Sep 16, 2025

US12416465 - Magazine and adaptor for paintball marker

A magazine and a magazine adaptor are described for use with a paintball marker. The paintball marker may include paintball guns and other paintball weapons. The magazine holds paintballs loose in an interior of the magazine for storage, transportation, etc. When the magazine is engaged to the magazine adaptor, a spring-loaded follower places tension on the paintballs. The tension helps to feed the paintballs to the paintball marker in a rapid manner.

Inventors: Robert Scott Campbell
Filing date: 2023-05-17

The patent describes a magazine and adapter designed for paintball markers, featuring a spring-loaded follower that transitions between locked and unlocked configurations to facilitate the feeding of paintballs. The magazine’s design allows for a double-stack storage of paintballs that is converted to a single-stack pattern at the exit, enhancing the rapid feeding process.

Claim 1

A magazine and adapter for a paintball marker, comprising: a magazine configured to hold paintballs; an adapter configured to removably engage to a paintball marker; the magazine configured to engage to the adapter; the magazine comprised a spring-loaded follower, the spring-loaded follower having a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein in the locked configuration, the spring-loaded follower is fixed in a position relative to the magazine, and wherein in the unlocked configuration, the spring-loaded follower is configured to move relative to the magazine; wherein an engagement of the magazine in the locked configuration to the adapter transitions the spring-loaded follower to the unlocked configuration; wherein the magazine includes a magazine well, and the magazine well is contoured to hold paintballs in a double-stack pattern and to urge the paintballs into a single-stack pattern at an exit opening of the magazine; and wherein in the locked configuration, the paintballs are free to move or rotate in the magazine, and wherein in the unlocked configuration, the spring-loaded follower biases the paintballs in the single-stack pattern towards the exit opening of the magazine. a magazine configured to hold paintballs; an adapter configured to removably engage to a paintball marker; the magazine configured to engage to the adapter; the magazine comprised a spring-loaded follower, the spring-loaded follower having a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein in the locked configuration, the spring-loaded follower is fixed in a position relative to the magazine, and wherein in the unlocked configuration, the spring-loaded follower is configured to move relative to the magazine; wherein an engagement of the magazine in the locked configuration to the adapter transitions the spring-loaded follower to the unlocked configuration; wherein the magazine includes a magazine well, and the magazine well is contoured to hold paintballs in a double-stack pattern and to urge the paintballs into a single-stack pattern at an exit opening of the magazine; and wherein in the locked configuration, the paintballs are free to move or rotate in the magazine, and wherein in the unlocked configuration, the spring-loaded follower biases the paintballs in the single-stack pattern towards the exit opening of the magazine.

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