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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Bryon Benini, Cardiff By The Sea, CA (US);
Bryon Benini, Cardiff By The Sea, CA (US);
Dye Precision, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a garment for playing paintball which is a torso-covering garment having at least two mirror-image gripping regions each containing one or more gripping areas that bear a plurality of raised tacky protrusions on one or more portions of the garment which covers at least a portion of the torso, that is, one or more of the shoulder, chest, and abdominal areas of the torso. The garment enables the paintball player to grippably contact a gripping area of the garment with the curved rear portion of the air system tank of the paintball marker, which enhances stability and improves shooting accuracy. Further provided is a method of playing paintball which comprises wearing the garment of the invention while playing paintball.