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US 12,453,388 B2Granted
Load bearing pocket insert
OwnerWesley C. Dorsey, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A load bearing apparatus has a substantially rigid insertion panel of a width and height to slip fit to internal dimensions of a pocket of a garment, a first portion of an attachment mechanism coupled to an upper edge of the insertion panel, and one or more flexible extensions joined proximate the upper edge of the insertion panel and having an attachment element at an opposite end of the one or more flexible extensions configured to attach to compatible elements on a front surface of the pocket.
Claims11
A load bearing apparatus, comprising:
- a substantially rigid insertion panel of a width and height to slip fit to internal dimensions of a pocket of a garment;
- a male or female portion of a snap-in buckle coupled to an upper edge of the insertion panel;
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- one or more flexible extensions joined proximate the upper edge of the insertion panel and having an attachment element at an opposite end of the one or more flexible extensions configured to attach to compatible elements on a front surface of the pocket.
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A method of carrying equipment, comprising:
- inserting a substantially rigid insertion panel of a width and height to slip fit to internal dimensions of a pocket of a garment into the pocket, the insertion panel having a male or female portion of a snap-in buckle coupled to an upper edge of the insertion panel and one or more flexible extensions joined proximate the upper edge of the insertion panel and having an attachment element at an opposite end of the one or more flexible extensions configured to attach to compatible elements on a front surface of the pocket;
- coupling the attachment elements at the ends of the flexible extensions to the compatible elements of the front of the pocket, securing an equipment element having first and second leg straps ending in compatible portions of a snap-in buckle to the insertion panel by a second portion of an attachment mechanism compatible with the first portion of the attachment mechanism joined to the upper edge of the insertion panel;
- and buckling the leg straps around a thigh of the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.