Patent ID: 7617817

Claim:
In a loader for supplying paintballs to a gas-operated paintball gun having a barrel and a hollow firing chamber, the loader having a housing for storing a plurality of paintballs, the housing having an outlet opening, a feed tube having a first end connected to the outlet opening of the housing and a second end connectable to the firing chamber of the paintball gun when the loader is operatively mounted to the paintball gun, a paddle wheel rotatably disposed in the housing for feeding the paintballs into the feed tube, wherein the improvement comprises: a mounting fixture attached to the loader housing and removably attachable to a compressed gas cylinder having an outer circumference and connected to the paintball gun, said mounting fixture further comprising a saddle, said saddle having an inner circumference shaped to fit adjacent to the outer circumference of the compressed gas cylinder, an inner circumference liner, a retainer connected to the saddle in a manner to encircle the compressed gas cylinder, and a connector attached to the saddle that is also attachable to the loader housing in a manner to prevent relative movement between the loader and the compressed gas cylinder.