Patents by Inventor Brad L. Vincent

Brad L. Vincent has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7191773
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a magazine for loading paintballs into a guppy. The magazine is in the form of a tapered plastic container defining a chamber, an exit port leading from the chamber and a top loading opening leading to the chamber. A cover is snap mounted to the container and a paintball feed mechanism is mounted adjacent the bottom of the container next to the port. The feed mechanism comprising a slide housing mounted to the container and a slide member defining a beveled aperture sidably mounted in the slide housing, the slide member being spring biased in a closed position to provide selective access to paintballs held in the container chamber allowing a guppy to be mounted to a guppy support member which extends away from the feed mechanism to be loaded with paintballs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Brad L. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20040149275
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a magazine for loading paintballs into a guppy. The magazine is in the form of a tapered plastic container defining a chamber, an exit port leading from the chamber and a top loading opening leading to the chamber. A cover is snap mounted to the container and a paintball feed mechanism is mounted adjacent the bottom of the container next to the port. The feed mechanism comprising a slide housing mounted to the container and a slide member defining a beveled aperture slidably mounted in the slide housing, the slide member being spring biased in a closed position to provide selective access to paintballs held in the container chamber allowing a guppy to be mounted to a guppy support member which extends away from the feed mechanism to be loaded with paintballs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Brad L. Vincent