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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
LJN Toys, Ltd., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B / ; F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
124 67 ; 124 63 ; 124 40 ; 124 31 ; 124 45 ; 124 48 ; 124 / ; 42 7001 ;
Abstract
A gun, which compresses a spring during cocking and uses the air accelerated by the spring to propel a projectile during firing, incorporates several safety features. The size of the handle makes it impossible for children to operate. The trigger cannot be moved to its firing position unless the gun is cocked, the gun housing is closed, and a manual safety button is actuated during firing. To prevent unintended projectiles from being inserted into the barrel, the front of the barrel is blocked except during firing and the rear of the barrel is blocked at all times by either the projectile-carrying magazine or a barrel block.