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Harness with outer flapHarness with outer flap description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090114694, Harness with outer flap. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/946,593, filed Jun. 27, 2007, which is incorporated in its entirety by reference as if fully set forth herein. The present invention relates to generally the field of paintball sport equipment, and in particular, to a harness system for carrying paintballs which allows for quick and efficient access to the paintball pods and paintballs stored thereon, without sacrificing the comfort or mobility of the user. Paintball is a popular action sport generally involving two teams. The object of the game is for either of the teams to capture the opposing team\'s flag while at the same time eliminating as many of the opposing team\'s players as possible. Players (also referred to herein as “users”) on each team are armed with paintball markers that shoot spherical gelatin capsules filled with liquid paint or dye commonly referred to as paintballs. These projectiles are stored in paintball loaders, which sit atop the markers and feed the paintballs into the marker. During play of the sport, the players on each team advance towards the opposing team\'s base in hopes of stealing the opposing team\'s flag, without being eliminated from the war game. A player is eliminated from the game when the player is hit by a paintball fired from an opposing player\'s marker. When the paintball hits a player it usually ruptures leaving a “splat” of paint. Paintball has experienced tremendous growth in technological advancements over the past several years. With the advent of semi-, and fully-automatic markers, firing rates have dramatically increased. As a result, more sophisticated paintball loaders were needed to deliver paintballs at higher feed rates than the original gravity assisted loaders could provide. As a standard paintball loader holds only about 200 paintballs, these new high-speed marker and loader combinations are capable of emptying a full loader in as little as 1 minute of sustained firing. As a result, players must often carry a supplemental supply of paintballs with them during a game from which to refill their loader on the playing field. In order to accomplish this, harnesses or packs are often utilized by players to hold “pods” (containers filled with paintballs, generally tubular containers with removable lids) full of extra paintballs, and/or other equipment, such as a remotely-located compressed gas tank to power the marker or cleaning devices, such as squeegees. These arrangements provide players with a portable supply of paintballs and other equipment without the need to drastically increase the capacity, and therefore the size, of the loader. Conventional harnesses consist of a waist-encircling belt or strap with hoops or other compartments designed to retain paintball carrying pods, compressed gas tanks, or other equipment. These conventional harnesses or packs must typically be removed by the player to access the equipment held by the harness, for instance, to reload their marker with the paintball-filled pods. Alternatively, a player may perform a difficult, ungainly, and often time consuming reach around to the rear of the pack to remove the pods or reload the pods into the harness, or have another person remove the pods or reload the pods for them. In the fast-paced sport of paintball, these awkward reloading procedures are extremely inconvenient and time-consuming. Moreover, they often require a player to turn his back and lose site of the playing field, a position that can prove costly in the fast-paced game. In order to eliminate some of these risks, some harnesses orient the pod-holding compartments on the side of a player, rather than on the player\'s back. These arrangements eliminate the need for the player to reach completely around to access the paintball pods. However, they impact a player\'s mobility on the field, as the side positioning often interferes with the movement of a player\'s arms, as well as their ability to position their bodies, for example, while lying on the ground to obtain an advantageous firing position, or evading incoming fire from an opposing team. For these reasons, a rearward positioning of the storage compartments is preferred. Accordingly, there remains a need for a harness that allows for quick and easy loading and reloading of pods, while maintaining the mobility of the user. In addition there remains a need for a harness that is comfortable and easy to put on and remove from a player\'s body. The present invention provides a waist-encircling harness for holding removable objects, preferably, paintball holding pods. The harness includes a substantially elongated main body having a mid-section with first and second junction ends. A first end section extends from the first junction end of the mid-section, the first end section having a first free end. A second end section extends from the second junction end of the mid-section, the second end section having a second free end. The first free end and the second free end are adapted to be removably attachable to each other. The harness further includes an outer flap member having an outer surface and an inner surface configured to be removably attachable to at least a portion of the mid-section. The outer flap member has at least one receptacle for retaining the at least one paintball sport item on the harness, a junction end hingedly attached to the second junction end of the mid-section, and a free end extending substantially along a length of the elongated main body. The free end of the outer flap member configured to be removably attachable to the first end section of the main body. In an embodiment of the present invention, the midsection further includes padding arranged between the compartment and the portion configured positioned to abut a user\'s back when worn on the body. The compartment and receptacles are preferably comprised of flexible elastic, or other suitable expanding materials, in order to accept multiple sizes and configurations of equipment, preferably paintball pods, to be stored therein. The compartments can be lined with a friction enhancing material, such as rubber, to facilitate the securing of the equipment in the receptacle. Various retaining rings, tethers, or other securing means can be attached to the compartment or receptacles, in order to facilitate holding paintball-filled pods, squeegees, or any other equipment needed on the playing field. The outer flap member may also comprise reinforcing ribs or bars, configured to maintain the structural integrity and supporting function of the compartment and receptacles when the harness is loaded. The present invention further provides a method for loading and unloading removable objects retained in an outer flap member of a waist-encircling harness. A free end of the outer flap member is detached from an attachment area of the harness. The outer flap member is pivoted away from the attachment area. The removable objects are then accessed. Once the objects have been reinserted, the outer flap member is then reattached by securing the free end of the outer flap to the attachment area of the harness. Continue reading about Harness with outer flap... 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