Patent ID: 7905181
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A paintball comprising: a first half shell having a central recess; an aqueous material disposed within said central recess of said first half shell, said aqueous material including a thixotropic thickening agent that promotes a relatively liquid aqueous material when filling said recess, thereby completely filling and self-leveling said aqueous material in said recess without engaging a sealing surface of said first half shell to promote the bonding of said sealing surface, said thixotropic thickening agent ultimately causing said aqueous material to change to a gel that maintains position and configuration in said recess irrespective of the position of said first half shell; a second half shell having a central recess, said recesses of said first and said second half shells having the same dimensions and configurations, said second half shell being disposed relatively close to but separate from said first half shell; and an aqueous material disposed within said central recess of said second half shell, said aqueous material including a thixotropic thickening agent that promotes a relatively liquid aqueous material when filling said recess in said second half shell, thereby completely filling and self-leveling said aqueous material in said recess in said second half shell without engaging a sealing surface of said second half shell to promote the bonding of said sealing surface, said thixtropic thickening agent ultimately causing said aqueous material to change to a gel that maintains position and configuration in said recess of said second half shell irrespective of the position of said second half shell, said second half shell ultimately being inverted and aligned over said first half shell without providing a barrier to seal said aqueous gel material in said recess of said second half shell, whereby said second half shell is ultimately joined to said first half shell resulting in a paintball that ruptures when forcibly engaging a target, said thixtropic thickening agent allowing said gel to change to a liquid when the paintball forcibly impact the target to promote a relatively free flowing liquid aqueous material upon the target.