Patent ID: 7730553

Claim:
An upper torso garment for stabilizing a curved rear portion of a gas system tank of a paintball marker, the upper torso garment comprising: a flexible fabric; a neck opening; at least one arm opening; and a plurality of tacky protrusions disposed in one or more gripping regions on the flexible fabric in at least a lower shoulder area extending between a side portion of the neck opening and a lowermost portion of the at least one arm opening of at least one of a left and right side of the upper torso garment, the plurality of tacky protrusions being fixedly attached to the garment and spaced apart so as to expose at least a portion of the flexible fabric between the tacky protrusions and provide flexibility in the gripping regions, the plurality of tacky protrusions being configured to grip the curved rear portion of the gas system tank when the rear portion is placed against the garment.