupon the dart is released.

2/1970 Korona ..... .. 124/26 X 5/1970 Barker ................................. .. 124/16

2

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launcher block and into the slots. A release lever has

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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent Schumacher (54)

(76)

(45) Date of Reissued Patent:

PROJECTILE DISCHARGE APPARATUS

Inventor:

Dean Patrick Schumacher, 4922 Stamford Dr” W_ Bloom?eld, MI (Us)

APPI- NO-I 08/778,059

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NOV-1’ 1996 Related [15- Patent Documents

Apr. 2, 2002

9/1988 Dean et a1. .................. .. 2/160 10/1988

Beverlin

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4/1989 Tippmifnn 4/1989 Spraggms

. . . ..

2/161.5

~~~~ ~~ 124/66 .... .. 446/26

4,848,307 A

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7/1989

5,123,674 A

*

6/1992 Bagneres et a1. ......... .. 2/160 X

5,158,208 A

* 10/1992

5,186,156 A *

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(22)

4,768,681 A 4,777,666

4,819,609 A * 4,820,229 A *

48323

(21)

US RE37,616 E

(10) Patent Number:

Tsao .......................... .. 124/66 Wilson ........................ .. 2/160

2/1993 Clayton

5,261,299 A

* 11/1993

5,316,514 A

*

.... .. 124/66

Kondos ........ ..

2/160X

5/1994 Ellman e161. ..

..... .. 446/26

5,359,985 A

* 11/1994

5,414,868 A

*

Schumacher

.... ..

124/66

5/1995 Crawford ..................... .. 2/160

eissue 0 :

(64) Patent No.:

5,359,985

Issued:

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Nov. 1 1994

APPL N0:

08/027:623

“Rapid Fire Clip Ifoad Dart Gun Set” Advertisement, impe

F?ed:

Man 8’ 1993

rial Toy Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 90021, 1991.

(51)

Int. c1.7 ........................... .. F41B 7/00; F41B 11/00

(52)

US. Cl. ............................. .. 124/66; 124/1; 124/64;

* cited by examiner _

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(58) Field Of Search ............................ .. 124/66, 72, 22,

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(57)

References Cited

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234% igm’?ey’ Agent’ 0’ F"m_Baker’ Donelson’ Bearman

124/1, 65, 64; 2/160, 162, 161.5, 163; 446/26

(56)

xamzner

ABSTRACT

Aprojectile discharge apparatus 10 having a ?rst generally planar ribbed portion 12 and opposed side portions 14 Which

U'S' PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,374,242 A

*

4/1921 Sekula ...................... .. 124/22

form a hand reception recess- Apparatus 10 includes 4

2,006,741 A

*

7/1935

Lefever _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ __ 124/66

plurality of chambers 24, 26, 28, 30, and 32 Which are

2,423,448 A

*

7/1947

Haight

. . . . . .. 124/1

adapted to movably receive a dart 34. Apparatus 10 further

2,888,004 A

*

5/1959 Steiner ------- --

-- 124/16 X

includes a ?rst member 56 Which is movably deployed

124/66

Within each of the chambers 32 and Which is movable from

......

29227412 A :

1/1960 Hf’sbacha Jr- -

3,018,578 A

1/1962

Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . .. 42/111

3,060,625 A * 10/1962 Glass et al.

446/26

3,119,385 A

*

1/1964

3,453,774 A

*

7/1969 Breneman et a1.

Ashley ...................... ..

124/22

4,504,980 A

*

3/1985 Butcher ....................... .. 2/160

a ?rst position to

a Second dart dispensing position by a

downward movement of member 66 '

. 446/26 X

23 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

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(10) Patent N0.:

Mitchell

(45) Date of Patent:

(54) AIR-POWERED PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

5,735,256 A 6,067,975 A

(76) (*)

Inventor: Notice:

US 6,904,901 B2 Jun. 14, 2005

4/1998 Monk *

5/2000

Ginn ......................... .. 124/59

Je?'rey R. Mitchell, 7764 Bass Ridge

6,250,294 B1

6/2001 Lim

Trail, Tallahassee, FL (Us) 32312

6,408,837 B1

6/2002 Johnson et a1.

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

* cued by exammer

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U_S_C_ 154(k)) by 106 days_

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(21) Appl' NO‘: 10/601,967

Primary Examiner—M1chael J. Carone Assistant Examiner—Troy Chambers (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—John Wiley Horton

(22) Filed: (65)

(57) ABSTRACT An air-powered projectile launcher. A double-acting piston

Jun. 23, 2003 Prior Publication Data

Within a pump tube is employed. A separate magazine tube US 2004/0255921 A1 DeC- 23, 2004 7

is used to hold a plurality of projectiles. One end of the magazine tube feeds into a barrel assembly. The opposite

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is closed by a muzzle valve. When the piston is pulled

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through a back stroke, an air manifold directs the How to induce a vacuum in the end of the ma azine tube roXimate

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end is closed by a one-Way valve. The muzzle of the barrel

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the barrel. The vacuum closes the mfzzle valve End opens

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the one-Way valve on the opposite end of the magazine tube. The vacuum then pulls the ?rst projectile into the barrel. When the piston is pushed through a forWard stroke, pres

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sure is directed behind the ?rst projectile and in front of the second projectile. The second projectile is forced back into the magazine hlhe The Pressure Whhih the magazine hlhe

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projectile the base of a closed ?ring chamber. As the piston

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continues through its forWard stroke, the ?rst projectile is

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forced through the barreL The muzzle Valve ?ies Open and the ?rst projectile Shoots out at Substantial Velocity The

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piston is then ready for a neW back stroke, Which repeats the Cycle‘

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Revolver type spring gun. @ A multi-cartridge shooting gun device includes a magazine (12) with a central hole (16) engaging a supporting shaft (18) extending from a gun housing (11). The magazine has a plurality of magazine holds (17) disposed around the axis, each for receiving a cartridge (14). A spring (15) is disposed in each

cartridge hole (17) for being compressed between the magazine (12) and the respective cartridge (14). When a cartridge (14) is actuated by a trigger (41) the resilience of the spring (15) will assist shooting the cartridge (1 4) towards the target.

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United States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

D’Andrade

[45]

[54]

MUL'I'I-SHOT SOFI‘ PROJECI‘ILE

Date of Patent:

5,242,323

PRESSURIZED TOY GUN [76] Inventor: Bruce M. D’Andrade, 3 Ten Eyck Rd., Whitehouse Station, NJ. 08889

5,373,832 Dec. 20, 1994

9/1993 Rappaport ...................... .. 124/66 X

Primary Examiner—Randolph A. Reese ASSllWant Examiner—JOhn A. Ricci Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kenneth P- Glynn

[2]] Appl. No.: 89,835

[57]

[22] Filed;

The present invention is a multiple projectile-shooting

Jul, 12, 1993

ABSTRACT

air gun. It includes a main housing having a barrel 5 ........................................ . .

adapted for receiving a projectile, a handle and a trig

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gar, as well as a high pressure, in?atable bladder com

[58] Field of Search ..................... .. 124/56, 59, 69-74,

nected to the mam mime’ ‘he bladde.’ .havmg a“ “PM

124/76’ 66

and an outlet. There 1s also a pressurizmg mechanism for providing air pressure to the bladder to in?ate it.

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The pressurizing mechanism is physically connected to the housing and functionally connected to the bladder

1,026,303 5/1912 Dickey ................................ .. 1,214,398 V1917 welsh 1,309,321 7/1919 Fail-weather _ 1,404,689 1/1922 Fairweather ........................ .. 1,438,995 4/1924 Mccqllom -

124/69 124/69 124/69 124/69

met‘ The“ ‘S a bladder de?atlc?“ valve 111mg an up‘ stream side and a downstream side, and it is connected to the bladder outlet at the valve’s upstream side, and is connected to the trigger for opening and closing thereof, and is connected to a projectile launch port at the valve’s downstream side for launching a projectile upon de?ation of at least a portion of the bladder when

1,575,644 3/1926 sehmldt 2421;! """"""""""""""""""" " 124/69

