Patent ID: 6928999

Claim:
A paintball gun comprising, in combination: a gun body; a gun tube secured to the gun body; a bolt sleeved inside the gun tube; a trigger moveable relative to the gun body between an un-pressed position and a shooting position; a substrate assembled in the gun body for controlling movement of the bolt in the gun tube due to pressing the trigger to shoot a paintball located in the gun tube; a first infra-red receiver and emitter provided on the gun tube, with the first infra-red receiver and emitter being in an “ON” status when the paintball is located between the first infra-red receiver and emitter, with the first infra-red receiver and emitter being in an “OFF” status when the paintball is not located between the first infra-red receiver and emitter; and a second infra-red receiver and emitter provided on the gun body relative to the trigger, with the second infra-red receiver and emitter being in an “ON” status when the trigger is in the shooting position and being in an “OFF” status when the trigger is in the un-pressed position, with movement of the bolt in the gun tube being blocked when either of the first and second infra-red receivers and emitters are in the “OFF” position and being allowed when both of the first and second infra-red receivers and emitters are in the “ON” position.