Patent ID: 7316431
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: F16L,F41B

Abstract:
1. An auto-adapting fitting for releasably connecting in a substantially coaxial, end-to-end orientation, a first paintball-associated device to a second paintball-associated device, said fitting comprises: a first tube of a first paintball-associated device, said first tube having a first axial opening and a sidewall, said sidewall further having a plurality of apertures extending radially therethrough proximate to said first axial opening; a second tube of a second paintball-associated device, said second tube having an outer diameter within a specified range; a slightly resilient annular retaining ring circumferentially mounted to said outer diameter of said second tube, said ring having a plurality of friction prominences adapted to penetrate through said plurality of apertures of said sidewall; and wherein said ring has a medial bulge in thickness yielding an axially variable resiliency.