2’237’678 4/1941 Lghr 6%

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it has been in?ated. The launch port is located in the

2:733:699 2/1958 Krinsky ............................... .. 124/69 2,784,712, 3/1957 Cassidy ............................... .. 124/69 2,818,056 12/1957 Martin .

barrel of the main housing and connected to the dQWH stream side of the bladder de?ation valve, and is func tionally connected to a launch tube adapted for receiv

Jacoby ............................ .. X genie et a1" """""""""" " 124/70 X

and shooting a projectile. The launch tube is one of a plurality of launch tubes which are located on a rotat

4’735’239 4/1988 821130;‘ et a1

ing magazine. The magazine advances after each shot to

4:848:307 7/1989 Tsao .......... Q...’ ..................... .. 124/59

P°Siti°n the next launch tube with Projectile f°r ?ring

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8/1989

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4,892,081

1/1990 Moormann .

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(10) Patent N0.2

US 6,523,535 B2

(45) Date 0f Patent:

(54)

TOY PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

(75)

Inventors: Steven Rehkemper, Chicago, IL (US);

5,471,967 A 5,611,321 A

Feb. 25, 2003

12/1995 Matsuzaki et al. 3/1997 Hoeling et a1.

5,711,285 A

1/1998 Stewart et a1.

Jeffrey Rehkemper, Chicago, IL (Us);

5,782,228 A *

7/1998 Wu ............................. .. 124/6

Todd Hann0n, Burlington, WI (US); Ryan Kratz, Chicago, IL (Us)

5,791,326 A 5,988,152 A 5,996,564 A

(73)

Assignee; Rehco, LLC, Chicago, IL (Us)

(*)

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

8/1998 Brown et o1~ 11/1999 Halter et 211. * 12/1999

Kotowski .................... .. 124/6

6,116,229 A *

9/2000 Wu ............................. .. 124/6

6,119,671 A

9/2000 Smith et a1.

* cited by examiner

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (21) App1_ No_; 09/813,675

Primary Examiner—John A. Ricci

(22) Filed:

Mar. 21, 2001

(57)

(65)

Prior Publication Data

This invention is a toy projectile launcher that launches projectiles. The launcher includes a housing having an

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entrance and an exit in communication therewith to de?ne a

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Int. Cl.7 ................................................. .. F41B 4/00

channel, a pair of ?ywheels supported by the housing and

(52) (58)

US. Cl. ....................................................... .. 124/78 Field Of Search ...................................... .. 124/6, 78

positioned about and in Communication With the Channel, and a Pump handle for rotating the ?ywheels such that a

(56)

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projectile entering the channel may be engaged by the rotating ?ywheels and impelled through the channel and out through the eXit.

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,325,351 A

*

4/1982 Yuasa ........................ .. 124/78

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(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Ong et a]. (54)

US 7,458,371 B2

(45) Date of Patent:

TOY SOFT DART LAUNCHER

2,834,332 A *

(75) Inventors: Kenlip Ong, Singapore (SG); KWok Fai Tam, HOng Kong (HK); Tai T0 Lee, Kowloon (HK) _

Dec. 2, 2008

5/1958 Guthrie ..................... .. 124/65

2,962,017 A

11/1960 Horowitz et a1.

2,964,032 A 3,009,453 A

12/1960 Noble 11/1961 Ayala

3,065,569 A

11/1962 Nielsen et a1.

3,148,478 A

9/1964 Miller

(73) Ass1gnee. Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US)

3,339,536 A

9/l967 Glass et a1‘

(*)

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Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

3’392’484 A

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

3’774’586 A

7/1968 Ry_an et 31'

IJ'S'C~ 154(1)) by 31 days'

3,869,825 A

3/1975 Heberleln

4,213,269 A

7/1980 Grogg, Sr.

11/1973 Sam)

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(21) App1.No.: 11/540,926 (22) Filed:

Sep. 30, 2006

(Continued) (65)

Prior Publication Data US 2007/0101982 A1 May 10, 2007

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP

0700703 A2

3/1996

Related US. Application Data

(60) Provisional application No. 60/722,930, ?led on Sep.

30, 2005, provisional application No. 60/733,551, ?led on Nov. 4, 2005, provisional application No. 60/846’124> ?led on Sep' 20’ 2006'

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Tippman 98 CustomTM Parts Lists, Tippman Sports LLC, Buffalo Grove, IL, 1 sheet; Jun. 13, 2005.

(51)

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F41B 11/00

(2006.01)

(Continued)

(52)

US. Cl. ......................................... .. _ _ _

124/65; 124/59

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Fleld of Classl?catlon Search """"""""" " 1122445695’

Assistant Examiner4Gabriel J Klein

See a

(74)AZZ0rney,Agenl, orFirmiPanitch SchWarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

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A toy launcher for launch1ng soft darts 1ncludes a housmg; a motor in the housing; adart magazine subassembly supported

230973749 A

1 H1937 Wade

by the housing; a dart magazine rotation subassembly sup

2 279 386 A

4/ 1942 N618 O n

234743054 A

@1949 Jones

ported by the housing and operated by the motor; and a dart

launcher assembly supported by the housing and operated by

2,551,109 A 2,674,989 A 2,735,221 A

5/1951 Fornay 4/1954 Morsch 2/1956 Fields

the motor'

4 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets

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4,834,058 4,848,307 5,069,649 5,256,100 5,267,549 5,343,849 5,373,832 5,415,151 5,474,486

A A A A A A A A A

5/1989 7/1989 12/1991 10/1993 12/1993 9/1994 12/1994 5/1995 12/1995

Gegere T899 Wu Wang Webber Steer D’Andrade Fusiet a1. Chilton et 211.

6,067,975 A 6,076,513 A 6,119,671 A

5/2000 Ginn 6/2000 Dohertyetal. 9/2000 Smith @1111.

6,220,237 6,264,528 6,276,353 6,280,286 6,364,162 6,408,837 6,428,384 6,439,216

4/2001 7/2001 8/2001 8/2001 4/2002 6/2002 8/2002 8/2002

B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

Johnson @1111. Doan @1111. Briggs et a1. Andrews Johnson @1111. Johnson @1111. Su Johnson et 31‘

5,529,050 A

6/1996 D’AIlclracle

6,527,619 B1

3/2003 Agostini et a1.

5,535,729 A

7/1996 Grlf?n eta1~

6,663,463 B1

12/2003 Dougherty @1111.

5,564,964 A 5,592,931 A

10/1996 Chin-Chien V1997 Johnson et 91-

6,807,959 Bl* 6,832,604 Bl*

10/2004 Murdock 61111. ............ .. 124/61 12/2004 Thompson ................. .. 124/75

5,596,978 5,699,781 5,709,199 51724955 5,787,869 5,791,326 5,791,967 57971385

V1997 12/1997 1/1998 3/1998 8/1998 8/1998 8/1998 8/1998

Johnson eta1~ Johnson et a1. Johnson eta1~ Johnson et 91Johnson eta1~ Brown eta1~ Yeh_ Thal

12/1998

Niimura 61111. ........... .. 446/435

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5,842,907 A *

5,878,735 A

590L693 A 5,924,413 A

3/1999 Johnson

5/1999 Smith Johnson et a1. _ 7/1999 L1u

7/1999

5,924,910 A 5,975,068 A

11/1999 1111116161111.

5,988,152 A *

ll/l999 Halter et a1. ................ .. 124/65

6,857,422 6,857,930 7,018,264 7,121,917 2002/0074343 2005/0074277 2005/0183708 2006/0003666

B2 B1 B2 B2 A1 A1 A1 A1

2/2005 2/2005 3/2006 10/2006 6/2002 4/2005 8/2005 1/2006

Pedicini @1111. LawleY’Jr‘ Foster et al. Hardouin @1111. Johnson @1111. Brown @1111. Eddins et a1. Hardouin @1111.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Air Zone “Rapid Fire Shooter”, Just Toys, Inc.; NeWYork, NY; Four (4) sheets (photos of box and disassembled gun),, 1995 (see photo of back ofbox) * cited by examiner

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(45) Date of Patent:

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and-piston assembly When changed from a compressed state (51)

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to a released state. Front and rear anchor shanks are disposed

F41B 11/00 (52) us CL (58)

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for respectively mounting front and rear coil segments of the coil spring. A major shell and a minor ring are sleeved on the

USPC ................................ .. 124/66; 124/67; 124/68

rear anchor Shank to permit the C011 SPn'ng to be Sleeved

Field of Classi?cation Search

thereon. The minor ring is in frictional contact With and

USPC ........................................ .. 124/66, 65, 67, 68

angularly moveable relativewthe majorshell suchthanwhen

' ' ' See appl1cat1on ?le for complete search history.

the coil spring is released to expand to the released state, the

References Cited

move thereWith so as to minimiZe the frictional force therebe

rear coil segment is tensed to drag the minor ring to angularly (56)

