Wearable vest with vessel and optical sensor

A vest for a laser tag game system, the vest comprising:

• a breastplate with a back surface configured to face a torso and an opposite front surface configured to face away from the torso;
• a vessel carried by the breastplate and having a closable inlet;
• a pump carried by the breastplate and fluidly coupled to the vessel;
• a power source carried by the breastplate and electrically coupled to the pump;
• a sensor carried by the breastplate and electrically coupled to the power source and the pump, the sensor configured to sense an infrared light incident on the sensor to operate the pump;
• a nozzle carried by the breastplate and fluidly coupled to the pump;
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• the nozzle being oriented to face upwardly;
• a protrusion extending from a front surface of the breastplate and having a lateral dimension occupying a majority of a lateral dimension of the breastplate;
• an aperture being formed at least partially in the protrusion;
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• the vessel being at least partially located in the protrusion.

A vest for a laser tag game system, the vest comprising:

• a breastplate/gorget with a back surface configured to face a torso and an opposite front surface configured to face away from the torso;
• at least one strap coupled to the breastplate and forming a loop with the breastplate and configured to secure the breastplate to the torso;
• a bulbous protrusion extending from a front surface of the breastplate;
• a bladder/vessel carried by the breastplate and having a closable inlet;
• the bladder having a hemispherical dome located in the bulbous protrusion of the breastplate;
• an aperture formed in the bulbous protrusion;
• the hemispherical dome of the bladder closing the aperture and being visible through the aperture;
• an upper lobe extending from the front surface of the breastplate and over an upper portion of the hemispherical dome of the bladder;
• a lower lobe extending from the front surface of the breastplate and over a lower portion of the hemispherical dome of the bladder;
• a pump carried by the breastplate and fluidly coupled to the bladder;
• a power source carried by the breastplate and electrically coupled to the pump;
• a sensor carried by the breastplate and electrically coupled to the power source and the pump, the sensor configured to sense an infrared light incident on the sensor to operate the pump;
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• a nozzle carried by the breastplate, positioned on the upper lobe, and fluidly coupled to the pump;
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• the nozzle being oriented to face upwardly or downwardly.

A wearable vest, the vest comprising:

• a breastplate with a back surface configured to face a torso and an opposite front surface configured to face away from the torso;
• a vessel carried by the breastplate, the vessel configured to hold a selected liquid;
• a nozzle is connected to the vessel, the nozzle having an air opening and a fluid opening configured to be fluidly coupled with the selected liquid;
• an optical sensor carried by the breastplate and configured to receive an encoded optical signal from one or more of a plurality of optical signal sources;
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• one or more processors electrically coupled to the optical sensor, the one or more processors configured to:
• determine information in the encoded optical signal;
• select a response based on the information in the encoded optical signal;
• send a signal, based on the selected response, to enable the selected liquid to be directed out of the vessel through the air opening of the nozzle towards a wearer of the wearable vest for a selected period of time;
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• wherein the vessel comprises a bulbous protrusion extending from the front surface of the breastplate and having a lateral dimension occupying a majority of a lateral dimension of the breastplate.