US2386479A

US2386479A - Toy gun

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Publication number: US2386479A
Application number: US526664A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles H Kuhn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-03-16
Filing date: 1944-03-16
Publication date: 1945-10-09
Anticipated expiration: 1962-10-09

Description

C. H. KUHN Oct. 9, 1945.

TOY GUN Filed March 16, 1944 mvzurofi. Charles ,H. K hn, s M 4 Patented Oct. 9, 1945 STTES 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a toy gun of the noise making type, and it has for a primary object cheapness and simplicity of structure whereby the gun may be produced and sold at a minimum cost with the use of a minimum amount of material. A further primary object of the invention is to provide such a structure in a-form whereby moving parts are reduced to a simple bendable element mounted simply by insertion within a sounding well all without the use of securing elements such as rivets, screws, bolts, etc.

These and many other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those versed in the art in the following description of one particular form of th invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation and partial section of a structure embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 a View of the structure in bottom plan view and Fig. 3 a View in plan elevation of the trigger and sound producing element.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawing.

The gun proper herein shown as representing a revolver, is generally designated by the numeral I0. It is preferably made out of wood so that it may be readily cut out of a board by any suitable means, such as, sawing to give the desired shape. The cylinder is represented by a pair of rounded blocks II and I2 glued or otherwise secured to the sides of the board member.

Immediately forward of the handle or stock I2 is drilled a circular hole I3 from the underside of the board member to have the bore thus produced extend well up into the wood as indicated in Fig. 1. A length I4 of flat spring steel is cut to that length which will have an extension thereof below the underside of the gun when that length I4 is inserted in the bore I3 toward its upper end. The width of the steel member I4 is made to be about five eighths inch and the bore I3 one half inch so that the steel member will have to be forced into the bore in a diametrical plane thereof to have the member I4 frictionally retained therewithin. Preferably the edges of the member I4 are provided with barbs I5 which will engage in the wood wall of the bor I3 to resist withdrawal of the member I I therefrom. It is not necessary to have the inner end of the steel I4 seat against the inner end of the bore l3, whereby precise dimensions as to length need not be maintained.

The member I4 is further provided with a circular buckle I6 centrally of its width and is substantially centered longitudinally of the member I4 in the plane of the underside of the gun Ill. The end of the member I4 which projects from the bore I3 is positioned to be convenient for the index finger of the operator to extend therearound and serve as a trigger when the butt or handle I2 of the gun I0 is gripped. By pulling the projecting end of the member I4 toward the handle I2, the buckle I6 is distorted so that when the member I4 is released, there will be a pop noise which is accentuated by reverberations in the well or bore I3. This action, of course, may be repeated as quickly as the member I4 is pulled and released. The buckle in'the present instance consists simply of a circular depressed portion of the steel.

While I have herein described and shown my invention in one precise form, it is obvious that structural changes and material substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations as may be imposed by the following claim.

I claim:

A toy gun in the nature of a pistol comprising a barrel-like portion; a handle with a downturned portion from which an upper portion merges into the barrel portion from its underside to give a vertically thickened barrel portion section thereby; said thickened portion having a vertical cylindrical bore therein in front of said downturned handle portion and closed at its upper end and open at its lower end; and a buckled flat steel spring leaf embedded and. frictionally retained by its side edge portions in diametrically opposed wall portions of said bore with a length of said leaf extending from the bore as a bendable trigger in front of said handle downturned portion.

CHARLES H. KUI-IN.