Patent ID: 6857460

Claim:
A portable paintball bunker for temporary deployment atop a playing surface of a paintball game field to protect a player from being hit by a paintball shot from a paintball marker of an opposing player, comprising: a frame assembly formed of straight tubular frame members including one central upright frame member, two diagonal upper edge frame members and two lower ground-supported frame members and connecting fittings for attaching ends of said tubular frame members together to define two substantially upright planar right triangular shaped perimeter frames having a common upright edge therebetween defined by said central upright frame member; a flexible cover including two substantially right triangular panels having a common upright margin and each being sized and shaped to extend over one of said perimeter frames, edge margins of said cover having longitudinal pockets formed to receive one corresponding said frame member inserted therein whereby said cover is held and supported by said frame assembly with said upright margin positioned against said central upright frame member; each of said panels also sized overall to be slightly larger than each said perimeter frame causing each said panel to slightly sag and be untensioned whereby risk of damage caused by propelled paintballs striking thereagainst is substantially reduced.