The present invention relates to a multi barrel paint ball mine powered by a firearm cartridge primer. The sport of paint ball allows individuals to participate in a simulated war game. Paint ball games utilize a number of paint ball weapons which utilize as ammunition small diameter paint balls filled with a dye to mark players that have been hit.
Among weapons used in the paint ball game, are devices to simulate a land mine. For example U.S. Pat. No. 5,877,448 to Denton et al. describes a reusable gas-powered war game land mine. U.S. Pat. No. 6,289,819 to Dolderer describes a single barrel paint ball land mine designed to simulate the function of a U.S. military claymore anti-personnel mine and U.S. Pat. No. 6,688,234 to Huber et al. describes a gas-powered paint ball land mine.
The present invention provides a paint ball land mine which is powered by a firearm cartridge primer. When the primer is discharged, paint balls are projected through multiple barrels outwardly with a resultant explosive noise which adds to the realism of this paint ball mine.
A paint ball mine having an expansion chamber with a plurality of barrels mounted to a top wall of the expansion chamber. Each barrel opens into the expansion chamber and is adapted to receive a paint ball. A primer receptacle opens through one of the end walls of the expansion chamber and is adapted to receive a firearm primer. A cocking rod is slidably mounted on the outer surface of the bottom wall and is movable from a cocked position to a firing position where a firing pin, secured to the cocking rod, strikes the primer. A coil tension spring is mounted to the cocking rod for biasing the cocking rod toward the firing position. The cocking rod is movable against the bias force of the spring to the cocked position and apparatus is provided for releasably holding the cocking rod in the cocked position. A trigger device is used for releasing the cocking rod from the cocked position whereby the cocking rod with firing pin are advanced to the firing position with the bias force of the spring.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, a preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
A multi barrel paint ball mine apparatus 10 is shown in
A bracket 34 is secured to the wall 16 of the chamber 12 as by welding as shown in
The bracket 34 has a hole 42 provided therein for slidably receiving a cocking rod 44. At one end of cocking rod 44 is provided a handle 46 for manipulating the cocking rod 44: A firing pin 48 is secured to the cocking rod 44 as by welding and has a tip 50 sized to strike the primer 36 located in the primer receptacle 28 as shown in
A ledge member 56 is mounted on an outside surface of the floor 22 of the chamber 12 as shown in
A trigger 58 is used to release the firing pin 48 when the firing pin 48 is in the cocked position as shown in
A safety pin 74 is used to prevent accidental firing. The two sidewalls 68 and 70 of the case 64 are provided with aligned holes through which the safety pin 74 extends as shown in
In operation, the present invention is easy to user and set up. Paint balls are inserted in the barrels 26 and a primer 36 is inserted in the primer receptacle 28. The apparatus 10 is then manually held with the stake 30 or the stake 30 is driven into the ground. The cocking rod 44 is then drawn outwardly against the bias force of the spring 54 and the block member 52 is tipped to engage the block member 52 with the ledge member 56. When the trigger arm 60 is tipped by manipulating the trigger handle 62, the block member 52 is disengaged from the ledge member 56 and the firing pin 48 under the force of the spring 54 strikes the primer 36. When the primer 36 explodes there is a loud noise and the explosive force causes the pellet balls in the barrels 26 to be projected outwardly in a spread pattern providing a realistic experience of a land mine simulation. By mounting the barrels 26 at an angle to the lid 24, a variety of patterns can be achieved. The apparatus 10 is reusable by inserting new pellet balls in the barrels 26 and replacing the used primer 36.
While the fundamental novel features of the invention have been shown and described, it should be understood that various substitutions, modifications, and variations may be made by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Accordingly, all such modifications or variations are included in the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims:
This application claims, the benefit of provisional application Ser. No. 61/475,305 filed Apr. 14, 2011.
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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3492945 | Filippi | Feb 1970 | A |
4944521 | Greeno | Jul 1990 | A |
5877448 | Denton et al. | Mar 1999 | A |
5996503 | Woodall et al. | Dec 1999 | A |
6289819 | Dolderer | Sep 2001 | B1 |
6688234 | Huber et al. | Feb 2004 | B2 |
8613241 | Martinez et al. | Dec 2013 | B2 |
Number | Date | Country | |
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61475305 | Apr 2011 | US |