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US 7,882,786 B2Granted
Paintball
AssigneeDye Precision, Inc.
InventorsDavid DeHaan, Eero Kaakkola
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Abstract
A paintball has one or more dimples or depressions formed on the outer surface of the paintball. In some embodiments, the depressions can have a uniform or non-uniform shape and be spaced equally about the circumference of the paintball. In some embodiments, each depression may provide increased lift and/or fragility to the paintball.
Claims25
A paintball comprising:
- a shell having a generally spherical outer surface;
- a marking substance within said shell;
- and
- a plurality of dimples formed on said outer surface;
- wherein a thickness of said shell is uniform over the entire surface thereof.
2 more elements
A paintball comprising:
- a gelatinous hollow shell having a uniform thickness and an outer surface;
- a marking substance disposed in said shell;
- and
- a plurality of first dimples each defining a first size and a plurality of second dimples each defining a second size that is smaller than the first size formed on said outer surface, wherein each of the first dimples is adjacent to one or more of the second dimples.
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A method of forming a paintball, comprising the steps of:
- forming a quantity of a marking substance into a desired shape;
- and
- forming a shell around said marking substance, said shell having a uniform thickness and an outer surface that is generally spherical in shape and includes a plurality of dimples formed on said outer surface;
- wherein the foregoing steps can be performed in any desired order.
1 more element
A method of forming a paintball, comprising the steps of:
- foaming a shell having a uniform thickness, the shell comprising a generally spherically shaped outer surface and a marking substance only partially filling said shell, said shell having a plurality of dimples formed on said outer surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.