NOS Crazy Soaker Water Gun Robert Steiner Bromo-Mint Company Patent 1956 Vtg 50s

TOY WATER PISTOL Robert L. Steiner, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to Bromo- Mint Company, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application January 24, 1956, Serial No. 561,052 6 Claims. (Cl. 222-79) This invention relates to water pistols and it is directed in particular to a toy water pistol which has a device in the discharge end of the pistol barrel by means of which the direction of the stream of water issuing from the pistol may be changed relative to the direction in which the pistol is pointed. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a toy pistol of the type set forth in which the device which alters the direction of the stream of water is built into the pistol so that it is difiicult for an observer to anticipate the direction which the stream of water. will take, the direction of the stream coming as a surprise to the observer. See more here: I https://patents.google.com/patent/US2746644A/en Kenner didn't start out as Kenner, but as a number of different companies all run by Joseph Steiner, his brothers Philip and Albert and nephew Robert. These companies included PAR Beverage (Philip, Albert, Robert), Bromo-Mint, Grandpa Brands, and Cincinnati Soap Company, among others. When Kenner hit it big, they mostly were folded up, except for Grandpa, which was sold, and PAR, which my grandfather took over. PAR continued to make mostly humorous novelty items sold through the national travel chains, such as Stucky's.