US 6,745,400 B1Granted

Protective garment for game of paintball

OwnerTracy James Paciorkowskiinventor

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Abstract

A one piece protective garment to be worn by children or adults while playing paintball has padding sewn into it at spots where injury is anticipated due to collision with other players and obstacles. There are also a belted waist, a collar, central zipper, and adjustable safety closures on the sleeves, pant legs, and ankles for adjusting the garment's fit. A removable padded bib covers the chest for extra protection. Mesh-like material on the armpits and chest ventilates the player to avoid overheating. Accessible compartments store accessories specific to the game of paintball. The garment's material is a camouflage design, or dark color, in order for the user to blend into the landscape and effectively hide from other players. The material is also water resistant and strong enough to resist normal wear and tear. A quilted pattern is aesthetically pleasing and increases the material's strength.

A one piece garment, to be used by both children and adult players of the game of paintball, comprising an upper and lower torso portion, said upper torso portion further comprising:

(a) a chest portion, consisting of a pair of side panel portions,
(b) a pair of shoulder portions,
(c) a back portion, consisting of a center panel portion, and a pair of side panel portions,
(d) a pair of sleeve portions, consisting of a pair of cuff portions, a pair of wrist portions, a pair of elbow portions, a pair of biceps portions, a pair of forearm portions, and a pair of armpit portions, and
(e) a collar portion, consisting of a pair of front tabs, and a back portion, and said lower torso portion further comprising:
(a) a waist portion,
(b) a pair of hip portions,
(c) a frontal crotch portion,
(d) a pair of seat portions, and
(e) pair of pant leg portions, consisting of a pair of front thigh portions and a pair of back thigh portions, a pair of knee portions, a pair of shin portions and a pair of ankle portions,
whereby a plurality of protective padding is fixably attached by conventional stitch means to said pair of shoulder portions, said back portion's center panel portion, said back portion's pair of side panel portions covering said player's kidneys, and said pair of sleeve portion's said pair of wrist portions, said pair of elbow portions, said pair of biceps portions and said pair of forearm portions, said collar portion's back portion, said crotch portion, said pair of seat portions, and said pair of pant leg portion's said pair of front thigh portions and said pair of back thigh portions, said pair of knee portions, and said pair of shin portions of said garment, in order to protect said player from impact with objects during play, and
wherein said pair of sleeve portions and said pair of pant leg portions further comprise a plurality of strap means which are fixably attached by conventional stitch means at said pair of sleeve portion's said pair of cuff portions, said pair of wrist portions, said pair of elbow portions, and said pair of forearm portions, said pair of pant leg portion's said pair of knee portions and said pair of shin portions, whereby said plurality of strap means are adjusted by conventional safety closures in order to fit said garment tightly onto said player to avoid catching said garment onto objects during play in order to minimize accidents.

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