Universal adapter system for a dynamic load carriage apparatus
AssigneeTYR Tactical, LLC
InventorJason Beck
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Abstract
Embodiments of universal adapter system including a receiver component having base portion configured to be coupled to a base belt worn by an individual and a locking mechanism which is operative to be engaged to a mounting bar of an adapter component that is secured to a dynamic load carriage apparatus, wherein the mounting bar is capable of a sliding action that compensates for a shift in load that is associated with the individual are disclosed. In operation, the receiver component may be engaged and disengaged from the adapter component while being worn by the individual using a single-handed operation.
Claims20
A universal adapter system comprising:
- a receiver component comprising:
- a base portion configured to be coupled to a base belt and
- a locking mechanism secured to the base portion, the locking mechanism comprising a rotatable biased arm defining a channel and a retention arm in operative association with the rotatable biased arm, wherein the locking mechanism is rotatable between an open position that allows access to the channel by the retention arm and a closed position that blocks access to the channel by the retention arm;
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- an adapter component that is operative to be secured to the receiver component, the adapter component comprising:
- a mounting body configured to be coupled to a dynamic load carriage apparatus that compensates for shifting of a load associated with an individual;
- and
- a mounting bar extending from the mounting body and configured to be received within the channel of the rotatable biased arm, wherein a shift in load associated with an individual causes a sliding action by the mounting bar relative to the rotatable biased arm.
A universal adapter system comprising:
- a receiver component comprising:
- a base portion configured to be coupled to a base belt and
- a locking mechanism secured to the base portion, the locking mechanism comprising a rotatable biased arm defining a channel and a retention arm in operative association with the rotatable biased arm, wherein the locking mechanism is rotatable between an open position that allows access to the channel by the retention arm and a closed position that blocks access to the channel by the retention arm;
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- an adapter component that is operative to be secured to the receiver component, the adapter component comprising:
- a mounting body;
- and
- a mounting bar extending from the mounting body and configured to be received within the channel of the rotatable biased arm, wherein a shift in load associated with an individual causes a sliding action by the mounting bar along the channel of the locking mechanism to compensate for a shifting of the load associated with the individual.
A method of assembling a universal adapter system comprising:
- coupling a receiver component to a base belt configured to be worn around the waist of an individual, the receiver component comprising:
- a base portion configured to be coupled to the base belt and
- a locking mechanism secured to the base portion, the locking mechanism comprising a rotatable biased arm defining a channel and a retention arm in operative association with the rotatable biased arm, wherein the locking mechanism is rotatable between an open position that allows access to the channel by the retention arm and a closed position that blocks access to the channel by the retention arm;
- placing the locking mechanism of the receiver component in the open position;
- engaging an adapter component to the locking mechanism of the receiver component, the adapter component comprising:
- a mounting body;
- and
- a mounting bar extending from the mounting body, the mounting body being configured to be received within the channel of rotatable biased arm, wherein a shift in load associated with an individual causes a sliding action by the mounting bar along the channel of the locking mechanism to compensate for a shifting of the load associated with the individual;
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- placing the locking mechanism of the receiver component in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.