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Granted Patent B2
US 7,921,836 · App. 12/436,806 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Dual feed adapter of paintball marker

Assignee: Real Action Paintball, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,921,836
App. No.
12/436,806
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paintball marker includes a main body and a dual feed adapter coupled to the main body. The dual feed adapter has a hollow interior, a top feed port and a bottom feed port. A top feed storage hopper is detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the top feed port, and a bottom feed storage magazine is detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the bottom feed port. A sleeve with an opening is rotatable within the dual feed adapter between a first position where the sleeve opening aligns with the top feed port for feeding therethrough a first group of paintballs from the hopper, and a second position where the sleeve opening aligns with the bottom feed port for feeding therethrough a second group of paintballs from the magazine.

Claims (33)

1. A paintball marker comprising:

(a) a main body;

(b) a dual feed adapter coupled to the main body, the dual feed adapter comprising a hollow interior, a first feed port and a second feed port;

(c) a feed storage hopper detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the first feed port;

(d) a feed storage magazine detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the second feed port; and

(e) a sleeve comprising an opening, the sleeve being rotatable within the dual feed adapter between a first position where the sleeve opening aligns with the first feed port for feeding therethrough a first group of paintballs from the hopper, and a second position where the sleeve opening aligns with the second feed port for feeding therethrough a second group of paintballs from the magazine.

2. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a selector wheel coupled to the sleeve to facilitate rotation of the sleeve within the dual feed adapter between the first and second positions.

3. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a threaded ball detent threadably engaged with a threaded side opening of the dual feed adapter, the detent comprising an end adapted to press against the sleeve for frictionally holding the sleeve in a fixed position relative to the dual feed adapter.

4. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first group of paintballs is less expensive than the second group of paintballs.

5. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first group of paintballs is used for short distance shooting, and the second group of paintballs is used for long distance shooting.

6. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feed storage hopper is attachable to a top side of the main body.

7. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feed storage magazine is attachable to a bottom side of the main body.

8. A dual feed adapter of a paintball marker, the dual feed adapter comprising:

(a) a body comprising a hollow interior, a first feed port and a second feed port; and

(b) a sleeve comprising an opening, the sleeve being rotatable within the body between a first position where the sleeve opening aligns with the first feed port for feeding therethrough a first group of paintballs from a first container, and a second position where the sleeve opening aligns with the second feed port for feeding therethrough a second group of paintballs from a second container.

9. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a pin fastened to the sleeve and projecting from a slot of the body, and a wheel fastened to the pin and rotatable around the body to facilitate the rotation of the sleeve within the body between the first and second positions.

10. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a threaded ball detent threadably engaged with a threaded side opening of the body, the detent having an inner end adapted to press against the sleeve for frictionally holding the sleeve in a fixed position relative to the body.

11. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first position is a position where the sleeve opening is facing upwards, and the second position is a position where the sleeve opening is facing downwards.

12. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first container is a feed storage hopper mounted on a top side of the body.

13. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second container is a bottom feed storage magazine mounted on a bottom side of the body.

14. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first group of paintballs is less expensive than the second group of paintballs.

15. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first group of paintballs is used for short distance shooting, and the second group of paintballs is used for long distance shooting.

16. The dual feed adapter as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a first adapter for connecting the first container to the body, and a second adapter for connecting the second container to the body.

17. A paintball marker comprising:

(a) a main body;

(b) a dual feed adapter coupled to the main body, the dual feed adapter comprising a hollow interior, a first feed port and a second feed port;

(c) a feed storage hopper detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the first feed port;

(d) a feed storage magazine detachably connected to the dual feed adapter at the second feed port;

(e) a sleeve comprising an opening, the sleeve being rotatable within the dual feed adapter between a first position where the sleeve opening aligns with the first feed port for feeding therethrough a first group of paintballs from the hopper, and a second position where the sleeve opening aligns with the second feed port for feeding therethrough a second group of paintballs from the magazine;

(f) a selector wheel coupled to the sleeve to facilitate rotation of the sleeve within the dual feed adapter between the first and second positions; and

(g) a threaded ball detent threadably engaged with a threaded side opening of the dual feed adapter, the detent comprising an end adapted to press against the sleeve for frictionally holding the sleeve in a fixed position relative to the dual feed adapter.

18. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the feed storage hopper is attachable to a top side of the main body.

19. The paintball marker as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the feed storage magazine is attachable to a bottom side of the main body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2009
From: TRAN, KHANH
To: REAL ACTION PAINTBALL INC.
Reel/Frame 022649/0446 →
Continuity (1)
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