Quick-mount interlocking attaching system

A substrate object adapter for removably securing an accessory object to the substrate object with a discrete locking member, the accessory object including a plurality of loops disposed at spaced apart locations along a column axis forming at least one loop column having a common passage therethrough, the locking member being removably insertable through the loop column of the accessory object, the adapter comprising:

• a base affixable to a top side of the substrate object;
• a loop column including a plurality of loops disposed at spaced apart locations along a column axis and oriented so as to define a common passage therethrough;
• wherein the loops are formed of a solid polymer material and dimensioned to position at least one of the loops of one of the loop columns of one of the adapter and accessory object between at least two of the loops of a corresponding loop column of the other of the adapter and accessory object when loop columns of the adapter and accessory object are placed in operational alignment with the common passages of the corresponding loop columns aligned;
• wherein insertion of the locking member into the common passages of the adapter and accessory object when the adapter and accessory object are in operational alignment interlocks the adapter to the substrate object, and withdrawal of the locking member from the common passages releases the adapter from the substrate object;
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• wherein the loops of the adapter are sufficiently rigid to remain open so as to permit passage of the locking member therethrough when the adapter is flexed.

An adapter configured for releasably connecting an accessory object to a substrate object comprising a load bearing fabric garment, wherein one of the accessory object or wearable garment includes a plurality of loops formed on an outer side thereof along a column axis such that the loops define a common passageway for receiving an elongate locking member therethrough, comprising:

• an elongate locking member having a main body, a leading end and an enlarged trailing end;
• an adapter body formed from a solid polymer material comprising:
• a substantially flat base having a top side and a bottom side affixable to one of the object or garment;
• a plurality of spaced apart raised areas positioned on a column axis and extending upwardly from the top side of the base, each of the raised areas having a slot formed therethrough on the column axis such that the slots of the raised areas define a common passageway aligned with the common axis, the slots configured to receive the leading end and main body of the elongate locking member, the slots having a dimension smaller than a corresponding dimension of the trailing end of the locking member such that the trailing end of the locking member cannot pass through the slots and wherein the main body of the locking member is configured with a width greater than height such that the locking member is non-rotatatable relative to the common axis when positioned in one of the slots;
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• wherein the spacing between the raised areas is dimensioned to enable at least one of the loops to be positioned between two of the raised areas when the respective column axes are positioned in operational alignment such the adapter is secured to one of the accessory object or wearable garment when the elongate locking member is inserted through the common passages and released from the accessory object or wearable garment when the locking member is removed from the common passages.