Patent ID: 7431027

Claim:
An apparatus for releasably coupling a provided paintball hopper to a provided paintball marker, comprising: a marker mount having an axial passage and a plurality of bores perpendicular to the passage; a feed neck having an axial passage and a plurality of cavities; a plurality of spheres; and a retaining sleeve having a plurality of voids; and wherein: the marker mount for coupling to the paintball marker; the feed neck for coupling to the paintball hopper; each one cavity is separate from any other cavity; each bore having a first end portion and a second end portion respectively; one sphere is moveably positioned in each bore; the feed neck slidably engages the marker mount; the retaining sleeve is biased in a locked position and rotationally movable to an unlocked position: in the unlocked position: each sphere partially protrudes from the first end portion of its respective bore into a respective void of the plurality of voids; in the locked position: each sphere protrudes from the second end portion of its respective bore into one cavity of the plurality cavities; a portion of each sphere substantially fills its respective cavity thereby holding the feed neck rotationally immobile with respect to the marker mount.