ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,603, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mjjc Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).
"Water gun" was invented by Xiangcheng Xie (Yongzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a water gun. A trigger of the water gun is provided with a self-locking zone in which a self-locking structure is disposed, a first end of an effort-saving hook assembly being located in the self-locking zone. When the trigger is pulled, the first end of the effort-saving hook assembly is movable within the self-locking zone, when the trigger is released, the first end of the effort-saving hook assembly is locked with the s...