Accessory adapter

An adapter for attaching an accessory, the adapter comprising:

• a wearable component mounting portion disposed at a first end of the adapter, the wearable component mounting portions comprising a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of fasteners to attach the adapter to a wearable component, the plurality of apertures comprising:
• a first aperture disposed at a first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along a first lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion;
• a second aperture disposed at a second end of the wearable component mounting portion opposite the first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along the first lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion, the second aperture aligned with the first aperture in a direction of a first axis of the adapter and spaced apart from the first aperture in a direction of a second axis of the adapter, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis;
• a third aperture disposed at the first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along a second lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion opposite the first lateral slide of the wearable component mounting portion, the third aperture spaced apart from the first aperture in the direction of the first axis and aligned with the first aperture in the direction of the second axis;
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• a fourth aperture disposed at the second end of the wearable component mounting portion and along the second lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion, the fourth aperture aligned with the third aperture in the direction of the first axis and spaced apart from the third aperture in the direction of the second axis;
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• an accessory mounting platform disposed at a second end of the adapter opposite the first end of the adapter and spaced apart from the wearable component mounting portion in the direction of the second axis, the accessory mounting platform comprising:
• a first elongated aperture disposed at a first end of the accessory mounting platform and along a first lateral side of the accessory mounting platform, the first elongated aperture being configured to receive a first fastener and having an arcuate shape;
• a second elongated aperture disposed at the first end of the accessory mounting platform and along a second lateral side of the accessory mounting platform opposite the first lateral side of the accessory mounting platform, the second elongated aperture spaced apart from the first elongated aperture in the direction of the first axis and aligned with the first elongated aperture in the direction of the second axis, and the second elongated aperture being configured to receive a second fastener and having an arcuate shape;
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• a plurality of positional slots disposed at a second end of the accessory mounting platform opposite the first end of the accessory mounting platform and arranged in an arcuate shape having a concave side facing the first end of the accessory mounting platform and symmetric about the second axis, the plurality of positional slots configured to receive a third fastener, wherein the first elongated aperture, the second elongated aperture, and the plurality of positional slots are configured to enable mounting of the accessory at a plurality of cant angles relative to the second axis.

A method of mounting an accessory to a wearable component, the method comprising:

• positioning a plurality of fasteners through a plurality of apertures of a wearable component mounting portion of an adapter to attach the adapter to the wearable component, the wearable component mounting portion disposed at a first end of the adapter, and the plurality of apertures comprising:
• a first aperture disposed at a first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along a first lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion;
• a second aperture disposed at a second end of the wearable component mounting portion opposite the first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along the first lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion, the second aperture aligned with the first aperture in a direction of a first axis of the adapter and spaced apart from the first aperture in a direction of a second axis of the adapter, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis;
• a third aperture disposed at the first end of the wearable component mounting portion and along a second lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion opposite the first lateral slide of the wearable component mounting portion, the third aperture spaced apart from the first aperture in the direction of the first axis and aligned with the first aperture in the direction of the second axis;
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• a fourth aperture disposed at the second end of the wearable component mounting portion and along the second lateral side of the wearable component mounting portion, the fourth aperture aligned with the third aperture in the direction of the first axis and spaced apart from the third aperture in the direction of the second axis;
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• positioning a first fastener through the accessory into a first elongated aperture of an accessory mounting platform of the adapter, wherein the first elongated aperture is disposed at a first end of the accessory mounting platform and along a first lateral side of the accessory mounting platform and has an arcuate shape;
• positioning a second fastener through the accessory into a second elongated aperture of the accessory mounting platform, wherein the second elongated aperture is disposed at the first end of the accessory mounting platform and along a second lateral side of the accessory mounting platform opposite the first lateral side of the accessory mounting platform, wherein the second elongated aperture is spaced apart from the first elongated aperture in the direction of the first axis and aligned with the first elongated aperture in the direction of the second axis, and wherein the second elongated aperture has an arcuate shape;
• positioning a third fastener through the accessory into one of a plurality of positional slots of the accessory mounting platform, wherein the plurality of positional slots is disposed at a second end of the accessory mounting platform opposite the first end of the accessory mounting platform and arranged in an arcuate shape having a concave side facing the first end of the accessory mounting platform and symmetric about the second axis;
• determining a cant angle for mounting of the accessory;
• rotating the first fastener, the second fastener, and the third fastener along an arc relative to the second axis to the cant angle;
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• tightening the first fastener, the second fastener, and the third fastener.