Loader spacer ring
AssigneeGI Sportz, Inc.
InventorsRichmond Italia, Louis Spicer
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Abstract
A loader may be provided having two or more shell segments or sections separable from each other, wherein the shell segments help define an internal chamber of the loader that is capable of housing a quantity of ammunition for a connected gun. A spacer ring can be provided to fit between at least two of the shell segments. The spacer ring may include connection mechanisms replicating connection mechanisms of the shell segments. When the loader shell segments are reattached having the spacer ring arranged therebetween, the capacity of the loader may be increased.
Claims20
A paintball loader and expansion ring for a paintball gun configured to expand the holding capacity of the paintball loader, said paintball loader comprising:
- a housing that is separable into multiple sections and a feed tube for connecting the paintball loader to a paintball gun, and
- said expansion ring comprising:
- an expansion ring housing configured to fit between mating sections of the paintball loader, wherein said housing is shaped to match a shape of the paintball loader housing at a mating point between the mating sections and is further configured to expand a volume of a chamber arranged within the paintball loader to expand the holding capacity of the paintball loader.
A loader comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber configured to house a quantity of ammunition for a connected pneumatic gun, the housing having multiple mating sections separable from each other;
- and
- a removable spacer ring configured to be removably arranged between at least two mating sections of the loader to expand a volume of the internal chamber when arranged between the at least two mating sections.
A method of expanding a holding capacity of a loader for a pneumatic gun, wherein said loader comprises multiple separable sections and a mechanism for connecting the loader to the pneumatic gun, said method comprising:
- separating at least two sections of the loader from each other, wherein the at least two sections help define an internal chamber of the loader capable of housing a quantity of ammunition for the pneumatic gun;
- arranging a spacer ring between the at least two sections of the loader;
- and
- reattaching the at least two sections of the loader to each other with the spacer ring arranged between the at least two sections such that a volume of the internal chamber is increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.