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(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

(45) Date of Patent:

Macy
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

CHANNELING AIR LINE INSIDE OF
PAINTBALL ASSEMBLY HAVING A
TRANSFER ROD

(73) Assignee: Rem Action Paintball, Inc., San Jose,

CA (U S)
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U.S.C. 154(b) by 336 days.

Filed:

6/2006

Wagner, II ....... ..

8/2010
12/2012
3/2003
3/2008 Halmone
Quinn
Schavone
et a1.
4/2008
5/2009 Halmone
8/2009

2003/0056778
2008/0060630
2008/0078971
2009/0114201
2009/0194088

Assistant Examiner * Reginald Tillman, Jr.

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * James M. Wu; JW LaW

Group

Prior Publication Data

US 2012/0060814 A1

4/1989
3/1998

4,819,609
5,722,383
7,065,914
7,770,571
8,333,181

* cited by examiner

Jan. 7, 2011

(65)

References Cited

Primary Examiner * Michael Carone

(21) Appl. N0.: 12/987,036

(22)

Nov. 12, 2013

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

(75) Inventor: Omar Alonso Macy, San Jose, CA (U S)

Notice:

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ABSTRACT
A paintball assembly capable of channeling air line or pipe

Mar. 15, 2012

inside of the paintball assembly using a transfer rod is dis

closed. The assembly includes a main Valve, an air pipe, a
bolt, a hammer, and a U-shaped rod. While the main Valve is

Related US. Application Data

(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 12/882,190,

con?gured to propel a paintball utilizing pressurized gas, the

air pipe supplies and channels the pressurized gas to the main

?led on Sep. 14, 2010, noW Pat. No. 8,166,961.

Valve. The bolt guides or pushes the paintball into a ?ring

chamber, and the hammer manages or controls the main Valve

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Int. Cl.
F413 11/06
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USPC

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for propelling the paintball upon pulling of the trigger. The

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1102"".

U-shaped rod is used to synchronize the movement of the bolt

and the hammer. In one embodiment, the U-shaped rod is
con?gured in such a Way that at least a portion of the
U-shaped rod is structured around the air pipe to reduce
contact With the air pipe.

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