US007806113B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,806,113 B2 Skilling (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 5, 2010

(54) COMPRESSED GAS PROJECTILE 5,462,042 A 10/1995 Greenwell ACCELERATOR HAVING MULTIPLE 5,570,094 A 10/ 1996 Armstrong PROJECTILE VELOCITY SETTINGS 5,613,483 A 3/ 1997 Lukas 6t a1~ 5,727,538 A * 3/l998 Ellis ...... l24/77 (75) Inventor: Jay Edward Skilling, 11554 Rousseau, 5’755’2l3 A 5/1998 Gardner’ Jr‘ et 31' S Ant . TX S 78251 5,878,736 A 3/1999 Lotuaco, III an OHIO’ (U ) 5,957,119 A 9/1999 Perry et a1. . , , . 5,967,133 A l0/l999 Gardner, Jr. (73) Ass1gnee: Jay Edward Skilling, San Antomo, TX 6,003,504 A 0/1999 Rice et 31‘ (US) 6,035,843 A 3/2000 Smith et a1. ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) $2318 115522;???) gyes‘dwsted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS GB 2342710 4/2000 (21) Appl.No.: 12/069,086 (Continued) (22) F1led: Feb. 7, 2008 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) PI‘iOI‘ Publication Data ASTM International; Standard Practice for Field Opera US 2009/0199830 A1 Aug 13 2009 tion; Designation 131777-02; Copyright Dec. 30, 2007. (Continued) (51) Int. Cl. F41B 11/00 (200601) Primary ExamineriTroy Chambers (52) us. Cl...... 124/73 ASS/mm ExaminerrReginald Tillman’ Jr (58) Field of Classi?cation Search ...... 124/74, (74) Ammey Age”! 0r FirmfKrieg Devaul‘ LLP 124/73, 75, 71, 48, 80, 1, 3, 77 See application ?le for complete search history. (57) ABSTRACT (56) References Cited A compressed gas projectile accelerator that includes a veloc ity adjustment mechanism and/ or method con?gured to alloW U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS the compressed gas projectile accelerator to expel projectiles betWeen a ?rst velocity setting and a second velocity setting. 2,791,944 5/1957 Harvey ...... 89/193 3,420,220 ** 1/1969 Ferrando 124/71 The velocity adjustment mechanism and/or method includes 4,030,097 6/1977 Gedeon a velocity controller con?gured to alloW a user to selectively 4,184,156 1/1980 Petrovsky et a1. select a velocity setting falling betWeen the ?rst velocity 4,276,548 6/1981 LutZ setting and the second velocity setting. The ?rst velocity 4,499,630 2/1985 Harris et a1. setting comprises an upper or maximum velocity setting and 4,819,609 4/1989 the second velocity setting comprises a loWer or minimum 4,881,707 11/1989 velocity setting. 5,081,901 * 1/1992 Kemeny et a1...... 89/ 8 5,333,594 8/1994 Robinson 5,383,442 >>>>>>>>>>D> 1/1995 Tippmann 16 Claims, 20 Drawing Sheets US 7,806,113 B2 Page 2

US. PATENT DOCUMENTS W0 WO 2006/124392 11/2006 6,065,460 A 5/2000 Lotuaco, 111 OTHER PUBLICATIONS 6,138,656 A 10/2000 Rice et a1, Cossio Insurance Agency; Paintball / Lasertag / Insurance 6,311,682 B1 11/2001 Rice et a1. Application; undated. 6,349,711 B1 2/2002 perry et 31‘ National Professional Paintball League, Inc.; Of?cial Rule Book 6,378,367 B1 4/2002 Dilz, Jr. 2007; Copyr1ght 2007~ _ _ . . . 6,474,326 B1 110002 Smith et 31‘ National Sports Entertarnment Recreatron Association; Pa1ntball 6,590,386 B1 700% Williams Field General L1ab1lty Insurance Appl1cat1on; Copyr1ght 2006. - Planet Esclrpse LTD; EGO8 Advanced Operators 6,615,814 B1 9/2003 R1ce et a1. . . Manual; Copyr1ght 2007-2008. 6,637,421 B2 10/2003 Smith et al. ; Shocker NXT Operat1on. and adjustment. 1nstruct1ons;. . 6,644,295 B2 11/2003/ Jonesdn Manual Version- 1.4. 6’644’296 B2 11 2003 Gar er’ Jr‘ Worr Game Products; Owners Manual for Ranger Series; Undated. 6’658’982 B2 * 12/2003 Cherry BT Paintball Designs; BT-16 High Performance Paintball Marker 6,708,685 B2 3/2004 Masse ...... 124/75 User Manual: Tactical / Elite / Field; Undated‘ 6,748,938 B2 6/2004 R1ce et a1~ Kingman Group; Spyder Users Manual, E-MRl; Undated. 6,810,871 B2 11/2004 Jones WDP LTD; G7 Operators and Users Manual; Copyright 2005. 6,860,259 B2 3/2005 Rice et 31~ Dye Precision, Inc.; Proto Paintball SLG OWner’s Manual; Copy 6,898,971 B2 5/2005 DilZ, Jr. right 2008. 6,901,923 B2 6/2005 Jones Indian Creek Design, Inc.; Freestyle FS-8 OPeration Manual; Ver 6,904,902 B2 * 6/2005 Axelsson ...... 124/73 sion 1.4; Copyright 1992 . . . 2006. 6,941,693 B2 9/2005 Rice et a1, Kee Action Sports; Evil Minion Operator’s Manual 2.0; Copyright 6,966,313 B1 11/2005 Yokota et al. 200? 6,973,748 B2 12/2005 Rice Tippman; 98 Custom OWner’s Manual; Copyright Jun. 2005. 7,069,922 B1 7/2006 Orr Bill Mills; Tippmann X7; Corinthian Media Services, Copyright

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