Patent ID: 6860258

Claim:
A paintball loader in combination with a paintball gun, said gun having a loading chamber and a breech; said loader for individually urging paintballs from said loading chamber into said breech as said gun cycles; said loader comprising an oscillating paintball contact surface; said paintball contact surface residing in a contact-surface open position when said paintball gun is ready to fire; said paintball contact surface oscillatably movable, in response to the cycling of said gun, from said contact-surface open position toward said breech, and then back to said contact-surface open position; said paintball contact surface shaped, sized, mounted and positioned to provide space between said breech and said paintball contact surface for accommodating the movement of a paintball into said loading chamber when said paintball contact surface is in said contact-surface open position, and in response to the cycling of said gun (i) to engage and urge the paintball into said breech as said paintball contact surface moves toward said breech, and (ii) to return to said contact-surface open position.