1. A paintball marker including:
a frame portion;
a trigger mechanism;
a barrel for propelling a paintball therefrom;
a bolt action firing valve; and
a receiver portion at least partially received into the frame portion and coupled to the trigger mechanism, the barrel coupled to one of the receiver portion and the frame portion, the receiver portion defining a firing chamber sized to reversibly receive the bolt action firing valve and secure the bolt action firing valve in a first orientation in the firing chamber, the receiver portion adapted to receive a paintball from a paintball reservoir and compressed gas from an external source to propel the paintball.
2. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the bolt action firing valve includes a translatable cycle hub having a bolt handle.
3. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the firing chamber is sized to reversibly receive a spool firing valve when the bolt action firing valve is removed therefrom, the firing chamber configured to secure the spool firing valve in a first orientation.
4. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the barrel screws into the receiver portion.
5. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the receiver portion is adapted to be at least partially received into the frame portion while coupled to the barrel.
6. (canceled)
7. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the paintball reservoir comprises a magazine couplable to the receiver portion, the magazine including two vertical columns of paintballs stacked on top of each other within each column.
8. The paintball marker of claim 7, wherein the magazine is configured to allow discharge of one of the two vertical columns at a time.
9. The paintball marker of claim 8, wherein the magazine defines an opening above each vertical column, the openings sized to allow the paintballs to pass. therethrough.
10. The paintball marker of claim 9, wherein the magazine includes a coil spring configured to applying a force on the vertical columns of paintballs in a direction toward the openings above each vertical column.
11. (canceled)
12. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the trigger mechanism includes a trigger and lever arm which when activated slide along a first axis.
13. The paintball marker of claim 1 further comprising a stock adapted for reversibly attaching to the frame portion, the stock including a cheek abutment and a shoulder abutment.
14. (canceled)
15. The paintball marker of claim 13 further including a first adjuster and a second adjuster, the first adjuster adapted for altering the positioning of the cheek abutment and the second adjuster adapted for altering the positioning of the shoulder abutment.
16. The paintball marker of claim 1, wherein the receiver portion is further configured for mounting a sight thereto.
17. A method of interchanging a bolt action firing valve in a paintball marker with a spool action firing valve, the method including the steps of:
disposing a receiver at least partially within a frame;
placing a bolt action firing valve disposed within the receiver in a post-fired state;
removing the bolt action firing valve from a firing chamber defined by the receiver, said step of removing the bolt action firing valve comprising removal of at least one valve securing pin from a valve securing pin opening defined by the receiver and retracting the bolt action firing valve through an opening defined by the receiver;
inserting a spool firing valve into the firing chamber of the receiver by inserting the spool firing valve through the opening, the step of inserting comprising placing the spool firing valve in a first configuration within the firing chamber of the receiver; and
inserting the at least one valve securing pin through the valve securing pin opening defined by the receiver, the step of inserting further including disposing the at least one valve securing pin within an aperture defined by the spool firing valve.
18. The method of claim 17 further including the steps of:
disconnecting a barrel from the receiver prior to the step of removing the receiver from the frame; and
reconnecting the barrel to the receiver after the step of securing the receiver within the frame.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of disconnecting the barrel includes unscrewing the barrel from the receiver.
20. The method of claim 17 further including the steps of:
disconnecting a magazine enclosing a plurality of paintballs from the receiver prior to said step of removing the receiver from the frame; and
reconnecting the magazine to the receiver after the step of securing the receiver within the frame.
21. The method of claim 17 further including the steps of:
disconnecting one of a compressed air and a compressed gas source from the receiver;
removing the receiver from the frame, the step of removing comprising removal of at least one receiver securing pin from a receiver securing pin opening defined by the frame;
placing at least a portion of the receiver within the frame;
securing the receiver within the frame, said step of securing comprising inserting the at least one receiver securing pin into the receiver securing pin opening; and,
reconnecting one of the compressed air or compressed gas source to the receiver.
22-25. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A sealable storage container, comprising:
a container bottom having an upstanding continuous sidewall which defines an aperture which allows access to the container bottom;
a container lid for mating cooperation with the container bottom, and which further has an aperture formed therein and which extends therethrough, and wherein the container lid has a top surface, which has a cavity formed substantially centrally thereof, and wherein the aperture is formed substantially centrally of the cavity;
a threaded shaft portion received in the aperture defined by the container lid;
a hand-engageable portion affixed to the threaded shaft portion and which rests within the cavity;
a moveable pressure plate threadably cooperating with the threaded shaft portion, and wherein a clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion moves the pressure plate in the direction of the container lid, and a counter-clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion moves the moveable pressure plate away from the container lid; and
a resilient sealing member mounted on the moveable pressure plate and which extends in the direction of the container lid, and wherein the clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion causes the resilient sealing member to engage the container lid, and then deform, at least in part, laterally, outwardly so as to releasably, sealably engage the continuous sidewall of the container bottom to effect the sealable attachment of the container lid to the container bottom.
2. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the container bottom has a bottom surface which is defined by a peripheral edge, and wherein the upstanding continuous sidewall extends upwardly from the peripheral edge of the bottom surface.
3. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 2, and wherein the container bottom has a uniform length dimension, and a non-uniform width dimension.
4. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 3, and wherein the continuous sidewall is formed of a first pair of oppositely positioned, and substantially planar end walls, and a second pair of oppositely oriented, and non-planar sidewalls.
5. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 4, and further comprising:
a plurality of orientation members each defining an internal channel and which are mounted to the container lid, and which extend downwardly therefrom; and
a plurality of orientation posts mounted on the pressure plate, and which extend upwardly therefrom, and which are each matingly received in the respective channels defined by each of the orientation members so as to facilitate the linear and uniform movement of the pressure plate both towards, and away from, the container lid.
6. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the pressure plate has an outside peripheral edge, and the resilient sealing member has an inside peripheral edge which matingly and sealably engages the outside peripheral edge of the pressure plate, and wherein the resilient sealing member has an outside peripheral edge which extends laterally outwardly relative to the outside peripheral edge of the pressure plate and in the direction of the container lid.
7. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 6, and wherein the pressure plate when threadably advanced toward the container lid, by the clockwise rotation of the threaded shaft portion, is effective in carrying the outside peripheral edge of the resilient seal into forceable engagement with the container lid so as to cause a portion of the resilient sealing member to deform, and then move laterally, outwardly and thereby sealably engage the upstanding, and continuous sidewall of the container bottom.
8. A sealable storage container, comprising:
a container bottom, defining a cavity, for receiving an object of interest, and wherein the container bottom includes a bottom surface with a peripheral edge, and a continuous sidewall which extends upwardly from the peripheral edge of the bottom surface, and which further has a top peripheral edge defining a container bottom aperture which allows the object of interest to be placed within the cavity of the container bottom, and wherein the bottom surface of the container bottom has a uniform length dimension, and a non-uniform width dimension, and wherein the non-uniform width dimension is generally intermediate the opposite ends thereof, and wherein the continuous sidewall is defined by a first pair of oppositely positioned, and planar end walls, and a second pair of oppositely positioned and non-planar sidewalls, and wherein the second pair of non-planar sidewalls each have a concavely shaped cavity formed therein, and which facilitates a user’s handling of the sealable storage container;
a container lid for cooperating with the container bottom, and which further occludes the container bottom aperture, and wherein the container lid has a top, and bottom surface, and an aperture is formed therein, and which extends between the top and bottom surfaces, and wherein at least one orientation member is mounted on the bottom surface, and depends downwardly therefrom, and which further defines an internal channel, and wherein the top surface of the container lid has a cavity formed substantially centrally thereof, and wherein the aperture is formed substantially centrally of the cavity, and has a predetermined diametral dimension;
a rotatable member received within the aperture formed in the container lid, and wherein the rotatable member includes a threaded shaft portion extending through the aperture defined by the container lid, and a hand-engageable portion is affixed to the threaded shaft portion, and which rests at least in part, on the top surface of the container lid, and wherein the hand engageable portion of the rotatable member is received, at least in part, within the cavity formed in the top surface of the container lid;
a moveable pressure plate oriented in spaced relation relative to the bottom surface of the container lid, and wherein the moveable pressure plate has a top surface which is juxtaposed relative to the bottom surface of the container lid, an opposite bottom surface, and a peripheral edge, and wherein a threaded channel is mounted on the top surface of the moveable pressure plate and is sized so as to threadably receive and matingly cooperate with the threaded shaft of the rotatable member, and wherein the clockwise rotation of the rotatable member threadably advances the moveable pressure plate in the direction of the container lid, and the counter-clockwise rotation of the rotatable member effects movement of the moveable pressure plate away from the container lid, and wherein an orientation post is mounted on the top surface of the pressure plate, and is sized so as to be slideably received in the orientation member which is mounted on the bottom surface of the container lid; and
a resilient, substantially continuous sealing member which has an inside peripheral edge which sealably engages the peripheral edge of the moveable pressure plate, and which further has an outside peripheral edge which extends in the direction of the bottom surface of the container lid, and wherein, the container lid, when placed in an occluding relationship relative to the aperture defined by the container bottom, and the rotatable member is rotated in a clockwise direction, the moveable pressure plate travels in the direction of the container lid, and causes the resilient, substantially continuous sealing member to forcibly engage the bottom surface of the container lid, and then resiliently deform, at least in part, substantially laterally and outwardly so as to sealably engage the continuous sidewall which defines, at least in part, the container bottom so as to effectively sealably secure the container lid to the container bottom.
9. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 8, and wherein the outside peripheral edge of the resilient, substantially continuous sealing member deforms and moves laterally outwardly so as to sealably engage the continuous sidewall forming, at least in part, a portion of the container bottom when the rotatable member is rotated in a clockwise direction.
10. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 9, and wherein the storage container may be easily disassembled so it can be inspected, washed and sanitized as required.
11. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 9, and wherein the threaded channel mounted on the moveable pressure plate has an outside diametral dimension which is less than the diametral dimension of the aperture which is formed substantially centrally of the container lid.
12. A sealable storage container as claimed in claim 11, and wherein the aperture formed substantially centrally of the container lid is surrounded by an elevated neck portion, and the hand engageable portion of the rotatable member has an inside facing surface with a member which matingly engages the elevated neck portion surrounding the aperture.