IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0582639
(2009-10-20)
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등록번호 |
US-8479656
(2013-07-09)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ciesiun, Paul M.
- Bayless, Ronnie E.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
12 |
초록
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A paintball includes first and second half shell portions, each with a recess that can hold liquid containing dyes or other marking pigments. The liquid in the second half shell portion is relatively viscous, or becomes so after being placed in the second shell portion. The second shell portion can
A paintball includes first and second half shell portions, each with a recess that can hold liquid containing dyes or other marking pigments. The liquid in the second half shell portion is relatively viscous, or becomes so after being placed in the second shell portion. The second shell portion can then be inverted and the liquid will stay within it. Neither shell portion includes a barrier to hold the liquids in place. The second half shell portion can then be placed on and joined with the first half shell portion to form a paintball.
대표청구항
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1. A paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;a first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a volume of a recess in said first shell portion, t
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A paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;a first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a volume of a recess in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;a viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a volume of a recess in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion; andmeans for integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said second shell portion is inverted and disposed upon said first shell portion such that said viscous second liquid volume and said first liquid volume occupy the same position as before said second shell portion is inverted, thereby forming an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid volume in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid volume in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said viscous second liquid volume when integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereby said joining means cooperate with said air gap to provide sufficient holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 2. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid volume includes an initial first liquid volume substantially equal to the volume of said recess in said first shell portion, said initial first liquid volume ultimately being reduced to said first liquid volume. 3. The paintball of claim 2 wherein said initial first liquid volume is reduced to said first liquid volume via heating means that evaporate a predetermined portion of said initial first liquid volume. 4. The paintball of claim 2 wherein said integral joining means includes an annulus and means for securing said first and second shell portions to said annulus, thereby increasing the force holding said first and second shell portions together. 5. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid volume includes an initial second liquid volume substantially equal to the volume of said recess in said second shell portion, said initial second liquid volume ultimately being reduced to said second liquid volume. 6. The paintball of claim 5 wherein said initial second liquid volume is reduced to said second liquid volume via heating means that evaporate a predetermined portion of said initial second liquid volume. 7. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid volume is vibrated until leveled to a substantially planar surface. 8. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid volume is vibrated until leveled to a substantially planar surface. 9. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said integral joining means includes an adhesive disposed upon at least one of said annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said adhesive ultimately flowing into said air gap to ultimately form an adhesive bead that engages said inner spherical wall portions of said first and second shell portions between said first and second liquid volumes, thereby providing increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 10. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said air gap separates said first and second liquids substantially about between two thousandths and twenty thousandths of an inch. 11. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said integral joining means includes heating means for melting annular portions of said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said annular portions are congruently engaged and allowed to cool thereby forming a paintball. 12. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said integral joining means includes an annulus and adhesive means for securing said first and second shell portions to said annulus, thereby increasing the force holding said first and second shell portions together and providing an air gap via an aperture in said annulus. 13. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said integral joining means includes an annulus, adhesive means, an adhesive bead and an air gap for increasing the force holding said first and second shell portions together. 14. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said integral joining means includes an adhesive accelerant disposed upon said annular portions of the first and second shell portions, and also upon surface portions of the first and second liquids in said recesses said first and second shell portions, said first and second liquids having volumes substantially equal to the volumes of said recesses, said adhesive accelerant forming a film having an outer radial dimension substantially equal to the outer radial dimension of said annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said film having an inner radial dimension relatively smaller than the inner radial dimension of said annular portions; whereupon, said adhesive is disposed upon said adhesive accelerant on said annular portions only, said second shell portion then being placed upon said first shell portion causing said adhesive to be squeezed from said joined shell portions and onto said adhesive accelerant inside said recesses of said joined first and second shell portions, said accelerant causing said adhesive to cure, thereby joining annular portions of said first and second shell portions, and causing said squeezed adhesive to fill-in voids caused by diverging sloping inner edges of said annular portions, said squeezed adhesive ultimately engaging portions of said inner spherical walls of said first and second shell portions adjacent to said annular portions, thereby increasing the binding force holding said first and second shell portions together. 15. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion includes a luminescent material. 16. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion includes an inner spherical wall having a luminescent material coated thereupon. 17. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion includes an outer spherical wall having a luminescent material coated thereupon. 18. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion is fabricated from PLA. 19. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion is fabricated from polystyrene. 20. