Toy water gun

Abstract

A toy water gun has a hand pump for pressurizing a reservoir of water and a trigger which controls a valve for allowing pressurized water to squirt from a nozzle when the trigger is pulled. A spring wire which normally urges the trigger toward a rest position engages a contact in response to pulling of the trigger whereby a circuit is completed to energize a motor which drives a slider-crank mechanism for causing reciprocation of the water gun's barrels, and to energize a sound circuit for simulating the sounds of gun fire.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A toy water gun comprising, 
 a housing,    a plurality of barrels mounted in said housing, at least one of said barrels being slideable for reciprocal motion relative to said housing, and at least one of said barrels having a nozzle for expelling water,    a motor mounted in said housing,    an actuator operatively connected between said motor and said slideable one of said barrels for urging said slideable one of said barrels to reciprocate relative to said housing in response to energization of said motor,    an electrical power supply mounted in said housing,    a switch mounted in said housing and operatively connected between said power supply and said motor for selectively energizing said motor,    a pump mounted in said housing, said pump including a reservoir for containing water, a plunger for pressurizing said reservoir, and a trigger movable between a rest position and a shooting position, said trigger preventing fluid communication between said reservoir and said nozzle for preventing expulsion of water from said reservoir through said nozzle when in said rest position, and permitting fluid communication between said reservoir and said nozzle for enabling expulsion of water under pressure from said reservoir through said nozzle when in said shooting position    said trigger being adapted to be pressed for movement from said rest position to said shooting position, and being operatively connected to said switch for energizing said motor in response to movement of said trigger toward said shooting position.    
     
     
         2 . A toy water gun in accordance with  claim 1  further comprising a slider-crank mechanism having a crank operatively connected to said motor and a slider operatively connected to said slideable barrel for causing said slideable barrel to reciprocate in response to rotation of said crank by said motor.  
     
     
         3 . A toy water gun in accordance with  claim 2  further comprising a lever pivotally mounted in said housing and operatively connected to said slider and to said slideable barrel, said lever rotatably oscillating in response to reciprocation of said slider for causing said slideable barrel to reciprocate in response to rotation of said crank by said motor.  
     
     
         4 . A toy water gun in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said switch comprises a resilient spring arm biased toward said rest position and engageable by said trigger for urging said trigger toward said shooting position.  
     
     
         5 . A toy water gun in accordance with  claim 4  wherein said resilient spring arm is conducts current from said power supply to said motor when said trigger is in said shooting position.  
     
     
         6 . A toy water gun in accordance with  claim 1  further comprising a sound circuit for producing sounds simulating gun fire sounds in response to movement of said trigger to said shooting position.