Water gun amusement devices and methods of using the same
US7837067B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA62C11/00
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Toy water guns include a housing supporting a liquid storage reservoir, a conduit for establishing fluid communication between the reservoir and a discharge orifice disposed proximate a front end of the housing, a trigger mechanism, a fluid transfer system adapted to develop forces for causing a continuous or pulsed stream of liquid to flow through the conduit and out of the discharge orifice when the trigger is pressed. An illustrative embodiment employs a nozzle translation assembly that is dimensioned and arranged to move the discharge orifice along a time varying path relative to the housing as a stream of liquid is discharged. The time varying path may be circular, as to obtain a helical or spiral flow pattern or non-circular as to obtain, for example, a zig-zagging or figure eight pattern.
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