Here we go again......

[[NA]WARLORD]

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22smart+parts%22.AS.&OS=AN/%22smart+parts%22&RS=AN/%22smart+parts%22

Discuss........

[Gecko]

LOL
the prior art to this is HUGE
earliest i remeber is the tippman pro-am....

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...smart+parts%22

Discuss........

[Warwitch]

Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooes

[Shane-O-Mac]

lets see, Tippmann, Invert Mini, and old brute pump gun, had gas lines thru the grip. What the heck are they really trying to patent? Heck there was even a european grip fraemf or the mag that routed the air thru the grip.........................................

[grEnAlEins]

Oh Boy
Maybe I should patent the use of clothing and various textiles for the sport of paintball

All your munyz are belong to us!!

[Anjin3515]

this just makes me dislike them even more.....

why do i think somewhere is some board room a conversation went on.....

Bill :: " Lets try to make some great products, ones that will push things forward, high quality...thats what will make us money"

Ted:: "no...lets try to patent EVERYTHING, make every other company pay us, thats what will make us money"

Bill:: "Excellent!"

[MisterBones25]

Oh Boy
Maybe I should patent the use of clothing and various textiles for the sport of paintball

i'd like to get down on that action.

[grEnAlEins]

this just makes me dislike them even more.....

why do i think somewhere is some board room a conversation went on.....

Bill :: " Lets try to make some great products, ones that will push things forward, high quality...thats what will make us money"

Ted:: "no...lets try to patent EVERYTHING, make every other company pay us, thats what will make us money"

Bill:: "Excellent!"

Both: {Maniacal laughter}

fixed

And MisterBones, That is my, and solely my action. Sorry

P.S. I will also patent nekedness in the sport of paintball. You will have to pay me!! Muah-hahahahahaha

[BangStik]

I stopped buying Smart Parts products years ago and will never again.....Way to go Smart Parts you are single handedly ruin paint ball one patent at a time.

[Anjin3515]

I am going to patent the use of trees in games....

from now on all woodsball players, and any children playing an sort of game in a wooded area will have to pay me......

[mostpeople]

They probably saw G-Forces pneumatic frames..

just wait for the C&D order.

[Rudz]

whores....

[kevdupuis]

The question is, " Is any one going to step up and challenge the application?" or is the industry going to let this go through un-contested.

[Gecko]

Depends how deeply KEE and SP are in bed with each other

[[NA]WARLORD]

This goes a lot deeper then a gas line thruogh a grip fella's. This could possibly halt the production of our highly anticipated pnue frames based on these:

Claims




2. A paintball gun according to claim 1, wherein the transfer path is a tube arranged within the rear hand grip.

3. A paintball gun according to claim 2, wherein the tube is flexible.

4. A paintball gun according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the pneumatic components is a solenoid valve.

5. A paintball gun according to claim 4, wherein the solenoid valve is configured to transfer compressed gas to a surface area of a piston to control a loading or firing operation of the paintball gun.

6. A paintball gun according to claim 5, wherein the piston is a bolt piston coupled to a bolt and wherein compressed gas is transferred through the solenoid valve to the bolt piston to operate the bolt.

7. A paintball gun according to claim 6, wherein the bolt further acts as a firing mechanism such that as the bolt moves forward, the bolt releases compressed gas from the paintball gun through the bolt.


11. A rear hand grip for a paintball gun, comprising: a connection mechanism for connecting the rear hand grip to a compressed gas supply; and a supply port configured to receive compressed gas from the compressed gas supply directly into the rear hand grip with no external hoses.

12. A rear hand grip according to claim 11, further comprising a transfer path configured to transfer compressed gas from the supply port to an input port of the paintball gun.

13. A rear hand grip according to claim 12, wherein the transfer path comprises a tube connected to the supply port.

14. A rear hand grip according to claim 13, wherein the tube comprises a flexible hose.

15. A rear hand grip according to claim 11, further comprising a threaded connection mechanism arranged in a rearward portion of the hand grip to permit connection to a paintball gun body and to a removable internal pneumatic assembly of the paintball gun.

16. A pneumatic paintball gun, comprising: an upper body having an internal chamber configured to receive a pneumatic assembly; a pneumatic assembly arranged within the internal chamber, said pneumatic assembly comprising a bolt and a bolt piston; a rear hand grip connected to the upper body through one or more connection mechanisms, said rear hand grip comprising a supply port configured to receive compressed gas directly into the rear hand grip; and a transfer path arranged within the rear hand grip and configured to transfer compressed gas from the supply port to the upper body of the paintball gun.

17. A pneumatic paintball gun according to claim 16, wherein the paintball gun does not have any external tubes or hoses for supplying compressed gas to the paintball gun.

18. A pneumatic paintball gun according to claim 16, wherein the rear hand grip is connected to the upper body using a connection mechanism that also attaches to a removable component of the pneumatic assembly.

19. A pneumatic paintball gun according to claim 16, wherein the rear hand grip further comprises a connection mechanism for connecting to a compressed gas regulator.

20. A pneumatic paintball gun according to claim 16, further comprising a solenoid valve configured to receive compressed gas from the transfer path and to supply compressed gas to the bolt piston to operate the bolt.