Foam shooting toy

Abstract

A foam shooting toy having a head containing a hand operated pump that compresses air into a container. When foaming solution is placed in the container, compressed air from the pump passes through a foamer, which foams the solution. The foam is released from the container through a nozzle by a trigger. The foam shooting toy may contain a valve permitting the alternative use of shooting water instead of foam.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A foam shooting toy comprising a pump, a container, a foamer, and a foam release mechanism, where the pump is operated to push air through the foamer, generating foam in the container, which foam can be released by the foam release mechanism.  
     
     
         2 . The foam shooting toy of  claim 1  having a nozzle through which foam is released.  
     
     
         3 . The foam shooting toy of  claim 2  in having a valve, which automatically reduces pressure if the container is over-pressurized.  
     
     
         4 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 1  in which the foamer is made of porous stone.  
     
     
         5 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 1  in which the roamer is made of plastic.  
     
     
         6 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 1  in which the roamer is made of rubber.  
     
     
         7 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 1  in which the container has a container top, a container bottom and a set of threads at the container top, and the container is connected to the pump by the set of threads.  
     
     
         8 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 7 , in which the container has an interior location towards which gravity pulls foaming solution placed in the container, and further having a compressed air tube with two ends, one end of which is connected in air communication to the pump, and the other end of which is connected in air communication to the foamer, and the foamer is located in part near that interior location towards which gravity pulls foaming solution placed in the container.  
     
     
         9 . The foam shooting toy of  claim 8 , in which the container has an interior location towards which foam is forced, and further having a nozzle and a foam drying element, so that the foam drying element is located substantially in the interior location towards which foam is forced, and the foam drying element is in air communication with the nozzle.  
     
     
         10 . A foam shooting toy comprising a foam shooting toy having a plug, and a foam tube having two openings, which allow alternative operation as a water shooting toy by removing the plug from one of the openings and inserting it in the other of the openings.  
     
     
         11 . The foam shooting toy of  claim 10 , having a pump, a foamer, a container and a foam release mechanism, so that the pump can be operated to move air through the foamer, generating foam in the container, which can be released from the container by the foam release mechanism.  
     
     
         12 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 11  in which the foamer is made of porous stone.  
     
     
         13 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 11  in which the foamer is made of plastic.  
     
     
         14 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 11  in which the foamer is made of rubber.  
     
     
         15 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 11  in which the container has a container top, a container bottom and a set of threads at the container top, and the container is connected to the pump by the set of threads.  
     
     
         16 . The foam shooter toy of  claim 11 , in which the container has an interior location towards which gravity pulls foaming solution placed in the container, and further having a compressed air tube with two ends, one end of which is connected in air communication to the pump, and the other end of which is connected in air communication to the foamer, and the foamer is located in part near that interior location towards which gravity pulls foaming solution placed in the container.  
     
     
         17 . The foam shooting toy of  claim 16  in which the container has an interior location towards which foam is forced, and further having a foam drying element and a nozzle, so that the foam drying element is located substantially in the interior location towards which foam is forced, and the foam drying element is in air communication with the nozzle.