Patent ID: 7178515

Claim:
A paintball marker system, comprising: a paintball hopper; a paintball marker; and, a coupler having an open passage and adapted to releasably couple said paintball hopper to said paintball marker, whereby paintballs pass from said hopper through said open passage into said paintball marker, said coupler comprising; a feed neck adapted to connect to said paintball hopper; a marker mount adapted to connect to said paintball marker, said feed neck engages and releasably couples to said marker mount, said feed neck decouples and separates from said marker mount; a plurality of pins extending from said feed neck; a plurality of grooves in said marker mount adapted to align to said pins, each of said grooves having a locking portion; and, an o-ring and wave spring for holding said pins in said locking portions when said pins are positioned in said locking portions.