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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146576 | Firing actuator mechanism for toy gun A firing actuator mechanism used in a toy gun is disclosed to include a trigger mechanism, a link having a push portion and a stop portion at the rear side thereof, a retaining mechanism formed of a holder block and a sliding block, a hammer and a locking block. The... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8091540 | Crossbow A crossbow includes a trigger mechanism having a trigger housing for receiving a bowstring of a crossbow and a bowstring catch mounted with respect to the housing and adapted to releasably engage a crossbow bowstring brought within the trigger housing. The crossbow ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7950380 | Adjustable paint ball gun triggers A paint ball gun trigger for easy of replacement and orientation change is disclosed, which includes a lower trigger body, an upper trigger body, and an orientation-setting unit. The lower trigger body includes at the top a lower-and-upper body connecting piece, whi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7753042 | Mechanism for gas operated gun The tubular bolt of a paintball gun communicates with a cylinder through bores when in a forward, firing position, allowing compressed gas from the cylinder to expel a paintball. In accordance with the invention a bore whereby the cylinder communicates with a source... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7617816 | Low pressure ram assembly The present invention provides a trigger assembly for a paintball marker utilizing compressed gas. The trigger assembly includes an air assist trigger mechanism further providing exhaust gas to a ram assembly for recocking the paintball marker. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7487768 | Universal trigger frame and active trigger return mechanism for pneumatic launching devices The invention discloses two related improvements over existing trigger mechanisms utilized in pneumatic launching devices—such as pellet or paintball guns. The first improvement is a method for allowing a single trigger frame configuration to be utilized by a mult... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7357287 | Surgical stapling instrument having preloaded firing assistance mechanism A surgical severing and stapling instrument clamps tissue in a staple applying assembly comprising a lower jaw of an elongate channel holding a staple cartridge and a pivotally opposed upper jaw (anvil). A firing handle drives a rack in a handle connected to a firin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325539 | Mechanical release or trigger device A mechanical release or trigger device including a body. A trigger forming a shaft is movably mounted with respect to the body. At least one caliper is mounted with respect to the body and operatively connected to the trigger. The caliper is movable between a closed... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305980 | Gear box structure for a toy gun A gear box structure for a toy gun includes a box, a trigger assembly, an elastic member, a push plate, and a stop piece. The push plate is provided with a stop end which is interfered with a stop strip installed on the stop piece, so as to create a resistant force ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302943 | Ram for a paintball gun A pneumatic gun firing ram for firing one or more paintballs. The paintball gun includes a body defining a bore, with the bore being in communication with a valve for selectively releasing compressed gas to fire a paintball. A piston is located within the bore, and ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293385 | Modular trigger group for firearms and firearm having a modular trigger group A module housing is adapted to be inserted into an operating position in the trigger group receiving area of a firearm. The module housing includes at least one pin receiver defined by two openings formed in the module housing, one on each lateral side of the housin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290538 | Valve structure of a paint bullet gun An arrestor drives a valve-body. An air source supplies air into the valve-body to control a strike-controlling unit and bolt to reciprocally move. The valve-body has linking and arresting sections. The arresting section communicates with the linking section via a v... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290537 | Paintball gun A paintball gun utilizes pressurized air to fire a paintball to avoid using a spool protruding from a barrel to fire the paintball which may pinch the user's finger, accidentally. The paintball gun also uses a low pressure regulator to seal a port of the barrel to b... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7237545 | Compressed gas-powered projectile accelerator A compressed gas-powered projectile accelerator is disclosed having an improved means of gas distribution, a valve locking mechanism, an improved combined bumper/seal, and self-contained modular components to improve efficiency, manufacturability, and reduce size an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237544 | Pneumatic paintball gun and components An electro-pneumatic paintball gun preferably comprises a bolt assembly and a firing valve assembly that can be readily removed from the paintball gun. A bolt assembly preferably comprises a bolt sleeve. The bolt assembly is preferably removed by turning the bolt sl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231911 | Assisted trigger mechanism A mechanical, pneumatic, magnetic and/or electronic method for assisting the user operation of a trigger and/or actively and rapidly returning the trigger mechanism to its firing position at the completion of a firing sequence in a paintball gun. The trigger assista... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121464 | Automated projectile delivery system A system for precisely timing the firing of two or more weapons in order to create a desired arrival timing of two or more projectiles on a target. Global Positioning System (“GPS”) transceivers are used to determine the position of each weapon and report that p... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7089697 | Trigger transition filter for a paintball marker A method of preventing trigger bounce during the launching of a projectile by a projectile launcher includes the step of first providing a projectile launcher having a trigger capable of actuating between a full non-firing position and a full firing position. An amo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7077117 | Detachable driving assembly for a toy gun A detachable driving assembly for a toy gun has a first casing containing a piston device and a second casing containing a gear set. The first casing and the second casing are detachably combined by a pin and a levering lock. The piston device has a piston body with... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076906 | Electronic grip-frame for a paintball marker 20 A grip frame 21 replaces an existing grip frame 1 on a paintball marker in order to convert said paintball marker from a mechanically operated paintball marker into an electro-pneumatic paintball marker. The electronic grip frame 21 ut... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073284 | Method of firing a paintball marker The method of firing a paintball marker uses a grip frame 21 replaces an existing grip frame 1 on a paintball marker in order to convert said paintball marker from a mechanically operated paintball marker into an electro-pneumatic paintball marker. The... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7051467 | Gun trigger The present invention relates to a gun trigger for use with a bolt-action gun. The trigger of the present invention has a finger element with an extension and a catch. The catch has a front strap and a rear strap. One or more openings are between the front and rear ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044119 | Pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun A pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun preferably includes a bolt slidable between an open and a closed position. The bolt preferably provides a firing mechanism for the paintball gun by permitting compressed gas to flow through the bolt to fire the paintball gun ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036496 | Anti-clogging paintball firing mechanism A mechanism for preventing the chopping by the firing bolt of a paintball stuck or only partially inserted into the gun barrel. The bolt comprises an axial channel admitting compressed gas through a radial intake port in the proximal section of the bolt and leading ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6990971 | Pneumatically amplified trigger actuator for a gas operated marker gun The present invention is a pneumatic trigger mechanism intended for use with gas powered projectile guns such as gas powered paintball markers. The present pneumatic trigger mechanism utilizes a specialized pneumatic force amplifier which substantially improves trig... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6973748 | Paintball guns A paintball gun trigger system includes a trigger, an emitter arranged to emit light and collector arranged to receive an amount of the light that varies with the position of the trigger and produce a signal that varies with the position of the trigger. A controller... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966138 | Double fire attachment and method for semi-automatic firearms Devices and methods of converting semi-automatic firearms to a double-fire mode where a firearm fires a shot upon a single pull of a trigger, and fires a second shot upon a release of the trigger. A clip attachment can be constructed from a single component shaped t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957644 | Mechanical release or trigger device A mechanical release or trigger device including a body. A trigger forming a shaft is movably mounted with respect to the body. At least one caliper is mounted with respect to the body and operatively connected to the trigger. The caliper is movable between a closed... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6874492 | Compressed gas-powered gun simulating the recoil of a conventional firearm A compressed gas powered gun provides recoil simulating the recoil of a gun firing gunpowder propelled projectiles. The valve assembly provides both consistent shot to shot pressure, and rearward gas pressure for generating recoil. Preferred embodiments of the compr... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6820606 | Adjustable sear for paintball gun The trigger assembly includes a frame attached to a launcher body, a sear pivotally mounted on the frame and having a first sear end with a hammer holding surface, and a second sear end with a trigger contact surface. A trigger is pivotally mounted on the frame and ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802305 | Assisted trigger mechanism A mechanical, pneumatic, magnetic and/or electronic method for assisting the user operation of a trigger and/or actively and rapidly returning the trigger mechanism to its firing position at the completion of a firing sequence in a paintball gun. The trigger assista... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6733356 | Flying-object launching toy gun A flying-object launching toy gun comprises a body 20 with a launch barrel 30, a running block 50 for holding the flying-object 12 in a separable condition, the running block 50 movable along the launch barrel 30 between a r... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705036 | 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... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6651642 | Trigger shoe The invention discloses an adjustable trigger shoe for the trigger of an archery bowstring release mechanism. The adjustable trigger shoe can be secured to the release mechanism trigger in a nearly infinite range of positions to provide exactly the right ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6618906 | Device for securing a lighting apparatus to a paintball mask A device 10 for securing a lighting apparatus 11 to a paintball mask to promote night paintball includes a base member 12, a light support member 14 extending forward from an upper portion of the base member 12, a light positioning member 16 extending for... | 09/16/2003 |