tWeen.

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,655,509 A *

8/1997

7,946,283 B2 *

5/2011 Lee et a1. ...................... .. 124/67

Casas Salva .................. .. 124/66

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(12) United States Patent Corlett et a].

(54)

MARKER TAG DARTS, DART GUNS THEREFOR, AND METHODS

(71)

Applicant: Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC,

US 8,678,877 B2

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: (56)

Mar. 25,2014

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,190,654 A

Pleasanton, CA (US)

(72)

Inventors: Richard Jonathan Corlett, Woodland

Hills, CA (US); David B. Small, Pleasanton, CA (US); Paul S. Rago,

Danville, CA (US)

(73) Assignee: Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC, Notice:

5/1967

3,330,561 A

7/1967 Kandel

Houghton ..................... .. 124/67

3,399,485 A *

9/1968

Cashavelly et al. ........... .. 446/15

3,415,420 A *

12/1968

White ........................... .. 222/79

3,457,921 3,528,662 3,565,435 3,701,533

7/1969 9/1970 2/1971 10/1972

Waldeisen Merchant et al. Bear Palmer

A A A A

Pleasanton, CA (US)

3,823,847 A *

7/1974

3,893,866 A

7/1975 Hollingsworth

4,214,674 A *

7/1980

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

4,257,188 A

3/1981 Barker

4,726,584 A

2/1988 Bishop

USC 154(b) by 0 days.

4,733,799 A *

3/1988

4,735,612 A

4/1988 Chevalier

4,743,030 A * 4,807,586 A *

5/1988 2/1989

(21) Appl. N0.: 14/013,242 (22) Filed:

6/1965 Ross

3,320,941 A *

Wiskur ......................... .. 222/79

Auer et al. .................. .. 273/349 Kao .............................. .. 124/73

Primary Examiner * Gene Kim

Prior Publication Data

US 2014/0004769 A1

Jones et al. ................... .. 222/79

(Continued)

Aug. 29, 2013

(65)

Ware ............................. .. 222/79

Assistant Examiner * Alexander Niconovich

Jan. 2, 2014

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

Related US. Application Data

(62)

Division of application No. 13/035,564, ?led on Feb. 25, 2011, noW Pat. No. 8,529,384.

(51)

Int. Cl.

a toy gun to receive a marker tag dart, to put Water in the

A63H 33/30 F41B 11/00 A63B 65/02

forward tip of the dart and to shoot the dart. The marker tag

(52)

(2006.01) (2013.01) (2006.01)

dart itself has slits in the Wall of a small chamber at the front of the dart so that on impact With a target, the inertia of the Water causes deformation of the tip and opening of the slits to

US. Cl. USPC ............... .. 446/473; 124/56; 124/59; 124/69;

124/71; 124/73; 222/79; 473/581

(58)

(57) ABSTRACT Marker tag darts, dart guns therefor, and methods Which alloW

Field of Classi?cation Search USPC .................. .. 473/581; 124/56, 59, 69, 71, 73;

eject Water for marking the location of the marker tag dart hit. The dart guns are spring chocked, and propel the dart With a blast of air from an air pump powered by the spring. Various embodiments and modes of operation are disclosed.

446/473; 222/79 See application ?le for complete search history.

water int-11w

7 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets

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6,241,634 B1 U,S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS

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3/2001 Applewhite et a1. ........ .. 446/475

6/2001 Armer, Jr.

B1 * B1* B1* B1* B1 B1*

6/2001 8/2001 4/2002 8/2002 9/2002 11/2002

Bryan ......................... .. 446/473 Clayton ........................ .. 124/59 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 222/61 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 124/70 Edlund Hornsby et a1. .............. .. 222/79

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9/1992

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4/2003

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4/1993 Vandersteen

6,698,414 131*

3/2004

~~ 124/69

5,238,149 A *

8/1993 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 222/79

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124/67

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222/79 124/69

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12/1994

D’Andmde ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, H 124/69

446/176

5/2005 Hornsby et a1.

8/2006 Zlmmerman ................. .. 222/79 11/2006 Zimmerman et a1. ........ .. 222/79

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3/2007

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Lee et a1‘ “““““““““““““ “ 222/79 Fusi et a1. 124/56

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7/1995 Tarng ..... ..

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7/1996

9/2007 12/2007

Brown etal.

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2/2009 Hun?

124/69

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222/79

7,658,302 132*

2/2010 Berman

. 273/349 222/1 222/79

7731612 B2 7,798,364 Bl* 8,074,838 B1*

5/1997 Sanders ........... .. 3/199g MoAllister et a1, 9/1998 Crawford

5,826,750 A *

10/1998 Johnson

5,826,879 A *

10/199g

5,836,842 A 5,850,941 A *

5,876,995 A * 5,878,914 A >1<

6/2010 9/2010 12/2011

~~ ZZZ/79

Martln Eddlns et a1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 222/79 Tate ....... .. .. 222/79

222/79

8,490,830 132*

7/2013 Magers

~~ ZZZ/79

2004/0040551 A1*

3/2004

.. 124/71

11/199g McLeamn

2005/0072412 A1*

4/2005 Cuisinier

12/199g

2005/0183708 A1*

8/2005

Eddins et a1. ................. .. 124/59

2007/0012720 A1 2009/0064919 A1

1/2007 23/2009

Rosenblum Greenwald

Johnson et a1, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, H 222/79

3/1999 Bryan “““““““““““““ “ 435/189 3/1999 Johnson ““ “ 222/79

Menowetal.

124/69

2009/0127789 A1

5/2009 Andersen

12/1999 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 124/69 90000 B ry an ““““““““““““““ “ 424/49

2009/0140493 A1 2010/0031945 A1

6/2009 2/2010

6146292 A

110000 Yamanaka

2010/0320228 A1

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6,149,488 A *

11/2000 Stark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 446/220

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11/2000

6,174,251 B1

222/386

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6,000,386 A * 12/1999 Johnson et a1.

*

.. 222/79

Perryet a1. .................. .. 606/192

6,003,503 A * 6113 886 A * , , ’

..... ..

Eddins et a1. .. 124/63 Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ZZZ/79

Deal ,,,,,,,,, n

5,626,343 A * 5,730,321 A * 5,799,828 A *

.. 222/79

Bryan

1/2001 Lemote

*

Andersen Shafferet a1.

12/2010 C_arrol1 .......................... .. 222/79

2012/0153036 A1

6/2012

2012/0178338 A1*

7/2012 Mowbray

...................... .. 229/87.19

124/1

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446/473 """""""""" "

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Zimmerman et al.

(54)

TOY GUN

(76)

Inventors:

Jun. 17, 2010

Publication Classi?cation

Jeffrey C. Zimmerman, Kowloon

(51)

(CN); Chor-Ming Ma, Kowloon

(CN) (52)

Int. Cl. F41B 11/00 F41F 1/00

(2006.01) (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. ........................................ .. 124/56; 124/41.1

Correspondence Address: ALIX YALE & RISTAS LLP 750 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1400

HARTFORD, CT 06103 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: (22)

Filed:

12/37 8,680 Feb. 18, 2009

Foreign Application Priority Data

(30)

Dec. 17, 2008

(HK) ............................... .. 081137186

(57)

ABSTRACT

A toy gun for individually shooting soft projectiles has a body and a magazine attached to the body for housing an array of

soft projectiles and delivering them individually to a ?ring position Within the body. A ?ring mechanism in the body ?res a ?rst projectile from the ?ring position. A projectile separa tor acts upon a second projectile adjacent to the ?rst projectile to at least reduce frictional interaction between the ?rst and

second projectiles during ?ring and to smooth the projectile loading process.

10

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US00578‘7869A United States Patent [191

5,787,869

Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent: [11]

Johnson et a1.

Aug. 4, 1998

[54] COMPRESSED AIR TOY GUN

3,397,476

8/1968 Weber

3,859,977

1/1975 Lange

124/83 X

[75] Inventors: Lonnie G. Johnson. Smyrna; John T. Applewhite. Atlanta; Shane Matthews,

3,962,818

6/1976 Pippin

........ .. 46/74

4,073,280

2/1978 Koehn

.. 124/72

4,083,349

4/1978 Cli?‘ord .

.. 124/72

Marietta. all of Ga.

4,159,705 4,223,472 4,411,249 4,559,737 4,890,767 4,897,065

[73] Assignee: Johnson Research & Development Corp., Inc.. Atlanta. Ga.

[21] Appl. No.: 799,702 Feb. 11, 1997 [22] Filed: Related US. Application Data

