Patent ID: 7748056

Claim:
A garment, comprising: a fabric having an upper arm sleeve area and a lower arm sleeve area operable to contact protective arm padding, the upper sleeve area being disposed above an elbow area of the garment and the lower arm sleeve area being disposed below the elbow area of the garment; and a plurality of bulge shaped gripping members disposed on the fabric to provide a high friction area, the gripping members comprising a material that exerts a greater frictional force on an object in contact therewith than the frictional force exerted by the fabric when in contact with the same object, wherein the plurality of gripping members are arranged into a plurality of rows and columns on the upper arm sleeve area and the lower arm sleeve area, such that outer portions of the fabric between the plurality of gripping members form interconnected channels extending from side to side and top to bottom of the high friction area beneath the protective arm padding, wherein no bulge shaped gripping members are provided in the elbow area of the garment between the upper arm sleeve area and the lower arm sleeve area, and wherein the plurality of bulge shaped gripping members on the upper arm sleeve area and the lower arm sleeve area are in contact with the protective arm padding.