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion is fabricated from a material different then the material of said second shell portion. 21. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first shell portion is fabricated from a water soluble material with a water insoluble barrier coating said inner spherical wall of said first shell portion when said first liquid includes water. 22. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion includes a luminescent material. 23. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion includes an inner spherical wall having a luminescent material coated thereupon. 24. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion includes an outer spherical wall having a luminescent material coated thereupon. 25. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion is fabricated from PLA. 26. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion is fabricated from polystyrene. 27. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion is fabricated from a material different then the material of said first shell portion. 28. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second shell portion is fabricated from a water soluble material with a water insoluble barrier coating said inner spherical wall of said second shell portion when said second liquid includes water. 29. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a luminescent material. 30. The paintball of claim 29 wherein said second liquid includes a photoprotein to provide multiple luminescent colors. 31. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a photoprotein. 32. The paintball of claim 31 wherein said second liquid includes a luminescent material to provide multiple luminescent colors. 33. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a color different than the color of said second liquid. 34. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a viscous liquid. 35. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a plurality of viscous first liquids each having a different color to form varying configurations. 36. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes an evaporating liquid for promoting an air gap for joining said first and second shell portions, and for reducing cleanup time. 37. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes an aqueous liquid. 38. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first liquid includes a shear thinning agent that provides a relatively low viscosity first liquid when said first liquid is forcibly disposed in said first shell portion, whereupon, said first liquid changes state at rest to a relatively high viscosity gel that maintains a constant position within said first shell portion, irrespective of the orientation of said first shell portion, to ultimately form said air gap that promotes the joining together of said first and second shell portions; and providing a relatively low viscosity first liquid when said paintball forcibly strikes a target, thereby allowing said first liquid to flow upon and mark the target, said first liquid ultimately returning to said gel state while disposed upon the target. 39. The paintball of claim 38 wherein said shear thinning agent includes a thixotropic agent. 40. The paintball of claim 39 wherein said thixotropic agent includes a rheology modifier. 41. The paintball of claim 38 wherein said shear thinning agent promotes multiple colored gels in said first shell portion. 42. The paintball of claim 41 wherein said multiple colored gels form varying predetermined configurations. 43. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes a shear thinning agent that provides a relatively low viscosity second liquid when said second liquid is forcibly disposed in said second shell portion, whereupon, said second liquid changes state at rest to a relatively high viscosity gel that maintains a constant position within said second shell portion, irrespective of the orientation of said second shell portion, to ultimately form said air gap that promotes the joining together of said first and second shell portions; and providing a relatively low viscosity second liquid when said paintball forcibly strikes a target, thereby allowing said second liquid to flow upon and mark the target, said first liquid ultimately returning to said gel state while disposed upon the target. 44. The paintball of claim 43 wherein said shear thinning agent includes a thixotropic agent. 45. The paintball of claim 44 wherein said thixotropic agent includes a rheology modifier. 46. The paintball of claim 43 wherein said shear thinning agent promotes multiple colored gels in said second shell portion. 47. The paintball of claim 46 wherein said multiple colored gels form varying predetermined configurations. 48. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes a luminescent material. 49. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes a photoprotein. 50. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said viscous second liquid includes a color different than the color of said first liquid. 51. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes a non-viscous liquid. 52. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes a plurality of viscous liquids each having a different color to form varying configurations. 53. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes an evaporating liquid for promoting an air gap for joining said first and second shell portions, and for reducing cleanup time. 54. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said second liquid includes an aqueous liquid. 55. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said joined first and second shell portions include an inner paintball centrally disposed. 56. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said joined first and second shell portions include a plurality of inner paintballs. 57. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first and second shell portions include an outer coating for increasing the bonding of joined first and second shell portions. 58. The paintball of claim 57 wherein said outer coating includes means for preventing the evaporation of said first and second liquids from said first and second shell portions. 59. The paintball of claim 1 wherein said first and second liquids include an inert substance for increasing the density of said first and second liquids. 60. An aqueous paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;an aqueous first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;an aqueous viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion; andadhesive means for integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said second shell portion is inverted and disposed upon said first shell portion such that said viscous second liquid volume and said first liquid volume occupy the same relative positions as before said second shell portion is inverted thereby forming an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid volume in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid volume in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said viscous second liquid volume when integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereby said adhesive flows into said air gap to ultimately form an adhesive bead that engages said inner spherical wall portions of said first and second shell portions between said first and second liquid volumes, thereby providing increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 61. An aqueous paintball having an annulus therein for increased binding force comprising: first and second shell portions;an aqueous first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;an aqueous viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion; andan annulus disposed between annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said annulus being secured to said annular portions via joining means, thereby increasing the force holding said first and second shell portions together and providing an air gap via an aperture in said annulus without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid volume in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid volume in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said viscous second liquid volume when joining said first and second shell portions. 