Patent ID: 8550062

Claim:
A toy gun comprising: an air chamber body forming an air chamber for storing compressed gas; a discharge mechanism discharging compressed gas in the air chamber; and a grip assembly extending away from the air chamber body and the discharge mechanism and terminating at a grip end portion with a central grip portion disposed between the grip end portion and the air chamber body, the grip assembly having a rearwardly-facing grip sliding surface and including: a cartridge housing portion housing a cylindrical gas cartridge filled with compressed gas and slidably holding the circumferential surface of the gas cartridge; a cartridge attachment portion coupled with a first end portion of a gas cartridge housed in the cartridge housing portion and guiding compressed gas in the gas cartridge to the air chamber; a first arm element that includes a pressing portion and an extended portion connected to the pressing portion and pivotally connected to the grip end portion of the grip assembly; and a second arm element including an abutment portion, an operation portion and a fulcrum portion disposed between and integrally connected to the abutment portion and the operation portion with the fulcrum portion pivotally connected to the extended portion of the first arm element such that the first and second arm elements move relative to each other to and between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the pressing portion presses against a bottom part of the gas cartridge in a direction towards the air chamber body, the fulcrum portion and the abutment portion facially oppose the rearwardly-facing grip sliding surface along the central grip portion and the operation portion covers the extended portion facially opposing the rearwardly-facing grip sliding surface with the abutment portion and the operation portion forming a rearward side of the grip assembly and, moving from the closed position to the open position, simultaneously, the operation portion pivots rearwardly away from the extended portion, the extended portion pivots relative to the grip end portion causing the pressing portion to pivot rearwardly and away from the bottom part of the gas cartridge and the abutment portion, at least initially, moves in sliding contact downwardly along the rearwardly-facing grip sliding surface of the grip assembly.