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US 11,933,576 B1Granted
Hopper with light source for charging paintballs
AssigneeHK Army Inc.
InventorJason Jeremiah Pineda
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Abstract
A paintball hopper for a paintball gun with light source. The hopper can include a housing and a hopper tray. The hopper tray can be removably inserted into an inner volume of the hopper. The hopper can include a light source that can charge luminescent or glow in the dark material of paintballs in the hopper. The light source can be positioned in the housing and/or the hopper tray.
Claims21
A paintball hopper for a paintball gun, the paintball hopper comprising:
- a housing that forms an inner volume;
- and
- a hopper tray comprising a recess extending from a top surface of the hopper tray, an electronic feed system positioned in the recess, and a first conduit extending from the recess through the hopper tray, and an integrated light source positioned in the recess so the light source emits light into the recess and the first conduit, the integrated light source configured to charge a luminescent material of paintballs in the inner volume of the housing,
- wherein the hopper tray is configured to removably couple to the housing so the hopper tray is removably positioned in the inner volume and the first conduit is aligned with a second conduit of a feed neck of the housing.
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A hopper tray for a paintball hopper, the hopper tray comprising:
- a recess extending into the hopper tray from a top surface;
- an electronic feed system positioned in the recess;
- a conduit extending through the hopper tray from the recess to a bottom of the hopper tray;
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- a light source positioned in the recess so the light source emits light into the recess and the conduit, wherein the light source is configured to charge a luminescent material of paintballs in the paintball hopper,
- wherein the hopper tray is configured to removably couple to the paintball hopper so the hopper tray is removably positioned in an inner volume of the paintball hopper,
- wherein the conduit is configured to align with a conduit of the paintball hopper when the hopper tray is positioned in the inner volume of the paintball hopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.