[63]

7/1979 9/1980 10/1983 12/1985 1/1990 1/1990

.......................... .. 43/6

Jacoby .... .. Feket et a1. Fogartyetal. Washington .... .. Burlison ...... .. Fertigetal. ..

124/63 .... .. 46/44

...... .. 124/64 124/83 X 222/78 .. 446163

5,090,708

2/1992 Gerlitz et al. .

273/310

5,188,557

2/1993 Brown ............. ..

446/212

5,228,427

7/1993 Gargner, Jr, ..

5,280,917

l/1994 Ortiz ....... ..

124/81 273/318

5,343,849

9/1994

Steer

. ....

. . . ..

124/72

Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 730,619, Oct. 21, 1996, Pat,

5,343,850

9/1994

Steer

. .. . .

. . . ..

124/64

No. 5,709,199, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No.

5,370,278

1211994 Raynie .... ..

699,431, Aug. 19, 1996, Pat. No. 5,699,781, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 494,407, Jun. 26, 1995, Pat. No. 5,592,931, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No.

5,373,832

12/1994 D’Andrade ...... ..

124/69

5,415,152

5/1995 Adamson et al.

124/59

5,640,945

6/1997 Slonaker et al. ........................ .. 124/56

222/175

441,229, May 15, 1995, Pat No. 5,596,978.

[51] [52] [53]

rm. (:1.6 .............................. .. F4113 11/00; F41B 9100 US. Cl. ................................ .. 124/69; 124/83; 124/85 Field of Search ................................ .. 124/69. 63. 72.

124/53.5. 48. 59. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85; 42J77. 76.01

References Cited

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2/1939 Von Kozuiik

124/11

2,312,244 2,357,951

2/1943 Feltman .... .. 9/1944 Hale ...... ..

124/11 124/11

2,654,973 10/1953 Lemelson 2,733,699 2/1956 Krinsky

46/56 124/13

2,927,398

6/1960 Kaye et a1. .

3,025,633

6/1962

3,121,292

2/1964 Butler et al.

. 46/74

3,139,692

7/1964 Sellers et a1.

124/83 X

3,262,440

7/1966 Kuhn ................................... .. 124/83 X

. . . ..

258791l-A1

10/1985

46f/4 . . . ..

46fl4

France.

Primary Examiner-John A. Ricci Assistant Examiner-Thomas A. Beach

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kennedy. Davis & Kennedy

[57]

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Kayeet al.

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

ABSTRACT

An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11). a barrel (12). a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a mounting tube (201) con?gured to be received within the tail bore (203) of a projectile (P) and a barrel

(200) in which the projectile is positioned for launching. The mounting tube has a tapered air exit end (210) and a safety bar (211). The barrel has an lelongated slot (217) for venting

compressed air. 15 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

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WEARABLE TOY WITH ROTATABLE

5,088,624 A *

2/1992

DISCHARGE PODS FOR FIRING PROJECTILES AND METHODS

5,316,514 A 5,538,457 A

5/1994 Ellman et 31. 7/1996 Deal

Hackett et a1. .............. .. 222/78

5,673,436 A *

10/1997

Piper ....... ..

5,678,730

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10/1997

Fabek et a1.

5,724,955 A *

3/1998

6,203,397 B1

3/2001 Applewhite et a1.

A

2/160 .......

(75) Inventors: Hampton RWoodhouse, Hope, RI (US); Alric J Lam, Attleboro, MA (US)

(73) Assignee: Hasbro, Inc., PaWtucket, RI (US)

6,279,562 B1

8/2001 Clayton

RE37,616 E

4/2002 Schumacher

(*)

6,802,435 B1*

10/2004

6,814,260 B2

11/2004 Caffrey

6,824,442 B2

11/2004 Andrews et a1.

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U.S.C. 154(b) by 658 days.

............. .. 124/72

Brawner, Jr. ............... .. 222/79

* cited by examiner

(21) Appl.No.: 11/744,272 (22) Filed:

Johnson et a1.

. . . .. 222/78

Primary ExamineriTroy Chambers (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiPerry Hoffman

May 4, 2007

(57)

ABSTRACT

(51)

Int. Cl. B67D 99/00

(52)

US. Cl. ......................... .. 222/175; 222/78; 222/79;

around a Wearable component With more than one pod at the

124/56; 446/26; 446/473; 446/483

outer housing each able to receive a contained discharge element. The pods are engaged by an actuator assembly

(58)

(2010.01)

Field of Classi?cation Search ................. ..

A Wearable toy having an outer housing capable of rotating 124/56;

222/78, 79, 175, 333; 239/152, 153, 154; 446/26, 27, 28, 473, 475, 483; 2/160, 163; 42/54

See application ?le for complete search history. (56)

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2,423,448 A * 3,018,578 A *

actuator assembly includes a ?rst actuator coupled to the Wearable component for manipulation by a user and a second

actuator capable of engaging the ?rst actuator projecting the contained discharge element of each of the plurality of pods. The canister may include a second actuator coupled and capable of engagement With the ?rst actuator as the outer

7/1947 1/1962

3,453,774 A *

7/1969

4,756,703 A

7/1988 Kennedy et a1.

Gruber et a1. ............. .. 446/353

4,768,681 A *

9/1988

4,820,229 A

4/1989 Spraggins

5,072,856 A

Which operates to project the contained discharge element of each pod. The pods at the outer housing may receive, e.g., a removable canister containing the discharge elements. The

Dean et a1. .................. .. 222/79

12/1991 Kimble

housing member is rotated to alloW alignment of ?rst and second actuators for projecting the contained discharge ele ment.

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[75]

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3,397,476

8/1968 Weber ......................................... .. 43/6

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3,962,818

6/1976 Pippin

4,073,280

2/1978

.

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4,411,249

10/1983 Fogarty et a1.

4,890,767

9

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..... .. 46/44 124/64

1/1990 Burlison . . . . . . . .

. . . .. 222r/8

4,897,065

1/1990 Fenig e181. ..

446/63

5,090,708

2/1992 Geditz et a1. .

..... .. 273/310

5,188,557

Jan. 27, 1997

124/72

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5,158,212 10/1992 Sirhan ..... ..

Related US. Application Data

2/1993

222/192 X

Brown

5,280,917

1/1994 Ortiz

5,343,849

9/1994 Steer

5,343,850

9/1994

..... .. 446/212

273/318 124/72

Steer . . . . . . . . .

. . . .. 124/64

Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 730,619, Oct. 21, 1996,

5,359,576 10/1994 Bunner et a1. 5,370,278 1211994 Raynie ........ ..

whichisacontinuation-in-part ofSer.No.699,431,Aug. 19,

5,373,832 12/1994 D’Andrade

124/69

1996, which is a continuation-impart of Ser. No. 494,407,

5,415,152

5/1995 Adamson et a1.

124/59

1191-267 1995,1919 NO- 515921931, which is a cominua?on-

5,535,729

7/1996 Gri?in et a1. ....................... .. 124/48 X

in-part of Ser. No. 441,229, May 15, 1995, Pat. No. 5,596, 978. Int. Cl.6 .............................. .. F41B 11/00; F41A 9/61

[52] us. 61. .......... ..

124/72; 124/48; 124/53 .5

124/34X 2221175

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 2587911-A1

10/1985

France,

Primary Emmi-MET“), Lea Menus

Fleld of Search ................................ .. 1.24/67, 69, 72,

Assistant Examiner_Thomas A‘ B?ach

124/70, 48, 53.5. 32. 59; 446/27, 475; 273/DIG. 17; 222/175, 192

Attomey’ Agent, or FiWKemdyq Davis & Kennedy

[56]

References Cited

,244

2,357,951

2/1943

[57]

ABSTRACT

An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11),

US. PATENT DOCUMENTS . gill-3,003 2/1939 Von Kozunk ........................... .. 124/11 ,

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App1.No.: 788,225

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4,223,472

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46/74

Koehn

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Mar. 10, 1998

VOICE ACTIVATED COMPRESSED AIR TOY

Inventors: Lonnie G. Johnson. Smyrna; John T.

[73]

5,724,955

Feltman

a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a magazine (18) having a series of barrels (26) for holding Sevara1 projcc?les An actuator (50) indexas .

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9/1944 Hale ......... ..

124/11

the “legume Wlth eaeh she?“ the gun-“61118891118 of the

2,654,973 10,1953 Lemelson 2,733,699 2/1956 Kn'nsky ,,,, __ 2,927,398 3/1960 Kaye et a1.

__ 46/56 124/13 .. 46/74

gun is controlled by a vo1ce actlvated tnggenng system (215) which includes a microphone (216), a control circuit (220) and a control valve (219).

3,025,633

3/1962 Kaye et a1.

3,121,292

2/1964 Butler et a1. ....................... .l ..... .. 46/74

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Tsai (54)

(45) Date of Patent:

SPRING-PISTON AIRSOFT GUN

7,963,281 B2 * 8,297,269

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124/66

