Patent ID: 7712461

Claim:
An air propelling toy for ejecting a quantity of air, said device comprising: a housing being graspable by a person, said housing including a perimeter wall defining an interior space of said housing, said housing having an outlet port extending through said perimeter wall and being in fluid communication with said interior space, said outlet port being positioned adjacent a front end of said housing; a diaphragm being coupled to said housing and positioned in said interior space of said housing, said diaphragm dividing said interior space into an air space and a mechanism space, said air space being in fluid communication with said outlet port, said diaphragm being orientated horizontal and parallel to a longitudinal axis of said air space, said outlet portion having a perimeter edge abutting said front end of said housing, said perimeter edge lying in a plane orientated perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said air space; an actuating assembly being operationally coupled to said housing and said diaphragm, said actuating assembly being actuated to draw said diaphragm into said mechanism space to draw air into said air space through said outlet port and quickly release said diaphragm to force the air out of said air space and out said outlet port, said actuating assembly comprising; a trigger being slidably coupled to said housing, said trigger being slid from a forward position to a retracted position to actuate said actuating assembly, said trigger being slid into said mechanism space when said trigger is slid from the forward position to the retracted position; a pivot rod being coupled to said trigger, said pivot rod being moved forward or rearward with said trigger; a lever being pivotally coupled to said housing, said lever being positioned adjacent to said trigger and said pivot rod, said lever being pivoted by said pivot rod when said pivot rod engages said lever as said pivot rod is moved forward or forward with said trigger; and a cable being coupled to said lever and said diaphragm, said cable pulling said diaphragm into said mechanism space when said trigger is being slid from the forward position to the retracted position and said pivot rod pivots said lever, said Cable being positioned adjacent a rear edge of said lever.