Paintball container
AssigneeThe Paintball Emporium, Inc.
InventorsWayne J. Gallagher, Phillip P. Donahue, James M. Adams, Robert F. Combs
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Abstract
A high volume reservoir is adapted to hold up to 1000 or more paintballs. A harness or pack is provided to allow the reservoir to be unobtrusively carried by the operator of a paintball marker. A conduit is adapted to extend between the reservoir and paintball marker to continuously or selectively feed paintballs into the marker. A valve assembly mounted on the end of the conduit allows an operator to simultaneously load and fire the paintball marker.
Claims29
A dispenser for dispensing paintballs, comprising:
- a reservoir;
- a plurality of paintballs disposed in said reservoir;
- a spout communicating with said reservoir;
- a flexible conduit communicating with said spout;
- and
- a valve communicating with said conduit for metering paintballs through said conduit.
A paintball marker assembly, comprising:
- a paintball marker;
- a reservoir for storing and dispensing paintballs into said marker;
- and
- a flexible conduit interconnecting said reservoir and said marker.
A paintball dispenser, comprising:
- a reservoir;
- a plurality of paintballs provided in said reservoir;
- and
- an elongated conduit communicating with said reservoir for channeling said paintballs into a paintball marker.
A paintball dispenser for storing and dispensing paintballs, comprising:
- a reservoir adapted to hold and dispense said paintballs;
- a flexible conduit having one end communicating with said reservoir and another free end;
- a spring biased valve provided over said free end of said conduit in a normally closed position;
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- a finger operated trigger connected to said valve for opening said valve and metering said paintballs from said reservoir, through said conduit, through said valve and into a paintball marker.
A paintball dispenser for storing and dispensing paintballs comprising:
- a reservoir adapted to hold and dispense said paintballs;
- a flexible conduit having one end communicating with said reservoir and another free end;
- and
- a hand-operated pivoting flap valve resiliently biased in a normally closed position across said free end of conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.