2012/0216786 A1*

8/2012

Hadley et a1. ................. .. 124/66

Ching-Li Tsai, Chiayi (TW)

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A spring-piston airsoft gun includes a cylinder-and-piston

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assembly disposed in a barrel to force air through a muZZle

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Jun. 25, 2010

ABSTRACT

end to make a shooting action, and a coil spring disposed to

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exen ?‘b1asmg acnon ‘0 dnve a Plston head Ofthe Cyhnder'

and-piston assembly When changed from a compressed state (51)

Int CL

to a released state. Front and rear anchor shanks are disposed

F41B 11/00 (52) us CL (58)

(200601)

for respectively mounting front and rear coil segments of the coil spring. A major shell and a minor ring are sleeved on the

USPC ................................ .. 124/66; 124/67; 124/68

rear anchor Shank to permit the C011 SPn'ng to be Sleeved

Field of Classi?cation Search

thereon. The minor ring is in frictional contact With and

USPC ........................................ .. 124/66, 65, 67, 68

angularly moveable relativewthe majorshell suchthanwhen

' ' ' See appl1cat1on ?le for complete search history.

the coil spring is released to expand to the released state, the

References Cited

move thereWith so as to minimiZe the frictional force therebe

rear coil segment is tensed to drag the minor ring to angularly (56)

tWeen.

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,655,509 A *

8/1997

7,946,283 B2 *

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Casas Salva .................. .. 124/66

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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2007/0261689 A1 (43) Pub. Date:

Tai et al. (54)

BULLET-LOADING STRUCTURE OF TOY

(22) Filed:

NOV. 15, 2007

May 10, 2006

GUN Publication Classi?cation

(75) Inventors: Chiao-Chih Tai, Taoyuan Hsien (TW);

Szu-Ming Huang, Taoyuan Hsien (TW); Chia-Chen Wang, Taoyuan Hsien (TW); Chih-Ming Tien, Taoyuan Hsien (TW) Correspondence Address: TROXELL LAW OFFICE PLLC Suite 1404

5205 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041 (US)

(51)

Int. Cl. F41B 11/00

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Us. or.

(57)

(2006.01)

.............................................................. .. 124/67

ABSTRACT

In a toy gun With a bullet-loading structure, a cylinder, a piston, a ?nal gear, and a pull rod are mounted in a gun body.

The piston and the pull rod are driven by the rotation of the ?nal gear. An actuation time of the pull rod is later than that of the piston to enable the piston to suck a lot amount of gas

(73) Assignee: Enlight Corporation

before the loading of the bullet, thereby preventing a gun tunnel from being blocked by the raised bullet and providing

(21) Appl. No.:

the shooting performance of the toy gun.

the simulated recoil effect of real shooting so as to promote

11/430,835

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(45) Date of Patent:

TOY DART MAGAZINE APPARATUS .

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4,834,059 A .

(75) Inventors‘ gobert ‘Sign’ su?lqnysgdi; Nialgstxm (Us); aym‘m Robertam“ L- Brown, ea ’ NOnh aw C e ’

Mapleville, Kingstown, R1 RI (US); Meredith Fred D. Eddins, Brooks, .

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5/ 1989 Moorhouse et al.

4,879,828 A *

11/1989

Dieringer et al. ............... .. 42/50

4,888,899 A

12/1989

Chesnut et a1.

5,156,137 5,099,595 A *

10/1992 3/1992 Clayton Chesnut et....... a1. ..

4,986,251 A * 1/1991 Lilley ............................ .. 124/67 5,285,766 2 A * ,

2/1994 Milliman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 124/ 59

,

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Attleboro, MA (US), Douglas C. Weller,

5,553,598 A

9/l996 Johnson et a1‘

Bndgewater, MA (Us)

5,596,978 A * 5,634,564 A

1/1997 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 124/72 6/1997 Spamer et al.

(73)

Ass1gnee: Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US)

5,709,199 A *

1/1998 Johnson et a1. ............... .. 124/69

(*)

Notice:

5,724,955 2 A *

3/1998 ghnsontetlal Johnson et a1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 124/69

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Appl. No.: 12/545,305

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5,913,304 A *

a .

619% Johnson tttttttttttttttttttt “ 124/59

_

(Contmued) _ Primary Examiner * Gene K1m

(22)

Filed:

(65)

Prior Publication Data Us 2011/0041823 A1 Feb. 24, 2011

(51)

Aug. 21, 2009

Int- ClF41A 9/61

(2006-01)

(52)

US. Cl. ........... .. 124/45; 124/48; 124/51.1; 124/52; 89/3302; 89/3317

(58)

Field of Classi?cation Search .................. .. 124/45, 124/48, 51 _1, 52; 89/3302, 33_ 17

Assistant Examiner * Alexander Niconovich (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Perry Hoffman

(57) ABSTRACT The Wheel also includes an opening in the third portion lead ing to a chamber in a holloW support of the Wheel. A spring biased knob is mounted on a shaft that also mounts the Wheel.

Both the knob and the Wheel have axially align protrusions that may engage each other to alloW the Wheel to be rotation ally adjusted I0 Correct any Or misalignment Of the darts stored on the Wheel. A ?exible arm and a pusher structure are

See application ?le for complete Search history,

also included With the magazine apparatus and are connected

References Cited

to a constant force spring, Where the ?exible arm and a portion of the constant force s Pring are lod8 ed in the chamber of the

US. PATENT DOCUMENTS

holloW support during a dart loading process of the Wheel, and the constant force spring uncoils When the Wheel is rotated during the loading process. The constant force spring biases

56

1,328,929 A *

1/1920

2,777,235 A

1/1957 Hopkins

McDaniel ..................... .. 124/29

2,962,017 A * 3,009,453 A *

11/1960 11/1961

Horowitz et a1. ............. .. 124/27 Ayala ............. .. 124/27

4,127,954 A *

12/1978

Hausmann ...................... .. 42/50

4,289,109 A 4,384,508 A * 4,776,122 A *

9/1981 D’Andrade 5/1983 10/1988

Sullivan et a1. ............ .. 89/33.02 Dieringer et al. ............... .. 42/50

the Wheel to feed the darts from both the drum and the clip to

a ?ring position at the end of the clip located in the launcher, but the constant force spring is insuf?cient to discharge the darts When the magazine is not connected to the launcher.

20 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets

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7,357,130 B2*

4/2008 Broersma .................. .. 124/51.1

*

6,109,252 A * 6,327,953 B1*

6,408,837 131*

8/2000 Stevens ...................... .. 124/51.1 12/2001

Andresen

60002 Johnson et a1,

6,488,019 6,439,216 B2* B1* 12/2002 8/2002 Kotsiopoulos Johnson et a1. .

. 89/33.17

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8,061,342 132*

124/51.1 124/70

2006/0042613 8,091,541 132* A1*

6,752,137 B2*

6/2004 Brunette et a1.

124/74

2006/0180134 A1*

6,796,300 B2*

9/2004 Petrosyan et a1. .

124/48

2009/0145412 A1*

7,222,617 132*

5/2007 Andresen ..... ..

7,234,456 132*

6/2007 Andresen

7,267,118 132

9/2007 Eddins et :11.

7,287,526 B1 *

124/51.1

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2009/0314272 A1*

10/2007 Bligh et a1. ................... .. 124/63

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Rotatably mounting the alignment and storage structure

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Mounting a spring to bias the alignment and storage structure

Forming a knob

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Mounting the knob to enable manual rotation of

the alignment and storage struotu re

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Feb. 7, 1956

B. KRINSKY

2,733,699

ROCKET TOY

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4,223,472

Fekete et a1.

[45]

Sep. 23, 1980

[54]

TOY PROJECI‘ILE LAUNCHING DEVICE ,

[75]

Inventors:

Ferenc Fekete, Huntington Beach;

3,121,292

2/ 1964

Butler et al. ........................... .. 46/74

3,191,342

6/1965

Chambers

3,368,301

2/1963

Kinberg _ _ _ I _ _

. 46/74 _ _ _ _ __ 46/74

Wayne R. Halford, Manhattan

3,739,764

6/1973

Allport

Beach, both of Calif.; Michael 0.

4,149,338

4/1979

Wolf ....................................... .. 46/44

. 46/74 B

H'rtle E tA ror , N.Y. _

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[73] Assignee: _ Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, Calif. 21

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1. NW 899 374

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Assistant Examiner_Mickey Yu *

