# Lonnie G. Johnson — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Lonnie G. Johnson has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How the Super Soaker's Pinch-Trigger and Built-In Tank Work](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5305919/super-soaker-water-gun) — granted 1994
  A 1994 patent by Lonnie Johnson for a high-pressure toy water gun featuring a built-in, non-detachable tank pressurized by a hand pump and controlled by a simple pinch-valve trigger.

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