US12379182 - Air rifle device
The patent describes an air rifle device that utilizes a carbon dioxide canister as a propellant, featuring a housing with a chamber, a barrel, and a removable clip for projectiles. The design includes a trigger mechanism to expel the propellant into the barrel, facilitating the propulsion of projectiles outwardly.
Claim 1
- An air rifle assembly comprising: a housing having a front end, a rear end, a top side, and a bottom side, the top side and the bottom side being coupled to and extending between the front end and the rear end to define a chamber extending through the housing; a barrel being coupled to the front end, the barrel having a muzzle end distal to the front end of the housing, the muzzle end defining an opening extending into the barrel, the chamber being in fluid communication with the barrel; a clip being removably couplable to the housing, the clip being in fluid communication with the chamber, the clip housing a plurality of projectiles; a canister being removably mounted to the housing, the canister being fluidly couplable to the chamber, the canister housing a propellant, the canister having a capacity between 20.0 grams and 70.0 grams, the canister comprising a neck and a body; a collar being mounted to the housing, the collar being configured to receive the neck of the canister, the collar including: a docking collar being positioned on the bottom side of the housing; a seal being coupled to the docking collar, the seal being positioned within the docking collar, the seal sealing the canister with the housing thereby inhibiting the propellant from being released from the canister through the collar; and an ejecting collar being positioned within the seal, the ejecting collar having a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the retracted position is configured to couple the canister to the collar, wherein the extended position is configured to release the canister from the collar; a canister fastener being coupled to the housing, the canister fastener fluidly coupling the canister to the chamber, the canister fastener including: a tube extending through the housing; a pin having a piercing end and a mounting end, the mounting end being coupled to the tube, the pin extending outwardly from the tube through the collar wherein the collar is in fluid communication with the tube wherein the collar fluidly couples the canister to the tube when the collar receives the canister, the pin piercing the canister when the canister is coupled to the housing whereby the canister is in fluid communication with the tube when the piercing end is inserted into the canister, the piercing end being inserted into the canister when the canister is mounted to the housing; wherein the ejecting collar extends outwardly past the seal thereby covering the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the extended position; and wherein the ejecting collar retracts inwardly toward the housing thereby exposing the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the retracted position; a cradle being coupled to the housing, the cradle having a shape being complementary to a shape of the body of the canister wherein the cradle is configured to receive the canister, the cradle being aligned with the collar wherein the cradle is configured to facilitate coupling the canister to the collar whereby the neck of the canister is couplable with the collar when the body of the canister is positioned within the cradle; and a trigger mechanism being mounted to the housing, the trigger mechanism expelling a quantity of the propellant into the barrel, the quantity of the propellant being sufficient to propel a one of the plurality of projectiles forwardly through the chamber into the barrel and outwardly through the muzzle end. a housing having a front end, a rear end, a top side, and a bottom side, the top side and the bottom side being coupled to and extending between the front end and the rear end to define a chamber extending through the housing; a barrel being coupled to the front end, the barrel having a muzzle end distal to the front end of the housing, the muzzle end defining an opening extending into the barrel, the chamber being in fluid communication with the barrel; a clip being removably couplable to the housing, the clip being in fluid communication with the chamber, the clip housing a plurality of projectiles; a canister being removably mounted to the housing, the canister being fluidly couplable to the chamber, the canister housing a propellant, the canister having a capacity between 20.0 grams and 70.0 grams, the canister comprising a neck and a body; a collar being mounted to the housing, the collar being configured to receive the neck of the canister, the collar including: a docking collar being positioned on the bottom side of the housing; a seal being coupled to the docking collar, the seal being positioned within the docking collar, the seal sealing the canister with the housing thereby inhibiting the propellant from being released from the canister through the collar; and an ejecting collar being positioned within the seal, the ejecting collar having a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the retracted position is configured to couple the canister to the collar, wherein the extended position is configured to release the canister from the collar; a docking collar being positioned on the bottom side of the housing; a seal being coupled to the docking collar, the seal being positioned within the docking collar, the seal sealing the canister with the housing thereby inhibiting the propellant from being released from the canister through the collar; and an ejecting collar being positioned within the seal, the ejecting collar having a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the retracted position is configured to couple the canister to the collar, wherein the extended position is configured to release the canister from the collar; a canister fastener being coupled to the housing, the canister fastener fluidly coupling the canister to the chamber, the canister fastener including: a tube extending through the housing; a pin having a piercing end and a mounting end, the mounting end being coupled to the tube, the pin extending outwardly from the tube through the collar wherein the collar is in fluid communication with the tube wherein the collar fluidly couples the canister to the tube when the collar receives the canister, the pin piercing the canister when the canister is coupled to the housing whereby the canister is in fluid communication with the tube when the piercing end is inserted into the canister, the piercing end being inserted into the canister when the canister is mounted to the housing; wherein the ejecting collar extends outwardly past the seal thereby covering the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the extended position; and wherein the ejecting collar retracts inwardly toward the housing thereby exposing the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the retracted position; a tube extending through the housing; a pin having a piercing end and a mounting end, the mounting end being coupled to the tube, the pin extending outwardly from the tube through the collar wherein the collar is in fluid communication with the tube wherein the collar fluidly couples the canister to the tube when the collar receives the canister, the pin piercing the canister when the canister is coupled to the housing whereby the canister is in fluid communication with the tube when the piercing end is inserted into the canister, the piercing end being inserted into the canister when the canister is mounted to the housing; wherein the ejecting collar extends outwardly past the seal thereby covering the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the extended position; and wherein the ejecting collar retracts inwardly toward the housing thereby exposing the piercing end of the pin when the ejecting collar is in the retracted position; a cradle being coupled to the housing, the cradle having a shape being complementary to a shape of the body of the canister wherein the cradle is configured to receive the canister, the cradle being aligned with the collar wherein the cradle is configured to facilitate coupling the canister to the collar whereby the neck of the canister is couplable with the collar when the body of the canister is positioned within the cradle; and a trigger mechanism being mounted to the housing, the trigger mechanism expelling a quantity of the propellant into the barrel, the quantity of the propellant being sufficient to propel a one of the plurality of projectiles forwardly through the chamber into the barrel and outwardly through the muzzle end.
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