62. The aqueous paintball of claim 61 wherein said joining means includes an adhesive, said aperture in said annulus providing an air gap for excess adhesive to accumulate to prevent said excess adhesive from degrading said aqueous first and second liquids. 63. The aqueous paintball of claim 61 wherein said joining means includes means for heating said annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said annular portions ultimately melting and becoming integrally joined when cooled. 64. An aqueous paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;an aqueous first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;an aqueous viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion, said first and second liquids cooperating to form an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said viscous second liquid volume when joining said first and second shell portions; andan accelerant coating upon annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said accelerant ultimately receiving an adhesive thereupon, said accelerant and said adhesive cooperating to quickly bind together said annular portions of said first and second shell portions thereby increasing the binding force holding said first and second shell portions together. 65. An aqueous paintball device comprising: first and second shell portions;an aqueous first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;an aqueous viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion; andmeans for melting said annular portions of said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said second shell portion is inverted and disposed upon said first shell portion such that said viscous second liquid volume and said first liquid volume occupy the same respective positions as before said second shell portion is inverted thereby forming an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid and said viscous second liquid when joining said first and second shell portions, whereby said first and second shell portions are secured together via said melted annular portions, thereby providing increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 66. A paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;a first liquid disposed in said first shell portion until a predetermined first liquid volume is disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;a second liquid disposed in said second shell portion until a predetermined second liquid volume is disposed in said second shell portion, said second liquid volume being relatively smaller than a recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion, said second liquid including a shear thinning agent that provides a relatively low viscosity second liquid when said second liquid is forcibly disposed in said second shell portion, whereupon, said second liquid changes state at rest to a relatively high viscosity gel that maintains a constant position within said second shell portion, irrespective of the orientation of said second shell portion, to ultimately form an air gap that promotes the joining together of said first and second shell portions; and providing a relatively low viscosity second liquid when said paintball forcibly strikes a target, thereby allowing said second liquid to flow upon and mark the target, said second liquid ultimately returning to said gel state while disposed upon the target;means for integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said second shell portion is inverted and disposed upon said first shell portion such that said viscous second liquid volume and said first liquid volume occupy the same relative positions as before said second shell portion is inverted, thereby forming an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid volume in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said second liquid volume in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said second liquid volume when joining said first and second shell portions, whereby said adhesive flows into said air gap to ultimately form an adhesive bead that engages said inner spherical wall portions of said first and second shell portions between said first and second liquid volumes, thereby providing increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 67. A paintball comprising: first and second shell portions;an initial first liquid volume disposed in said first shell portion, said first liquid volume being substantially equal to a recess volume in said first shell portion, said initial first liquid volume ultimately being reduced to a first liquid volume relatively smaller than said recess volume in said first shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said first shell portion that extends above said first liquid volume to an annular portion of said first shell portion;an initial viscous second liquid disposed in said second shell portion, said viscous second liquid volume being substantially equal to a recess volume in said second shell portion, said initial viscous second liquid volume ultimately being reduced to a viscous second liquid volume relatively smaller than said recess volume in said second shell portion, thereby providing an exposed inner spherical wall portion of said second shell portion that extends above said viscous second liquid volume to an annular portion of said second shell portion; andmeans for integrally joining said first and second shell portions, whereupon, said second shell portion is inverted and disposed upon said first shell portion such that said viscous second liquid volume and said first liquid volume occupy the same relative positions as before said second shell portion is inverted, thereby forming an air gap without providing a barrier to seal said first liquid volume in said first shell portion and without providing a barrier to seal said viscous second liquid volume in said second shell portion to maintain the relative positions of said first liquid volume and said viscous second liquid volume when joining said first and second shell portions, whereby said air gap and said joining means cooperate to provide increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 68. The paintball of claim 67 wherein said integrally joining means includes an adhesive that flows into said air gap to ultimately form an adhesive bead that engages said inner spherical wall portions of said first and second shell portions between said first and second liquid volumes, thereby providing increased holding force to prevent said joined first and second shell portions from separating when discharged from a paintball gun. 69. The paintball of claim 67 wherein said integrally joining means includes means for heating said annular portions of said first and second shell portions, said annular portions ultimately melting and becoming integrally joined when cooled.
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