GB2379494A - Grip arrangements of paintball markers - Google Patents

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GB2379494A
GB2379494A GB0200818A GB0200818A GB2379494A GB 2379494 A GB2379494 A GB 2379494A GB 0200818 A GB0200818 A GB 0200818A GB 0200818 A GB0200818 A GB 0200818A GB 2379494 A GB2379494 A GB 2379494A
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Nicholas John Marks
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B11/00—Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/10—Triggers; Trigger mountings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C23/00—Butts; Butt plates; Stocks
    • F41C23/10—Stocks or grips for pistols, e.g. revolvers

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A paintball marker comprises a main body 110 and a barrel 112 defining a firing axis X-X, a lead port 118, a propellent port 116, a trigger 122, and a grip 120 which is arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger (upper and lower trigger-finger position 142, 144). The grip 120 has a rear edge 414 arranged to engage the palm of the hand of a user (see also figures 4, 7, 8) the rear edge having an upper part 414a, and a lower part 414b which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis X-X can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip.

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PAINTBALL MARKERS The present invention relates to paintball markers, also referred to as paintball guns, which are arranged to fire balls or pellets containing a marking fluid such as paint, ink or dye. The pellets are arranged to rupture on impact with a target so as to mark it, leaving an indication of where it was hit.
Paintball has grown rapidly in popularity over recent years and paintball markers have become increasingly more sophisticated so as to improve the performance of paintball competitors.
Whilst there are many similarities between a paintball marker and a real gun, one aspect of the use of paintball markers which has developed away from that of real guns is the manner in which the marker is held.
Figure 1 shows a paintball competitor holding a conventional paintball marker 10 in a commonly used position. The marker is held with one hand 12 on the grip 13 and trigger and the other 14 on a support which is frequently formed from the propellant port. The marker 10 is held with the rear end of the main body 16 very close to the competitors face 18.
With the marker in this position, if the user wants to keep his elbows in close to his body as shown in Figure 1, which is important for presenting the smallest possible target profile for another competitor to aim at, the wrist 20 of the trigger hand has to be markedly bent, or'goosed', as shown. Since the total weight of a paintball marker including the propellant canister and a full load of pellets can be of the order of two or three kilograms, it will be appreciated that supporting it with the wrist 20 in this bent condition can lead to discomfort or even strain of the wrist.
Also as the hand tends to move away from the rear edge of the grip 13
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round to the side, this can lead to a reduction in the level of control that the user has over the marker, which can obviously affect his aim.
Figure 2 shows an alternative to the holding position of Figure 1 in which the arm 22 of the trigger hand 12 is held out to the side of the user's body. This allows the marker to be held close to the user's face 18 without bending the wrist significantly, but increases the area that the user presents as a target to competitors, and is therefore disadvantageous during a paintball competition.
Accordingly the present invention provides a paintball marker comprising
a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, a trigger, and a grip . Y-..--"-b--I-' bb-'I-"--t, 'r' arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage a palm of a hand of the user, the rear edge having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip.
Preferably the upper part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly upwards and the lower part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly downwards.
Preferably the upper part and the lower part are together formed as a continuous curve, so as to provide a range of hand positions on the grip with an associated range of angles of the user's palm. Alternatively the rear edge of the grip can be formed in two distinct sections.
The radius of curvature of the curve may be substantially constant over at least half of the length of the grip. In this case the centre of curvature of the curve of at least one of the upper and lower parts is preferably located
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substantially at a position in which a finger of the trigger hand of the user will rest when the marker is in use.
Preferably the marker further comprises a trigger guard, the grip includes a lower portion which extends below the trigger guard and is arranged to support fingers of the user's hand which are not protected by the trigger guard, and said finger is one of said fingers. Alternatively said finger may be one of the trigger fingers; preferably the lower one of the trigger is a two finger trigger.
Preferably said rear edge has a central portion which is substantially vertical. Desirably the central portion extends over at least a third of the length of the grip and is within 10 of vertical.
Preferably the grip defines at least two hand positions wherein the angle of the palm of the users hand relative to the firing axis differs by at least 100 between the two positions, more preferably by at least 30 .
Preferably the upper part and the lower part are each at least 5cm long and each have a radius of curvature of at least 5cm.
Paintball markers often include a grip frame which incorporates the grip, and has an upper portion which is removably attached to the main body of the marker. There is therefore a considerable market in grip frames for paintball markers.
The present invention therefore further provides a grip frame for a paintball marker comprising a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, the grip frame comprising a trigger, and a grip arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage the palm of the hand of a user, the rear edge
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having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip.
Preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the remainder of the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 3 is a side view of a paintball marker according to a first embodiment of the invention; Figure 4 is a detailed view of a grip frame forming part of the marker of Figure 3; Figure 5 is a side view of a user operating the marker of Figure 3; Figure 6 is a front view of the user of Figure 5; Figure 7 is a side view of a grip frame for a paintball marker according to a second embodiment of the invention; Figure 8 is a side view of a grip frame for a paintball marker according to a third embodiment of the invention; and Figure 9 is a side view of a grip frame for a paintball marker according to a third embodiment of the invention.
Referring to Figure 3, a paintball marker according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises a main body 110 and barrel 112, a grip frame 114 attached to the underside of the main body, a propellant port 116 through which propellant in the form of compressed gas is fed to the
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marker, and a feed port 118 through which dye pellets are fed. The main body 110 and barrel 112 define a firing axis X-X along which the pellets are fired. For ease of description the firing axis X-X will be referred to as horizontal and the direction perpendicular to it in the plane of Figure 2 will be referred to as vertical, although clearly in use the marker can be held at any angle.
The grip frame 114 is removable as a unit from the main body 110 and includes a grip 120, a trigger 122 and a trigger guard 124. In this embodiment the grip frame is actually made up of a frame 126 which is formed of metal such as aluminium, and a grip moulding 122 which is of moulded plastics. The frame 126 is shown in more detail in Figure 4 and includes a base portion 128 having a generally flat upper surface 130 which rests against the underside of the main body 110, a rear portion 132 which extends downwards from near the rear end of the base portion 126 and forms the rear edge 134 of the grip 120, a guard portion 136 which forms the trigger guard 24, and a cutlass 137 which extends from the lower front corner of the trigger guard 136 to the bottom of the grip 120. As can be seen in Figure 3, the grip 120 extends downwards substantially perpendicular to the firing axis. The top surface 130 of the grip frame forms the connection by which the grip frame 114 is connected to the marker body 110 in use, and therefore defines the orientation which the grip frame 114 will have, in use, in relation to the marker body 110 and the firing axis X-X. Therefore in this case, where the top surface is parallel to the firing axis X-X, horizontal, in terms of the grip frame 114, should be interpreted as meaning parallel to the top surface 130, and vertical as perpendicular to the top surface 130.
The rear edge 134 of the grip 120 is, generally speaking vertical. However it is curved, and has an upper hand supporting portion 134a which faces slightly upwards, and a lower hand supporting portion 134b
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which faces slightly downwards. The whole of the rear edge 134 is formed as a continuous curve, and between the upper and lower portions 34a, 34b it passes through the vertical at a point 135 approximately two thirds of the way down the grip. Also the central portion of the grip rear edge 134 around this vertical point 135 is substantially vertical, with approximately a third of the length of the rear edge 34 being at less than 10 to the vertical. The upper portion 134a of the grip rear edge 134 is shaped approximately in the form of an arc centred on a point forward of the grip frame 114, and the lower portion 134b of the grip rear edge 134 is also shaped approximately in the form of an arc centred on the lower trigger finger position 144.
The trigger 122 is a two finger trigger, its forward edge 140 having an upper finger supporting portion 140a and a lower finger supporting portion 140b, which define upper and lower trigger finger positions 142, 144 respectively in which the respective trigger fingers of a user will rest when held against the trigger 122.
The result of the shape of the grip 120 is that when the user's hand is holding the grip 120 as close to the top as is comfortable, his palm will be on the upper portion 134a of the rear edge 134 of the grip 120 and will therefore be facing slightly downwards. This means that, used like this, the grip will enable the marker to be held in a similar manner to a conventional marker. However, if the user moves his hand down and holds the grip 120 towards the lower end, the palm of his trigger hand will rest against the lower portion 134b of the rear grip edge 134 and will therefore be facing slightly upwards. This enables him to hold the marker close to his face, as shown in Figure 5, and point the marker in a horizontal direction without the significant bending of the wrist that occurs in this position with conventional markers.
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Also because the curve of the lower part 134a of the rear edge 134 of the grip 120 is approximately centred on the lower trigger finger position, the trigger fingers can still comfortably be held on the trigger as the hand moves round the lower part of the grip.
As can be seen in Figure 5, with the marker in the desired position close to the user's face, the trigger hand 112 can move downwards away from the top of the grip 120. The palm of the hand is therefore resting against the lower portion of the rear edge of the grip 120. As shown in Figure 6, the user can keep both of his elbows in close to his body while holding the marker in the desired position. This means that the user presents a small target to other competitors. If the user were to mover the marker 110 away from his body and have his arms substantially straight out in front of himself, his trigger hand can move up the grip 120 so that the palm of his trigger hand rests more against the upper portion of the grip which faces slightly upwards to the rear. This will tend to make the marker feel more like a conventional marker and the angle of the barrel will be relatively easy to keep under control.
