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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 Paintball 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.
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