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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900621 | Water rocket launch system The water rocket launch system is an automated system for launching multiple water rockets simultaneously with additional visual and auditory effects. The water rocket launch system includes a platform, with at least one launching base slidably mounted on an upper s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7870851 | Device for optically exciting and delivering luminescent projectiles A theatrical device for optically exciting and delivering objects coated with luminescent material has an enclosure with an inner reflective surface with a hollow transparent excitation passageway extending therethrough. A light source illuminates the objects in the... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7699046 | Handbill assembly launching system A handbill is rolled to form a coil that is retained within a collapsible cup as it is ejected from an elongated tube and delivered to its destination. The collapsible cup has a cylindrical wall and a bottom member at one end that does not contribute to the structur... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7647921 | Submerging air pressure projectile launching system A submerging air pressure projectile launching toy, suitable for use by children, includes a main device body, a launch structure connected to an upper end thereof to define an interior air chamber, and a projectile, all for use in water. The main device body has a ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7409951 | Handbill assembly launching system A handbill is rolled to form a coil that is retained within a collapsible cup as it is ejected from an elongated tube and delivered to its destination. The collapsible cup has a cylindrical wall and a bottom member at one end that does not contribute to the structur... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313881 | Pneumatic launcher system and method for operating same A pneumatic launcher has a plenum chamber section, an intermediate chamber section and a launch tube section connected together in a generally linear arrangement. The plenum chamber section defines a plenum chamber that has a closed end and an open end. The intermed... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278417 | Device and method for illuminating luminescent paintballs A device 10 for illuminating luminescent paintballs before the paintballs are projected down the barrel of a paintball gun includes a conduit 12 configured to form a forty-five degree angle to promote the arranging of luminescent paintballs into a sing... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7269099 | Air gun A seismic air gun includes an operating chamber, a firing chamber, a port, and a longitudinally disposed cavity sized and shaped to accept a plurality of wires. A moveable shuttle includes a shuttle flange within the operating chamber at one end and a firing shuttle... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258114 | Paintball marker featuring a structurally independent ram A paintball marker or other compressed gas firearm is provided including a ram driven by an electropneumatic valve when a trigger is actuated to cause a main valve between a high pressure air supply and a firing chamber to be opened. This ram assembly is independent... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7252079 | Safe air-pressure-launched toy rocket system and method of entertaining A safe air-pressure-launched toy rocket system includes an air-pressure-launched toy rocket, a high pressure reservoir, a manual air pump connected to the reservoir and configured to enable a user to pump air into the reservoir to a high pressure, a valve connected ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7237490 | Expanded volume less lethal ball type projectile A close range munition for firing from a bore of a weapon. The munition includes a spherical projectile having a central core and a plurality of uniformly radially extending resilient filaments defining an outer diameter. The outer diameter of the projectile is grea... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237488 | Fireworks bottle rocket launcher A bottle rocket launcher comprises a long hollow tube barrel having an tube-axial sealing valve that has a rotary cylindrical or spherical valve member where the valve is attached at the breech end of the launcher barrel. The rocket launcher can be angled up to a ne... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7229366 | Batting system A batting system wherein the ball hopper is located proximate a batting position and a pitching machine is located at a pitching position with a ball transport system for conveying baseballs from the ball hopper to the pitching machine. The system provides for the c... | 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 |
| 7213589 | Compressed-gas gun A compressed gas injection device includes a projectile course for receiving and accelerating projectile bodies, a compressed gas housing which is connected to the projectile course and which is divided up into a compressed gas chamber and a working chamber by a par... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191774 | Accurate toy air gun targets A toy air gun and in particular an improved air gun for generating vortex rings are described. The gun is designed so that the path along the axis of air motion from the rear of the gun to the air exit hole is optically transparent, and contains patterns normal to t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185646 | 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 operates as a firing valve by permitting compressed gas to flow through the bolt when the bolt is in the closed position but preve... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182011 | Mine retrieval method and apparatus The invention relates to the field of land mines and in particular to devices and techniques for neutralising and/or retrieving land mines. Existing mine retrieval/neutralisation techniques include mechanical excavation or shaped charge attack and such techniques ar... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175499 | Method for creating controlled pressure release in a pneumatic device The present invention provides a means for holding the components of the device, a means for storing gas under pressure which is maintained separately from the interior of the device until actuating, a means for releasing pressurized gas from the storage device into... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162943 | Cavitating explosively augmented water-jet mine cutter system A method and system for neutralizing mines has a vehicle carrying fluid connected to a pump and cavitation pressure vessel that creates high pressure fluid. An actuator valve modifies the flow characteristics of the high pressure fluid to be pulsating at selectively... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156085 | Toy gun A toy gun includes a barrel having a bay for receiving a soft projectile loaded within a cartridge. A stock is connected pivotally to the barrel and encases a pneumatic cylinder and piston that is primed upon pivotally opening the stock and barrel. The pneumatic cyl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156761 | Air actuated soft toss batting practice apparatus The instant invention relates to a training device for batting practice. More specifically, the instant invention provides a catch net in combination with an air powered ball return assembly. The ball return assembly delivers a lightweight polymeric ball to a batter... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137910 | Rotating wheel return mechanism A practice machine for receiving a thrown ball and returning it to a user is generally provided with a backstop for stopping the thrown ball, a pan disposed below the backstop for collecting the ball, a ball return adjacent the backstop for expelling the ball, and a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121964 | Hockey puck face-off method and apparatus Methods and apparatuses for dropping a hockey puck (collectively the “system”). The system can facilitate or simulate hockey face-offs. Various embodiments of the system can be configured to provide convenience, portability, stability, and/or consistency for dro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100593 | Pneumatically operated projectile launching device A pneumatically operated projectile launching device preferably comprises an electro-pneumatic flow distribution mechanism that receives and directs compressed gas to a pneumatic mechanism to open a bolt. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096793 | Projectile and related gun A projectile including a spherical core and a hook or loop outer cover, has an overall diameter, including the cover which is equal to or less than an internal diameter of a 68 caliber paintball gun for use in the gun in place of paintballs. The diameter of the proj... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086616 | Broadcast spreader attachment for hand-held gas or electric leaf blowers A broadcast spreader attachment for a powered leaf blower for dispensing large dry particulates. The attachment typically includes an elongate main tube having opposite intake and discharge ends. A secondary smaller tube is affixed to and in fluid communication with... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082938 | Baseball fielding practice machine The present invention provides a baseball practice machine for propelling balls onto a practice field thereby providing simulated hits for use in fielding practice for ball players. The practice machine includes a ball hopper, a propulsion unit for propelling a ball... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066845 | Baseball training system and method A baseball training system and method for training a player is shown. The baseball system and method includes a collector for collecting thrown balls and directing them to a throwback unit which has multiple adjusters for adjusting various characteristics of a ball ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063021 | Expanded volume less lethal ball type projectile A close range munition for firing from a bore of a weapon. The munition includes a spherical projectile having a central core and a plurality of uniformly radially extending resilient filaments defining an outer diameter. The outer diameter of the projectile is grea... | 06/20/2006 |
