Water squirting miniature toy vehicle

• US 6,419,545 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2000
• Issued: 07/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Planet Toys Inc.
• Original Assignee: Stephen Motosko
• Inventors: Motosko, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): RADA, ALEX P
• Application Number:
  US09/672,657
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 446/267, 446/7, 446/71, 446/149, 446/473, 446/465, 446/180, 446/176, 446/275, D21/487, D21/572, D21/575, D21/580-581
• US Class Current: 446/267
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; convertible into other toys A63H33/003; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/003 Convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/425 Toy space systems, e.g. satellites, space ships
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 9/004 the piston movement being mechanically coupled to the trigger movement, e.g. the piston being part of the trigger
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 9/0081 Special gun housing shapes, e.g. in the form of animals, airplanes, toys or figurines

Abstract

A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun. In one embodiment, the toy vehicle includes a hand grip which, when pivotally extended downwardly from the vehicle bottom, also serves as a water pump. Each time the grip is manually actuated by squeezing, a supply of water is drawn from a tank within the toy vehicle and pumped through suitable concealed conduit for discharge as streams of water through discharge nozzles located in each headlight of the model car. When the grip is in its stored position within a cavity in the bottom of the model car, a separate button shaped actuator in the top of the model car may be depressed to actuate the stored grip and thusly to discharge water streams from the headlights. In an alternate embodiment, a depressable button or body panel area directly activates a water pump in fluid communication between the water tank and the headlight water discharge nozzles.

Claims

1. A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun, the toy vehicle having two spaced apart simulated headlights displaced at the front of the vehicle, comprising:

a toy vehicle body including said spaced apart headlights, a water reservoir positioned within said body and a water discharge nozzle positioned for simultaneously discharging a stream of water from each of said headlights of said body;

a hand grip connected to, and extending downwardly from said body;

a water pump cooperatively positioned in said hand grip and operatively connected by a water conduit extending within said body to said reservoir whereby, when said grip is manually actuated, a supply of water is drawn from said reservoir for discharge as a stream of water from each of said discharge nozzles.

2. A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

said body includes a cavity;

said grip pivotally connected to, and pivotally extendable downwardly from, said body whereby said grip is pivoted upwardly into a stored position within said cavity enabling normal use of said toy vehicle.

3. A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

a separate actuator positioned in, and movable with respect to, an outer rear surface of said body, said actuator operably connected to said pump whereby water streams discharge from said discharge nozzles when said actuator is manually depressed by finger or thumb pressure applied thereagainst.

4. A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun comprising:

a toy car body having a cavity formed therein and including spaced apart headlights disposed at a front of said car body, a water reservoir positioned within said body and a water discharge nozzle positioned at each said headlight for discharge of a stream of water therefrom;

a hand grip pivotally connected to, and extendable downwardly from said body from a stored positioned within said cavity in said body into a downwardly extended operative position;

a manually squeezable water pump cooperatively positioned in said hand grip and operatively connected by a conduit to said reservoir whereby, when said hand grip is in the operative position, a supply of water is discharged as streams of water from each of said discharge nozzles each time said water pump is squeezed;

a separate pump actuator forming a moveable portion of a top of said body operably connected to said pump whereby water streams discharge from said discharge nozzles when said pump actuator is depressed.

5. A combination miniature toy vehicle and squirt gun, said vehicle including spaced apart simulated headlights, said vehicle comprising:

a toy vehicle body including said spaced apart headlights, a water reservoir positioned within said body and a water discharge nozzle at each of said headlights each of said discharge nozzles for discharging a stream of water therefrom;

a hand grip connected to, and extending downwardly from said body;

a water pump cooperatively positioned in said body and operatively connected to draw water from said reservoir;

a water pump actuator forming a portion of an outer surface of said body, said actuator operably connected to said pump whereby, when said actuator is depressed, a supply of water is drawn from said reservoir by said pump for discharge as streams of water from said discharge nozzles.