Torso garment
AssigneeDye Precision, Inc.
InventorBryon Benini
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Abstract
A torso-covering garment for playing paintball having gripping areas to enable the user to grippably contact a gripping area of the garment with the butt stock of the gun. Each gripping area comprises a pliant, non-cushioning substrate. Common embodiments of the garment are shirts, jerseys, jackets, and vests. A method of playing paintball which comprises wearing the garment of the invention, and a method of fabricating the garment.
Claims20
A garment for stabilizing a curved rear portion of a gas system tank of a paintball marker to a user's lower shoulder area, the garment comprising a flexible fabric having an outer side comprising one or more gripping areas in the lower shoulder area, at least one of the gripping areas comprising a plurality of non-cushioning protuberances, the non-cushioning protuberances being relatively non-compressible so as to not absorb a shock or blow, the non-cushioning protuberances being fixedly attached to the fabric and spaced apart so as to expose at least a portion of the outer surface between the protuberances.
A garment for stabilizing a curved rear portion of a gas system tank of a paintball marker, the garment comprising:
- a flexible fabric having left and right lower shoulder areas, the left and right lower shoulder areas being configured to cover a left and right front lower shoulder region, respectively, of a wearer's torso;
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- a plurality of tacky protrusions disposed in at least one of the left and right lower shoulder areas, the plurality of tacky protrusions being fixedly attached to the flexible fabric and spaced apart so as to expose at least a portion of the flexible fabric between the tacky protrusions, the plurality of tacky protrusions being configured to grip the curved rear portion of the gas system tank when the rear portion is placed against the garment.
A method of fabricating a garment for stabilizing a curved rear portion of a gas system tank of a paintball marker against the torso of a user wearing the garment, comprising:
- providing a flexible fabric having an outer side;
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- forming on the outer side a plurality of non-cushioning protuberances, the non-cushioning protuberances being relatively non-compressible so as to not absorb a shock or blow, the non-cushioning protuberances being spaced apart so as to expose at least a portion of the outer surface between the protuberances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.