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US 5,845,629 AGranted
Hook and loop air gun and method therefor
AssigneeRatpak, Inc.
InventorMichael Carson Ratliff
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Abstract
A gun and target system and method is disclosed wherein a hook-and-loop ball is fired through an air or gas gun at a hook-and-loop target.
Claims14
A combination gun, projectile therefor, and target comprising in combination:
- at least one of a compressed air gun and a compressed gas gun having a barrel;
- at least one spherical projectile located in said gun and having an entire exterior surface comprising at least one of hook material and loop material;
- said barrel being dimensioned to receive each of said at least one spherical projectile;
- means located in a barrel of said gun for holding a circumferential peripheral portion of said spherical projectile in compression;
- means for aligning said spherical projectile with said barrel through which said spherical projectile can pass only by being circumferentially compressed in the barrel;
- means for applying at least one of propulsion gas and propulsion air to said projectile to rapidly project said spherical projectile through the barrel;
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- a target spaced from said air gun or gas gun and comprising a surface of at least one of hook material and loop material opposite to the hook and loop material of said spherical projectile.
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A method for providing a combination gun, projectile therefor, and target comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one of a compressed air gun and a compressed gas gun having a barrel;
- providing at least one spherical projectile located in said gun and having an entire exterior surface comprising at least one of hook material and loop material;
- said barrel being dimensioned to receive each of said at least one spherical projectile;
- providing means located in a barrel of said gun for holding a circumferential peripheral portion of said spherical projectile in compression;
- providing means for aligning said spherical projectile with said barrel through which said spherical projectile can pass only by being circumferentially compressed in the barrel;
- providing means for applying at least one of propulsion gas and propulsion air to said projectile to rapidly project said spherical projectile through the barrel;
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- providing a target spaced from said air gun or gas gun and comprising a surface of at least one of hook material and loop material opposite to the hook and loop material of said spherical projectile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.