Barrel locking apparatus for a paintball gun

Abstract

Paintball or non-lethal gun or marker apparatuses are disclosed to prevent projectiles from being inadvertently discharged from a paintball or other non-lethal gun or markers.

1 . A barrel locking apparatus comprising: 
 a threaded end,    where the apparatus is designed to be screw onto an end of a threaded barrel to block the barrel preventing the inadvertent discharge of a projectile.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a hollow tubular member, where a proximal end is the threaded end and is closed and a distal end is opened.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 one or a plurality of vents in the closed end.    
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a hollow tubular member, where a proximal end is the threaded end and is opened and a distal end is closed.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising: 
 one or a plurality of vents in the closed end.    
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises an end cap, where the proximal end is the threaded end and an enlarged distal end for ease of threading onto the threaded end of the barrel.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising: 
 one or a plurality of vents in the closed end.    
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises an end cap, where the proximal end is the threaded end and an enlarged flattened distal end for ease of threading onto the threaded end of the barrel.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising: 
 one or a plurality of vents in the closed end.    
   
   
       10 . A barrel locking apparatus comprising: 
 a barrel pin having an enlarged proximal end;    where the pin is designed to be inserted into an aperture in a barrel of a non-lethal gun and to stop a projectile from inadvertently being discharged from the barrel.    
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a barrel pin mount; and    a barrel pin line;    where a first end of the barrel pin line attached to the barrel and a second end of the barrel pin line is attach to the proximal end of the barrel pin and where the mount is designed to retain the barrel pin when it is not deployed.    
   
   
       12 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a retaining pin designed to be inserted through an aperture in a distal end of the barrel pin to prevent the barrel pin from falling out of the aperture in the barrel.    
   
   
       13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 a retaining pin mount; and    a retaining pin line;    where a first end of the retaining pin line attached to the mount and a second end of the retaining pin line is attach to the proximal end of the retaining pin and where the mount is designed to retain the retaining pin when it is not deployed.    
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a retaining pin designed to be inserted through an aperture in a distal end of the barrel pin to prevent the barrel pin from falling out of the aperture in the barrel,    a barrel pin mount;    a barrel pin line;    a retaining pin mount; and    a retaining pin line;    where a first end of the barrel pin line attached to the mount and a second end of the barrel pin line is attach to the proximal end of the barrel pin and where the mount is designed to retain the barrel pin when it is not deployed and where a first end of the retaining pin line attached to the mount and a second end of the retaining pin line is attach to the proximal end of the retaining pin and where the mount is designed to retain the retaining pin when it is not deployed.    
   
   
       15 . A barrel locking apparatus comprising: 
 a barrel lever, and    a pin about which the lever pivots;    where the lever is designed to extend through a slot in a barrel of a non-lethal gun and to stop a projectile from inadvertently being discharged from the barrel in its deployed state.    
   
   
       16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , further comprising: 
 a lever mount upon which the pin is mounted; and    a mount designed to retain the lever when in its undeployed state.    
   
   
       17 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , further comprising: 
 recess in the barrel for retaining a first end of the lever flush with the barrel in its undeployed state and to allow the first end to be raised to transition the lever to its deployed state, where a second end block the barrel.