Water gun with a retractable spring loaded shield

• US 7,658,302 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2005
• Issued: 02/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jakks Pacific, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jakks Pacific, Inc.
• Inventors: Berman, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver; Kevin P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bainbridge; Andrew P
• Application Number:
  US11/224,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20070056986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: 222/214, 222/192, 222/79, 89/360.6, 446/473, 124/27, 124 65- 66, 124 69- 70, 124/74, 124/76
• US Class Current: 222/79
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 9/0018 the gas being compressed utilising a manual piston pump
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 5/12 for smallarms; for light-rocket launchers shields attached to smallarms F41C27/04

Abstract

A retractable spring loaded pop-up shield for a water gun. The shield can assume one of two positions of either a folded, reclined position or of an unfolded, upright standing position.

Claims

1. A shield for a water gun, comprising:

a water gun having a top front surface;

a shield having a plurality of ribs and a mounted housing so that said shield foldably collapses within folds of said ribs into a retracted foldable position or expendably unfold from said folds of said ribs into an upright standing, unfolded position and said shield housing has a plurality of slots, said shield housing having a button thereon and a lever;

said shield housing is mounted on said top front surface of said water gun;

a spring mechanism located within said housing, said spring mechanism adopted to be activated by said button being pressed so that said shield goes from said folded retracted position to said unfolded upright standing position; and

said lever being adapted to interact with said spring mechanism where said lever is slidably moved in a direction forward of said water gun so that said shield goes from said unfolded, upright standing position to said folded, reclined position.

2. The shield according to claim 1 where in said shield has six ribs and said housing has six slots.

3. The shield according to claim 1 wherein said shield is made of PVC material.

4. The shield according to claim 1 wherein said spring mechanism includes a vertical spring adapted to interact with said button and a horizontal spring adapted to interact with said lever.

5. The shield according to claim 1 further comprising said housing has two clips and said top surface of said water gun has two slots each adapted to receive a respective one of said two clips of said housing.

6. The shield according to claim 1 wherein said housing is made of plastic.