Patent ID: 7980561

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a paintball in a first layer of material, the paintball being received via a target mounted in front of the first layer of material relative to forward motion of the paintball; slowing forward motion of the paintball via the first layer of material without breaking the paintball; receiving the paintball in a second layer of material, the second layer of material being behind the first layer of material relative to forward motion of the paintball; slowing forward motion of the paintball via the second layer of material without breaking the paintball; and directing the paintball to a paintball loader; wherein the method is performed using a targeting system comprising a frame that holds the first and second layers of material; wherein the frame comprises a top part, a bottom part, a front part, and a back part, each of the top part and the bottom part being rotatably attached to at least one of the front part and the back part, each of the front part and the back part comprising a structure that encloses an area; and wherein the method further comprises folding the frame by rotating the top part and at least two of: the front part, the back part, and the bottom part, relative to each other to form a folded frame structure in which each of the top part, the bottom part, the front part, and the back part remain connected.