Referring to Figure 7, in a second embodiment of the invention a grip frame 200, which could be used as part of the marker of Figure 3 in place of the grip frame 114, includes a grip 202, a trigger guard 204, and a cutlass 206. The upper part 208 of the grip has a front edge 210 which is vertical, and the lower part 212 of the grip also has front edge 214 which is vertical. The front edge 214 of the lower part 212, which is below the trigger guard 204, will generally by held by the fingers of the user's trigger hand which are not on the trigger, usually the fourth finger and little finger. The rear edge 216 of the grip is convexly curved and approximately symmetrical about a point S approximately half way down it, where the rear edge 216 is vertical. If tangents to this curve are made as shown at the uppermost U and lowermost L positions on which the user
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could centre his hand, it can be seen that these are inclined at about 10 to the vertical in opposite directions, and therefore inclined at 20 to each other. The user can therefore change the angle of his hand by approximately 20 by moving it up and down the grip 202.
Referring to Figure 8, in a third embodiment of the invention a grip frame 300, which could also be used as part of the marker of Figure 3 in place of the grip frame 114, includes a grip 302, a trigger guard 304, and a cutlass 306. The upper part 308 of the grip has a front edge 310 which is vertical, and the lower part 312 of the grip also has a front edge 314 which is concavely curved. The rear edge 316 of the grip is convexly curved at a substantially constant radius of curvature, equal to approximately half the length of the grip, which is about 50mm. The curve is centred approximately at the top of the front edge 314 of the lower part 312 of the grip, just below the trigger guard 304. This is the position in which the fourth finger of the user generally rests. Assuming the index and middle fingers are on the trigger, the fourth finger provides a large proportion of the support for the marker, and allowing the trigger hand to rotate about that position as it moves up and down the grip enables the user to keep a secure hold on the grip while his hand moves through a large range of angles. The curve of the rear edge 316 extends through an angle of about 120 , which therefore allows the user to change the angle of the palm of his trigger hand through more than 90 , from facing downwards at about 30 when resting on the top of the rear edge 314 of the grip 302, to facing almost vertically upwards when resting at the very bottom of the rear edge.
Referring to Figure 9, in a fourth embodiment of the invention, the grip frame 400 is identical to that of Figure 7, except for the shape of the rear edge 414 of the grip 412. In this case the rear edge 414 is in two separate
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sections, an upper section 414a and a lower portion 414b, each of which is straight. The upper section 414a faces upwards being at an angle of about 10 to the vertical, and the lower section 414b faces downwards, being at an angle of about 20 to the vertical. This therefore provides two distinct hand positions for the user's trigger hand which differ in angle by approximately 30 .
The embodiments described can provide a paintball marker which, when held in the position of Figure 1 with the user's elbows close to the body and the marker close to the user's face, creates less strain on the user's wrist and allows more control over the aiming of the marker.
It will be appreciated that various other shapes of grip could be used which would provide different hand positions for the user in a similar way to the embodiments described above.

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  1. CLAIMS 1. A paintball marker comprising a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, a trigger, and a grip arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage a palm of a hand of the user, the rear edge having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip.
  2. 2. A marker according to claim 1 wherein the upper part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly upwards and the lower part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly downwards.
  3. 3. A marker according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the upper part and the lower part are together formed as a continuous curve, so as to provide a range of hand positions on the grip with an associated range of angles of the user's palm.
  4. 4. A marker according to claim 3 wherein the radius of curvature of the curve is substantially constant over at least half of the length of the grip.
  5. 5. A marker according to claim 4 wherein the centre of curvature of the curve of at least one of the upper and lower parts is located substantially at a position in which a finger of the trigger hand of the user will rest when the marker is in use.
  6. 6. A marker according to claim 5 further comprising a trigger guard, wherein the grip includes a lower portion which extends below the trigger guard and is arranged to support fingers of the user's hand which are not
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    protected by the trigger guard, and wherein said finger is one of said fingers.
  7. 7. A marker according to any foregoing claim wherein the rear edge has a central portion which is substantially vertical.
  8. 8. A marker according to claim 7 wherein the central portion extends over at least a third of the length of the grip and is within 10 of vertical.
  9. 9. A marker according to any foregoing claim wherein the grip defines at least two hand positions wherein the angle of the palm of the users hand relative to the firing axis differs by at least 100 between the two positions.
  10. 10. A marker according to claim 9 wherein the upper part and the lower part are each at least 5cm long and each have a radius of curvature of at least 5cm.
  11. 11. A grip frame for a paintball marker comprising a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, the grip frame comprising a trigger, and a grip arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage the palm of the hand of a user, the rear edge having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip.
  12. 12. A grip frame according to claim 11 wherein the upper part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly upwards and the lower part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly downwards.
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  13. 13. A grip frame according to claim 11 or claim 12 wherein the upper part and the lower part are together formed as a continuous curve, so as to provide a range of hand positions on the grip with an associated range of angles of the user's palm.
