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Super Soaker is an American brand of recreational water gun that uses manually-pressurized air to shoot water with greater power, range, and accuracy than conventional squirt pistols. The Super Soaker was invented in 1989 by engineer Lonnie Johnson .
Johnson tweaked the design of the water gun, replacing the water in the Super Soaker with a toy Nerf projectile, which became the N-Strike Nerf product line. [19] In February 2013 Johnson filed suit against Hasbro after he discovered that he was being underpaid royalties for the Super Soaker and several Nerf toys. [20]
Some models, like the Super Soaker Power Soaker Jr. and Stream Machines draw in and expel water from their nozzles. This design requires a bucket-type filling source. Other models, like the Super Soaker Power Soaker Mighty Cannon and Water Warriors Steady Stream, have check valves and a reservoir for portability. [6]
Originally made popular by the Super Soaker 50, [9] [10] pressurized reservoir systems are still common for small water guns. A water gun using this system is pressurized by air being pumped and compressed into its reservoir. When the trigger is pulled, a valve is opened and the compressed air pushes the water out of the nozzle. [11]
Larami toys were produced based on several movies, television shows, etc. [3] By the 1980s, Larami Corp. had a growing water gun product line. [2] It was Larami Corp. that eventually marketed and sold the Power Drencher, rebranded as the Super Soaker in 1991 [2] which was based on the pressurized water-air reservoir invented and developed by the former Jet Propulsion Engineer Dr. Lonnie ...
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First released in 2003, Water Warriors is a line of pressurized water guns, similar to earlier Super Soaker blasters. [4] The blasters are technically the most powerful water guns sold today, [5] though it has been proven that the larger models can be difficult for small children to handle.