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—John G. Mesaros; Max B.

’ Apr. 24, 1978

Shirk; Ronald M. Goldman 57 ABSTRACT

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A toléprolefflitllg 1311116111118 devlce hills/111g a mam tubular

124/70

mem er in ui communication wit an air pump, an air

[58]

Field of Search ........... .. 46/74, 74 A, 74 B, 74 C,

Storage tank and a projectile launching housing rotat

[56]

46/76 A, 44; 124/70, 71, 73, 76, 69; 272/4 References Cited

ably coupled to the main tubular member. A valve member manually operable within the main tubular member, and with the valve member in a ?rst position air from the air pump passes into the air storage tank; in

‘U-s- PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,260,013

3/1918

Neats ................................. .. 46/44 x

a second position of the valve member, the pressurized

2,675,642 2,733,699

4/1954 2/1956

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air within the tank is released to propel a projectile

gig:

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46/74 X

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3,025,633

3/1962

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3,046,694

7/ 1962

Holderer

within the housing. A third position of the valve mem~

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46/74

quantities to actuate an air-operated sounding device.

46/74 B

46/74

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1191

Fogelgren

3,921,614

1451 Nov. 25, 1975 Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-R. T. Stouffer

i541 COMPRESSED GAS OPERATED GUN HAVING VARIABLE UPPER AND LOWER PRESSURE LIMITS OF OPERATION

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Cushman, Darby and Cushman

[75]

Inventor:

[73}

Assignee: Haybro C0.‘ Moorestown, NJ.

{57]

Filed:

A compressed gas operated hand gun includes an an— nular ?ring chamber de?ned between the sides of a main piston and the wall of a bore, the forward end of the piston cooperating with an annular valve seat which communicates with a projectile—h0lding cham

[221

John E. Fogelgren, Annapolis, Md. Mar. 24, 1969

[211 Appl.No1:809,920 [52]

[51] [58]

[1.8. CI .................. .. 124/30 R; 102/38; 102/90;

ber. In a cocked position the piston is held in sealing engagement with the valve seat by a trigger assembly and is biased in an opposite direction by the gas pres sure in the firing chamber. Upon actuation of the trig

102/927; 124/11 R; 273/106 E lnt.C|.?1 F41B 11/06; F425 5/02; F42B 11/18‘I F4213 11/22 Field of Search 124/1 1, l3, 13 A, 30,13 R,

ger assembly the piston moves away from the valve

124/30 R

[56]

ABSTRACT

seat and releases the charge of gas against the projec tile. A fresh charge of gas is introduced into the firing chamber automatically from a high pressure gas cham

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS

ber by a piston valve assembly concentrically disposed

3,000,371

9/1961

Hyde ................................... .. 124/11

3.240100

3/1966

Jones r . . . . 1 t . . i

3,428,037

2/1969

Capriolo ............................. .1 124/11

, . . . ..

in the main piston and operated in response to gas pressure in the high pressure chamber.

124/11

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[11] Patent Number:

Tippmann

[45]

5,383,442

Date of Patent:

Jan. 24, 1995

[54] PUlVIP ACTION MARKING PELLET GUN

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Roger M. Rickert

[76] Inventor:

[57]

Dennis J. Tippmann, 12708 Parent

Rd" Fort Wayne’ Ind‘ 46809 [21] App]. No.: 896,575 .

A compressed powered gun has a receiver with a com pressed gas source fastened to one end thereof and an

_

elongated barrel through which projectiles may be

[22] Filed‘ [51] [52]

ABSTRACT

Jun‘ 10’ 1992

sequentially discharged fastened to the other end

Int. Cl.6 ...................... .. F41B 11/06; F41B ll/32 US. Cl. ...................................... .. 124/76; 124/73;

thereof, A'clamp is formed as an integral portion of the receiver and adapted to encircle and be tightened about

124/74

the barrel near one barrel end to connect the barrel to

[58] Field of Search ..................... .. 124/56, 70, 71, 73,

the receiver, A projectile supply hopper containing a

124/74, 76

plurality of projectiles supplies projectiles sequentially

.

[56]

to the receiver by way of a feed tube which is formed as

References Cited 11.8. PATENT DOCUMENTS 433,674 2,307,015 2,574,408 2,791,944

an integral portion of the receiver, A clamp formed as an integral portion of the feed tube is arranged to encir

8/1890 D’Arcy~lrvine ............... .. mm X l/ 1943 1 l/ 1951

dc and be tightened about a P°1'ti°n 0f the Pmjectile

supply hopper thereby securing the projectile supply hopper to the feed tube portion of the receiver. The gun

5/1957 3,612,026 10/1971 4,531,503 7/1985 4,819,609 4/1989

along the barrel in the direction of elongation thereof to

4,936,282 6/1990 Dobbins et al. ................ .. l24/73 X

from. There is a from sight Supported on and movable

is has a pump action with a forestock manually movable

position a projectile from the feed tube in a location

within the gun to be subsequently discharged there

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS _

1377593

fwith thekni‘ovable forestock and a pockgt ftgimecll in the

9/1964 France ................................ .. 124/76

rg?stoc

°r recewmg and swung 3

ex‘ 6 ° eanmg

Primary Examiner—Dennis L. Taylor Assistant Examiner-John Ricci

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Ulllted States Patent [19]

[11] Patent Number:

Schneider

[45]

[54]

GAS POWERED BALL GUN

[75] Inventor: Larrie Schneider, Nokomis, Fla. [73]

Date of Patent:

5,769,066 Jun. 23, 1998

5,285,765

2/1994 Lee .......................................... .. 124/50

5,333,594

8/1994 Robinson

2,343,822 9/1992 SW6; ------- ~ ,377,6 1/199 Ara ............ ..

Assignee: Ronald Fowler, Bradenton, Fla.

[22] [21]

APPIFiled: NO-I Apt 831,107 1’ 1997

[51]

Int. Cl.

[52]

US. Cl. .............................................................. .. 124/75

[58]

Field Of Search ................................ .. 124/63, 71, 73,

573777656

1/1995 Lewinski et “1

5,396,877

3/1995

5,494,024 5,448,984 5,431,410

2/1996 9/1995 7/1995 Scott Brovelli Hampton ....................................... .. 124/73

6

Amron ........ ..

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

............................ .. F41B 11/00; F41B 11/32

124/75, 77

[56]

References Cited

77504

1/1949

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Charles J. Prescott

[57]

U_S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS

Czechoslovakia --------------------- -- 124/75

Primary Examiner—]ohn A, Ricci

ABSTRACT

Apressurized gas powered rapid ?re hall gun for propelling ball pro]ectiles automatically or semi-automatically. An air

2,327,653

8/1943 Lisle .................................... .. 124/73 X

Chamber formed in a housing which Slidably Supports an air

3’465’742

9/1969 Hen

124/77

control spool for longitudinal translation, stores a pressur

3’572’309

3/1971 DeFreltas

124/56

iZed

3,868,113

2/1975 Glass et a1. .

471127911

9/1978 Petrick

273/357

h

as char e Within an internal air reservoir Which g

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a.

.

f1

1 .

h

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1t

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124/56

en ances

pro]ec 1'6 propu sion W en simu aneousy

combined With pressurized gas from a separate source and

478197609

4/1989 Tippmann ____ __

124/72

4,936,282

6/1990 Dobbins et al_

124/74

fed into a ?ring chamber adjacent the elongated cylindrical

5,063,905 5,161,516

11/1991 Farrell .......... .. 11/1992 Ekstrom ..

124/72 124/73

barrel at each ?ring.

5,267,549 12/1993 Webber ................................... .. 124/65

3 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets

B

14

36") H8 _

\ePRESSURE

BYPASS

r9 CYLINDER 122 J

104

U.S. Patent

Jun. 23, 1998

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Sheet 2 of5

5,769,066

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Jun. 23, 1998

FIG. 17 60

FIG. 19 62

FIG. 18

Sheet 3 of5

a“) FIG. 16

5,769,066

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Jun. 23, 1998

Sheet 4 of5

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U.S. Patent

Jun. 23, 1998

Sheet 5 of5

FIG. 26

5,769,066

US007478632B2

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent No.:

Halmone

US 7,478,632 B2

(45) Date of Patent:

(54)

COMPACT PAINTBALL MARKER

(75)

Inventor:

(56)

Jan. 20, 2009

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Fabrice N. V. Halmone, Ville la Grand 2001/0042543 A1

