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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975681 | Spherical projectile reloading system A reloading system for dispensing spherical projectiles is disclosed. The reloading system has a removable cartridge that removes from a base unit attached to a spherical projectile device. Upon insertion of the cartridge, a sliding gate on the removable cartridge p... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7779825 | High capacity paintball hoppers and loaders and paintball feeder combinations with quick disconnect, permanent and integral connection configurations A range of High capacity paintball pod hopper or loader housings for use with conventional paintball gun with attached paintball feeder core egg housing. The pod hopper housing has an enclosed end and an open end in contact with the paintball feeder core egg housing... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775199 | Paint ball gun having paint ball dispenser with threaded connector A paint ball gun is disclosed including a dispenser having a locking connector designed to lockingly engage a locking connector on a gun feed tube or one end of a hollow connecting member. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762246 | Adjustable feed tube A paintball gun preferably includes an adjustable, clamping feed tube. The feed tube can, for instance, include a lever for closing and opening a clamp, thereby tightening or loosening a receiving end of a feed tube to secure or release a hopper neck. The feed tube ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7677234 | Paint ball gun having paint ball dispenser with snap connector A paint ball gun is disclosed including a dispenser having a locking connector designed to lockingly engage a locking connector on a gun feed tube or one end of a hollow connecting member. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7490597 | Positive fit feed adapter for paintball gun A positive fit feed adapter for use between a paintball loader and a paintball gun. The feed adapter includes a threaded connector formed on either the paintball gun or the paintball loader. The threaded connector includes a plurality of expansion slots that allow t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7431026 | Paintball refillers and method for making and using same A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a closed end, an openable end and an actuator designed to open the openable end of the apparatus. A method for filling a hopper using the loading apparatus of ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431027 | Rotational quick release paintball hopper coupler An apparatus for releasably coupling a provided paintball hopper to a provided paintball marker. The apparatus includes a marker mount, a feed neck, a plurality of spheres, and a retaining sleeve. The marker mount includes an axial passage and a plurality of bores p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426927 | Paintball marker with intergrated hopper An integrated paintball marker having an integrated hopper in the marker body. The integrated hopper is connected by a sliding mechanism and provides for a center of gravity closer to the user's hand as well as reduced extremities for targeting by other players or f... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418958 | Quick release paintball hopper coupler An apparatus for releasably coupling a provided paintball hopper to a provided paintball marker. The apparatus includes a marker mount, a feed neck, a plurality of spheres, and a retaining sleeve. The marker mount includes an axial passage and a plurality of bores p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7377274 | Rapid-firing toy gun An automatic, rapid-firing toy gun is powered by a fast moving air stream. The toy gun is simple in design and does not require a lot of effort and time to fire the projectiles or to load the projectiles between firing. The toy gun includes a barrel, a fan, a loadin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357129 | Active feed paintball loader with flexible impeller A paintball loader has a motor-driven impeller with a plurality of resilient arms that engage and move paintballs in the loader housing. The resilient arms preferably are spaced to accommodate paintballs therebetween. The arms are sufficiently flexible to yield so a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350515 | Ball feeder for ball serving machine A ball feeder for ball serving machine includes a seat consisting of a hollow transfer frame and a shaft bear, a rotating unit mounted to one side of the seat and having a ball scoop extended from an end thereof, and a plurality of guide sections sequentially rotata... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322347 | Adjustable capacity loader for paintball markers Each one of a set of substitutable paintball magazines of different capacities can be quickly mounted on a universal coupling base plugged into the projectile feeding port of a paintball marker. The coupling base incorporates a motor whose shaft connects to a paintb... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318428 | Paint ball gun having paint ball dispenser with threaded connector A paint ball gun is disclosed including a dispenser having a locking connector designed to lockingly engage a locking connector on a gun feed tube or one end of a hollow connecting member. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316431 | Auto-adapting fitting An auto-adapting fitting for releasably connecting in an end-to-end orientation, a first tube end to a second tube end having an outer diameter within a specified range for use between the ammunition feed port of a paintball marker and the outlet port of a paintball... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7275530 | Paintball gun A removable air bleed assembly for use with between a paintball gun and an auxiliary system includes a pin having an elongated pin channel extending through a majority of the pin to bleed pressurized air from the paintball gun. An air conduit is coupled between and ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270120 | Hopperless paintball loading device Each of a set of substitutable paintball magazines quickly attaches to a coupling feeder mounted on the ammunition intake port of a paintball marker, replacing the traditional hopper and sets of paintball cartridges. The coupling feeder includes a motor-driven paint... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252080 | Paintball gun loading device A paintball gun loading device includes a gun body, a loading member and a funnel. The loading member comprises a fixture at an upper portion thereof. The fixture comprises a circular trough with a plurality of slots along the circular trough. A clamp sleeved on the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243645 | Positive fit “elastic” feed adapter for paintball gun A positive fit feed adapter for use between a paintball loader and a paintball gun. The feed adapter includes a threaded connector formed on either the paintball gun or the paintball loader. The threaded connector includes a plurality of expansion slots that allow t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244198 | Tennis ball delivery device A tennis ball delivery device for use in practicing one's tennis stroke. The device includes an adjustable frame, at least one declining ball delivery conduit carried by the frame in an upper portion thereof, a declining ball discharge shoot carried by and communica... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231946 | Paintball refillers and method for making and using same A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a neck and a dispensing portion where the body is made of a flexible material, the interior is designed to be filled with a plurality of paintballs and the dis... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231914 | Feed port for pneumatic projectile device An improved feed port for a pneumatic projectile device comprising a moveable feed port aperture attached to a pneumatic device through which projectiles can be introduced to the breech of the pneumatic device, the feed port having an aperture permitting the free fl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229105 | Auto-adapting tube fitting An auto-adapting fitting for releasably connecting in an end-to-end orientation, a first tube end to a second tube end having an outer diameter within a specified range for use between the ammunition feed port of a paintball gun and the outlet port of a paintball ma... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216641 | Loading system for paintball guns A loading system for a paintball gun comprises a paintball reservoir having an outlet at a bottom thereof. An inlet opening is defined in the reservoir, and a door covers the opening when in a closed position, and movable to an open position. A paintball canister ha... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7191773 | Paintball loading container The present invention is directed toward a magazine for loading paintballs into a guppy. The magazine is in the form of a tapered plastic container defining a chamber, an exit port leading from the chamber and a top loading opening leading to the chamber. A cover is... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178515 | Quick release fixed position paintball hopper coupler A coupler enables a paintball hopper to be easily connected to and disconnected from a paintball marker. A part of the coupler is connected to the paintball marker while another part is connected to the paintball hopper. The coupler has a locked and an unlocked posi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163009 | Toy gun for launching a foam projectile A toy gun for launching a foam projectile includes a housing having an outlet, an inlet, and a passage sized to receive the projectile. A launch station disposed in the housing and is arranged to receive the projectile, a crank rotates a resilient actuating paddle. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156084 | Paint-ball sport gun with adjustable detent assembly A detent body with a center bore is secured to the chamber wall of a paint-ball gun. A floating detent with a hollow core and a domed tip reciprocates within the center bore, allowing the tip to extend into the chamber to restrict movement of a paint ball. Axially a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127845 | Paintball marker A paintball marker comprises a main body 10, a barrel 12 defining a firing axis X-X, and a grip frame assembly including a frame 26 and a trigger 22 pivotably mounted in the frame 26. The trigger has an upper finger engaging portio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107981 | Device for securing a compressed gas system to a paintball gun The present invention is a mounting bracket used to attach a compressed gas system to a lower side surface of a paintball gun. The mounting bracket positions the compressed gas system in relation to the paintball gun such that it lowers the vertical profile of the p... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093591 | Thermo-conductive hopper for housing paintball mobiles in a heated environment A hopper device includes a reservoir sized and shaped for defining a cavity therein and has first and second openings in fluid communication with the cavity. The first opening is disposed at a first end portion of the reservoir and the second opening is disposed sub... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086191 | Trigger assembly A trigger assembly comprises a trigger frame having a body with a cavity therein, a handle connected to the body, a trigger guard on the body defining a space with which a portion of the cavity is in communication, a connection member on the body, a slot member on t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077118 | Paintball gun reloading system A paintball gun reloading system comprises a cylindrical shaped canister having a gate at an open end, which can be spring-biased to a closed position. A port cover closing a filling port in a paintball gun storage reservoir comprises a hands-free openable cover whi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069922 | Paintball marker internal reset system An internal reset system for paint ball markers. A hammer body as modified rearwardly to include an axial opening to receivably retain the forward head of a reset rod. The forward portion of the reset rod is thus free to reciprocate within the axial opening, but res... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065944 | Leaf blower dispersing applicator The present invention 10 is for a device for attachment to a leaf blower 12 having a conduit 23 with a container 18 having a reservoir with particulate matter 30 therein in communication with the conduit having a control 24, 26 | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051900 | Gas operated particle feed apparatus The gas operated particle feed apparatus may feed particles to an outlet port. There may be a fixed member having a bottom with a particle aperture centrally disposed therein, an annular wall upstanding from the bottom and a plurality of gas apertures. The fixed mem... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040308 | Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs A hopper device 50 for illuminating luminescent paintballs before the paintballs are projected down the barrel of a paintball gun includes a hopper shell 52, top and bottom rows 54 and 56 of ultraviolet lights 14 disposed at presel... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021302 | Active feed paintball loader with flexible impeller An impeller for an active-feed paintball loader has resilient arms that engage paintballs in the lower portion (well) of the loader and advance them to and through the outfeed tube. The resilient arms are sufficiently stiff to move unobstructed paintballs located be... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000603 | Rapid lock and load paintball system A magazine chamber that is cooperative with existing self-closing refill pods has two longitudinally extending tracks, the first which engages the pod hinge and the second which engages the thumb tab protruding from the cover. The tracks guide the refill pod into th... | 02/21/2006 |