  14. 14. A grip frame according to claim 13 wherein the radius of curvature of the curve is substantially constant over at least half of the length of the grip.
  15. 15. A grip frame according to claim 14 wherein the centre of curvature of the curve of at least one of the upper and lower parts is located substantially at a position in which a finger of the trigger hand of the user will rest when the marker is in use.
  16. 16. A grip frame according to claim 15 further comprising a trigger guard, wherein the grip includes a lower portion which extends below the trigger guard and is arranged to support fingers of the user's hand which are not protected by the trigger guard, and wherein said finger is one of said fingers.
  17. 17. A grip frame according to any of claims 11 to 16 wherein the rear edge has a central portion which is substantially vertical.
  18. 18. A grip frame according to claim 17 wherein the central portion extends over at least a third of the length of the grip and is within 10 of vertical.
  19. 19. A marker according to any foregoing claim wherein the grip defines at least two hand positions wherein the angle of the palm of the users hand relative to the firing axis differs by at least 100 between the two positions.
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  20. 20. A grip frame according to claim 19 wherein the upper part and the lower part are each at least 5cm long and each have a radius of curvature of at least 5cm.
  21. 21. A paintball marker substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4, Figure 7, Figure 8 or Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings.
  22. 22. A grip frame for a paintball marker substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 or Figure 7, of the accompanying drawings.
    22. A grip frame for a paintball marker substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4, Figure 7, Figure 8 or Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings.
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    Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows 1. A paintball marker comprising a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, a trigger, and a grip arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage a palm of a hand of the user, the rear edge having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip, and wherein the rear edge includes a portion which is at least a third of the length of the grip and is substantially vertical.
    2. A marker according to claim 1 wherein the upper part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly upwards and the lower part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly downwards.
    3. A marker according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the upper part and the lower part are together formed as a continuous curve, so as to provide a range of hand positions on the grip with an associated range of angles of the user's palm.
    4. A marker according to claim 3 wherein the radius of curvature of the curve is substantially constant over at least half of the length of the grip.
    5. A marker according to claim 4 wherein the centre of curvature of the curve of at least one of the upper and lower parts is located substantially at a position in which a finger of the trigger hand of the user will rest when the marker is in use.
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    6. A marker according to claim 5 further comprising a trigger guard, wherein the grip includes a lower portion which extends below the trigger guard and is arranged to support fingers of the user's hand which are not protected by the trigger guard, and wherein said finger is one of said fingers.
    7. A marker according to any foregoing claim wherein said portion of the rear edge is a central portion.
    8. A marker according to any forgoing claim wherein said portion is within 10 of vertical.
    9. A marker according to any foregoing claim wherein the grip defines at least two hand positions wherein the angle of the palm of the users hand relative to the firing axis differs by at least 100 between the two positions.
    10. A marker according to claim 9 wherein the upper part and the lower part are each at least 5cm long and each have a radius of curvature of at least 5cm.
    11. A grip frame for a paintball marker comprising a main body and a barrel defining a firing axis, the grip frame comprising a trigger, and a grip arranged to be held in a hand of a user which operates the trigger, wherein the grip has a rear edge arranged to engage the palm of the hand of a user, the rear edge having an upper part, and a lower part which is inclined to the upper part, so that the angle of the user's palm to the firing axis can be changed by moving the position of the hand on the grip, and wherein the rear edge includes a portion which is at least a third of the length of the grip and is substantially vertical.
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    12. A grip frame according to claim 11 wherein the upper part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly upwards and the lower part is inclined to the vertical and faces slightly downwards.
    13. A grip frame according to claim 11 or claim 12 wherein the upper part and the lower part are together formed as a continuous curve, so as to provide a range of hand positions on the grip with an associated range of angles of the user's palm.
    14. A grip frame according to claim 13 wherein the radius of curvature of the curve is substantially constant over at least half of the length of the grip.
    15. A grip frame according to claim 14 wherein the centre of curvature of the curve of at least one of the upper and lower parts is located substantially at a position in which a finger of the trigger hand of the user will rest when the marker is in use.
    16. A grip frame according to claim 15 further comprising a trigger guard, wherein the grip includes a lower portion which extends below the trigger guard and is arranged to support fingers of the user's hand which are not protected by the trigger guard, and wherein said finger is one of said fingers.
    17. A grip frame according to any of claims 11 to 16 wherein said portion of the rear edge is a central portion.
    18. A grip frame according to any of claims 11 to 17 said portion is within 10 of vertical.
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    19. A grip frame according to any of claims 11 to 18 wherein the grip defines at least two hand positions wherein the angle of the palm of the users hand relative to the firing axis differs by at least 100 between the two positions.
    20. A grip frame according to claim 19 wherein the upper part and the lower part are each at least 5cm long and each have a radius of curvature of at least 5cm.
    21. A paintball marker substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 or Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings.
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