(FR) (73) Assignee: Kingman International Corporation, Baldwin Park, CA (U S) (*)

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U.S.C. 154(b) by 212 days.

11/2001 Perrone

OTHER PUBLICATIONS PCT International Search Report, dated Jun. 8, 2008, mailed Jul. 17, 2008, International Application No. PCT/US07/19346, International Filing Date Sep. 5, 2007, 7 pgs.

Primary ExamineriTroy Chambers (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiBlakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP

(21) Appl.No.: 11/520,916

(57) (22) Filed:

ABSTRACT

Sep. 13, 2006 A compact paintball marker having an internal paintball hold

(65)

US 2008/0060630 A1

(51)

ing mechanism, internal compressed gas holding mechanism

Prior Publication Data

Int. Cl. F41B 11/00

and distributed striker mechanism. The strike mechanism is divided between tWo compartments With the striker in a

Mar‘ 13’ 2008

(2006.01) 124/74

(58)

Field of Classi?cation Search

proximal compartment and a biasing mechanism in the distal compartment. The striker is coupled to the biasing mecha nism by a striker shaft that may be disposed at least partially external to the housing of the marker.

l24/7li77

See application ?le for complete search history.

15 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

Jan. 20, 2009

Sheet 1 of8

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Jan. 20, 2009

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Jan. 20, 2009

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US. Patent

Jan. 20, 2009

FIG. 4

Sheet 6 of8

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FIG. 5

Sheet 7 of8

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Jan. 20, 2009

Sheet 8 0f 8

ASSEMBLE HOUSING

w

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w

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FIG. 6

US 7,478,632 B2

US007975683B1

(12) United States Patent Williams et al.

(54)

SPRING ACTION PAINTBALL MARKER

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: (56)

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

Krebs, Tega Cay, SC (US); Ho Bun

3,766,903 A *

Choi, Hong Kong (CN)

3,908,626 A

(*)

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2009

Related US. Application Data

(60)

Provisional application No. 61/203,755, ?led on Dec.

29, 2008.

(51)

Int. Cl.

F41B 11/00

(52) (58)

US. Cl.

10/1973 9/1975

Fischer ......................... .. 124/67 Hammond ........... ..

4/1976 Van Langenhoven .

4,002,156 A *

1/1977

Fischer ................ ..

1/1983

Resuggan

4,367,723

A

4,771,758 A * A

*

......

. 124/67

89/7 124/67 . . . ..

9/1988 Tayloret a1. 11/1989

Wackrow

. ... ...

124/67

124/68 . . . ..

124/67

. . . ..

124/76

5,133,331 A *

7/1992 Hutchinson

5,349,939

A

9/1994

Perrone

5,775,312 A

7/1998

Wilkinson et a1. ............ .. 124/67

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

124/68

* cited by examiner Primary Examiner * Troy Chambers

(21) Appl. No.: 12/655,359 (22)

*

3,951,038 A *

4,883,042

Notice:

Jul. 12, 2011

References Cited

(75) Inventors: Steve Williams, Lowell, AR (US); Cole

(73) Assignee: Kee Action Sports, LLC, SeWell, NJ (Us)

US 7,975,683 B1

(2006.01)

....................................................... .. 124/67

Field of Classi?cation Search ............. .. 124/ 65*68

See application ?le for complete search history.

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm *Keisling & Pieper PLC; David B. Pieper (57) ABSTRACT A paintball marker using a piston and compression spring mounted in an air focus tube for generating compressed air for launching a paintball doWn a barrel. A trigger and sear are

used to catch the compression spring When it is compressed to control the launching of the paintball. Exterior pull handles mounted behind the marker, and slideably mounted on the barrel are described for compressing the spring. Also, a piv otally mounted barrel is provided as another embodiment for

compressing the spring. 3 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

Jul. 12, 2011

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US. Patent

Jul. 12, 2011

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Jul. 12, 2011

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Jul. 12, 2011

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US006371099B1

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Lee

(45) Date of Patent:

(54) PAINT BALL GUN

_

Taipei _ City

Notice:

_

_

_

(22) Filed;

(56)

ABSTRACT

patent is eXtended 0r adjusted under 35

A paint ball gun includes a gun barrel mounted on a gun

U-S-C- 154(k)) by 0 days-

handle. The gun barrel is formed With parallel propelling and recuperator chambers for respectively receiving a propelling member and a recuperating unit. Aconnecting rod intercon

Jam 10, 2001

nects the propelling member and a recuperator member such

7

(58)

(57)

SubJect to any disclaimer, the term of this

(21) APPL N05 09/758,571 (51) (52)

Apr. 16, 2002

Primary Examiner—Charles T. Jordan Assistant Examiner—Stephen A HolZen (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

(76) Inventor: Yi'Hsin Lee> 4E NO~ 4> Alley 9> Lane 123, Sec. 3, Jen-Ai Rd., Ta-An Dist, (*)

US 6,371,099 B1

Int. Cl. ............................................... .. F41B 11/00 US. Cl. ........................... .. 124/66; 124/58; 124/59;

that the propelling member is movable together With the recuperator member_ A manually Operable pull unit is mounted in the propelling chamber posteriorly of the pro

124/60; 124/61; 124/63; 124/64; 124/65; 124/67; 124/68; 124/69; 124/70

pelling member, and includes a pull rod With a front rod portion formed With an elongated slot and a rear rod portion

Field of Search .................................... .. 124/60—70

_ References Clted US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,052,123 A * 2,580,356 A

ing rod extends through and is slidable along the elongated slot. The pull unit further has a biasing spring for biasing the pull rod forWard. An operating knob provided on the rear rod

2/1913 Bennett ..................... .. 124/66

* 12/1951

124/66

enable the connecting rod to pull the propelling member

6/1997 Perrone .................. .. 124/76 7/1998 Wilkinson et a1_ 124/67

rearward1y> thereby resulting in Corresponding rearward movement of the recuperator member for engaging a latch

5,924,413 A

7/1999 Johnson et al. ......... .. 124/72

member on the gun handle.

*

* cited by examiner

6/2001

~_____

___n

porno“ 1S Operable .to pull the pun rod rearwaldly so as to

5,634,456 A * 5,775,312 A * 6,250,294 B1 *

Martin

Which extends out of the propelling chamber. The connect

Lim .......................... .. 124/66

3 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets

U.S. Patent

Apr. 16, 2002

Sheet 1 0f 8

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Apr. 16, 2002

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(12) Ulllted States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

Tippmann, Sr. et al. (54)

(45) Date of Patent:

AIR POWERED BELT-FED GUN .

-

2,312,244 A

-

(75) Inventors‘ ?ns‘; fI'lglppnlla?l’ sr'l’pNevélHavenfN (

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6V1“ -

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(21)

(22)

Koci et a1.

10/1972 Filippi et a1. 4/1989 Tippmann

4,834,058 A

5/1989 Gegere

5,383,442 A 5,592,931 A 5,596,978 A

1/1995 Tippmann l/ 1997 Johnson et 81. l/l997 Johnson et a1.

5,660,159 A

8/1997 Clayton

2

patent 1s extended or adjusted under 35

5,873,734 A

3/1999 Johnson et a1,

U.S.C. 154(b) by 360 days.

6,003,503 A 6,152,125 A

12/1999 Johnson et 211. 11/2000 Piper

6,364,162 B1

4/2002 Johnson et a1.

6,739,323 B2

5/2004

6,772,746 B2

8/2004 Gabrel

.

6,439,216 B1

_

F11ed~

8/1957 Feltman 6/1958

Subject' to any disclaimer, the term of this

Appl' NO" 13/008’145 .

2/1943 Feltman

2,837,076 A

4,819,609 A

Assignee: Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc, Fort Wayne IN (Us)

Apr. 30, 2013

2,801,624 A

3,695,246 A

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(65)

Prior Publication Data

US 2011/0186026 A1

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et al'

8/2002 Johnson et a1. Tippmann, Jr.

7,882,830 B1

2/2011 Gabrel

2008/0078369 A1

4/2008 Yeung

Aug. 4, 2011 Primary Examiner * Michael Carone

Related US. Application Data

(60)

Provisional application No. 61/391,268, ?led on Oct.

Assistant Examiner * Reginald Tillman, Jr.

(74) Attorney’ Agent’ or Firm * Barnes & Thomburg LLP

8, 2010, provisional application No. 61/296,150, ?led on Jan. 19, 2010. (51)

Int- Cl-

F413 11/02 (52) U-S- Cl(58)

(56)

(57)

ABSTRACT

A less-than-lethal P ellet gunis P rovided. The 81111 includes a

(2006-01)

plurality of links each holding a pellet. A feed cylinder is con?gured to advance the links to a ?ring position and eject

