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Paint ball pocket for slingshots

US7509952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 2006
Grant dateMar 31, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41B3/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A paintball pocket for a crotch type slingshot, having a pocket strap with opposing elongate end portions, each end portion defining a hole to releasably interconnect with an elastomeric draw strap communicating with the slingshot. The pocket strap having a paintball cavity defined by four tear stop holes and two intersecting through cuts that create four adjacent triangular flaps that bend rearwardly to frictionally engage with a circumferential surface of a spherical paintball, the cavity having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the paintball. A pocket handle having a horizontal loop and a vertical loop, each loop having strap connecting ends stitched to the pocket strap adjacent opposing triangular flaps, and a gripping portion wound circumferentially with thread forming a tapered funnel structure adjacent rearward the pocket strap and the paintball cavity that limits rearward movement of the paintball into the paintball cavity.

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