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US 2017/0211603 A1Published application
Tactical-gear interconnection system apparatus and method
OwnerDonald Kennair, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A tactical-gear interconnection system apparatus and method allowing connection of a variety of tactical gear such as gun stocks, camera supports, sights, rangefinders, grips, and clamps, in field-interchangeable configurations responsive to changes in field conditions, by providing same-sized threaded plug units on all gear and same-sized interchangeable unions for removable connection of various pieces of gear.
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A tactical-gear interconnection system apparatus for removably connecting a variety of pieces of tactical gear, comprising:
- (i) a plurality of plug units of the same size, affixed to tactical gear;
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- (ii) a union having two sockets of the same size as said plug units, said union comprising:
- (a) an internal-external threaded section having internal threads and an open end, defining a socket sized to accommodate any said plug unit, and having external threads and a closed end having a flat surface, defining a larger plug having a larger diameter;
- (b) an internal-only threaded section having internal threads and an open end, defining a socket sized to accommodate any said plug unit, having an external body surface not larger than the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section, and having a closed end having a flat surface extending beyond the external body surface and having a diameter larger than the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section;
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- (c) an internally threaded collar having internal threads and a first open end defining a larger socket sized to accommodate the larger plug of said internal-external threaded section, and a second open end having a central opening of the same size as the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section, and a circumferential solid projection adapted to make contact with the flat surface extending beyond the external body surface of said internal-only threaded section;
- where, in use, said internally threaded collar pushes said internal-only threaded section nominally downward while at the same time pulling said internal-external threaded section nominally upward, causing the two flat surfaces to be pressed together face to face;
- and where two pieces of tactical gear affixed one each to said plug units, when connected to the respective socket of said internal-external threaded section and said internal-only threaded section, are removably connected one piece of tactical gear to the other.
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A tactical-gear interconnection system method for removably connecting a variety of pieces of tactical gear, comprising:
- (i) providing a tactical-gear interconnection system apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of plug units of the same size, affixed to tactical gear;
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- (b) a union having two sockets of the same size as said plug units, said union comprising:
- (1) an internal-external threaded section having internal threads and an open end, defining a socket sized to accommodate any said plug unit, and having external threads and a closed end having a flat surface, defining a larger plug having a larger diameter;
- (2) an internal-only threaded section having internal threads and an open end, defining a socket sized to accommodate any said plug unit, having an external body surface not larger than the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section, and having a closed end having a flat surface extending beyond the external body surface and having a diameter larger than the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section;
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- (3) an internally threaded collar having internal threads and a first open end defining a larger socket sized to accommodate the larger plug of said internal-external threaded section, and a second open end having a central opening of the same size as the larger diameter of said internal-external threaded section, and a circumferential solid projection adapted to make contact with the flat surface extending beyond the external body surface of said internal-only threaded section;
- where, in use, said internally threaded collar pushes said internal-only threaded section nominally downward while at the same time pulling said internal-external threaded section nominally upward, causing the two flat surfaces to be pressed together face to face;
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- where two pieces of tactical gear affixed one each to said plug units, when connected to the respective socket of said internal-external threaded section and said internal-only threaded section, are removably connected one piece of tactical gear to the other;
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- (ii) using said tactical-gear interconnection system apparatus for removably connecting a variety of pieces of tactical gear.
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