USPC ............................................. .. 124/73; 124/48 Field of Classi?cation Search .. ......... .. 124/48,

each link after its pellet has been ?red, The feed cylinder includes a slot portion and a gear portion. The slot portion

124/45, 72, 73, 74, 76 See application ?le for complete search history.

includes a ?rst slot region, a second slot region, a ?rst angled slot region, and a second angled slot region. A linkage arm is con?gured to engage the slot portion of the feed cylinder such that linear movement of the linkage arm rotates the feed cylinder to move the pellet to a ?ring position.

References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 399,882 A 3/1889 Graydon 4/1941 Feltman 2,238,384 A

22 Claims, 34 Drawing Sheets

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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0083654 A1 (43) Pub. Date:

Galinson (54)

PAINTBALL LOADER AND PAINTBALL GALTING GUN

(76)

Inventor:

Publication Classi?cation

(51)

Int. Cl. F41B 11/02

Richard David Galinson, Toluca

(52)

us. c1. ........................... ..124/59;124/71;124/51.1

Lake, CA (U S)

(57)

(21) Appl. No.:

12/583,902

(22) Filed:

Aug. 27, 2009

(2006.01)

ABSTRACT

A gatling gun style projectile launcher comprising an assem bly of rotating, pressurized-air driven guns. A loader assem bly mounted on the gun assembly rotates synchronously through mating of drive gears With the assembly of guns. The loader applies centrifugal force to the paintballs Within, urg ing them into loader tubes positioned in the Wall of the loader.

Provisional application No. 61/270,096, ?led on Jul. 2,

Synchronous timing gears align the rotating loader tubes With cognate breech openings in the guns, thereby transferring paintballs into the ?ring positions from Which the paintballs

2009.

are launched.

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Kimble

[45]

[54]

Toy wEB.sHooT1N(; GLOVE _

[761 lnvemon

_

Stephen E-K1mbl§,2607 N- WIISOH

Date of Patent:

5,072,856 Dec. 17, 1991

4,214,674

7/1980 Jones et a1. ......................... .. 222/79

4,286,407

9/1981

Adickes, Jr. 61 al.

222/21sx

4,768,681 9/1988 Dean 6131. .....

Ave, Tucson, Anz- 85719

4,848,246

7/1989

4,890,767

1/1990 Burlison

Rosen . . . . . . .

222/175 x . . . . . . . .. 109/25

[21]

APPI' NC“

528,419

4,903,864

2/1990

Sirhan . . . . . . .

[22]

Filed;

M83125, 1990

4,997,110

3/1991

Swenson ...... ..~. ................

[51]. 1m. (:1.5 ............................................. .. B67D 5/64 [52] U5. Cl. .................................... .. 222/78; 222/ 175;

ZZZ/402.25; 2/ 160; 239/529; 446/475 [58]

Field‘ of Search ......... .. 2/l59, 160, 161 R, 161 A,

2/16; 42/1.11, 54; 109/29, 32; 239/211, 289, 375, 529; 272/27 W, 27 N; 273/349; 446/26, 475, 473, 483; 222/192, 175, 78, 79, 74, 75, 635, 394, 402.23, 402.25, 405

[561

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3/1916 4/ 1925

Hopkins ............................ .. 239/529 Gibson ...... ._ 239/529 X

1,885,180 11/1932 Cameron

222/175

2,192,082

2/1940

Hunicke .... ..

3,445,046

5/1969

Wilson .......... ..

.. 224/26

222/175 . . . .. 239/154

3,523,645

8/1970

Beauchamp . . . . .

3,945,571 4,037,790

3/1976 7/ 1977

Rash .............. .. 239/152 Reiser et al. ...................... .. 239/529

20

222/175

Primary Examiner-Kevin P- Shaver Assistant Examiner-Kenneth DcRosa

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Antonio R. Durando; Harry M- Weiss

[57]

ABSTRACT

The combination of known components to produce a

new toy shooting apparatus.‘ A toy that makes it possi ble for a player to act like a spider person by shooting webs from the palm of his or her hand. The webbing material consists of string foam delivered from a hidden

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pressurized container through a valve incorporated into a glove worn by the player. A trigger mechanism ena bles the player to activate the valve at will by the exer

cise of pressure with the ?ngers of the hand wearing the glove.

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20 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet

US. Patent

Dec. 17, 1991'

5,072,856

June 12, 1962

L. ALTSHELER

3,038,483

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2,129,042

NOV- 26, 1968

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3,412,497

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[11] Patent Number:

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[45]

Date of Patent:

5,415,152 May 16, 1995

[54] METHOD OF LAUNCHING MULTIPLE

Assistant Examiner—-John A. Ricci

FIREWORKS PROJECI‘ILES [76] Inventors: William G. Adamson, 12850 Louvre St., Pacoima, Calif. 91331; Donald

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Pretty, Schroeder, Bh’eggemahh 8‘ Clark [57] ABSTRACT

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into an aerial pyrotechnic display. The projectiles are

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A method of successively launching a plurality of pro jectiles, such as ?reworks projectiles, which explode

launched from a launcher having a pressure tank con

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taining a compressed gas and a plurality of launching

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tubes for holding the projectiles. The launching tubes are constructed to form a magazine to enable successive

[62]

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launching of ?reworks projectiles by appropriate index ing of the magazine which brings the launching tubes

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ihte regishehm with the eutpht P°rt °f e valve The

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valve introduces compressed gas into one of the launch ing tubes to launch a Projectile into the air- Indexing of

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the launching tubes when the pressure tank is pressur ized Prior to launch is prevented by a Stop mechanism.

The stop mechanism also prevents inadvertent or acci dental detonation of the projectile in the launching tube.

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The method further includes the step of aiming the projectiles, preferably with an aiming apparatus com

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prising actuators that supp“ the launcher ahd which

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are adjustable to ‘mange the launching angle of the

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launcher with respect to the ground each time a new

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adjustment of these actuators is controlled by pneu

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124/82 X 89/ 1.804

matic switches that are operated during indexing of the launching tubes_

5,339,741

8/1994

launching tube is indexed to a launching position. The

Craven et al. .................... 1. 102/361

Primary Examiner—Randolph A. Reese

18 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets

US. Patent

86

May 16, 1995

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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0303208 A1 Taylor (54)

(43) Pub. Date:

APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING AN OBJECT

Publication Classi?cation 51

(75) Inventor:

Graeme John Taylor, Wolverhampton (GB)

(73) Assignee:

China Industries Limited,

Dec. 15, 2011

Int. Cl.

( ) A63B 69/40 A01K 15/02 (52)

Wolverhampton (GB)

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ABSTRACT

Apparatus for projecting an object such as a ball is described.

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PCT Filed:

Feb 1, 2010

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PCT No.:

PCT/GB2010/050155

The apparatus comprises a support for the object to be pro jected, an impeller assembly con?gured to transfer energy to the object to project it aWay from the apparatus; and an actuating mechanism operable by a user interaction With the apparatus. The impeller assembly may be driven mechani

cally by the actuating mechanism by transfer of energy input by the user interaction. The apparatus may be used for an

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animal and in particular a dog. The described apparatus

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removes the need for a further poWer supply and so avoids

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unnecessary energy consumption and provides advantages in relation to Cost, reliability, and longevity. Embodiments of the invention are modular in nature Which greatly assists in train

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