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.
Claims17
A tactical system for wearing by an individual comprising:
- a dynamic load carriage apparatus having a first stay and a second stay configured to distribute a load weight along a base belt;
- a receiver component of a universal adapter system having a base portion coupled to the base belt;
- a locking mechanism secured to the base portion, the locking mechanism comprising a retention arm and a rotatable biased arm defining a channel, the rotatable biased arm rotatable between an open position and a closed position, the retention arm providing access to the channel in the open position and blocking access to the channel in the closed position;
- an adapter component of the universal adapter system having a mounting body coupled to the first stay and the second stay of the dynamic load carriage apparatus;
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- a mounting bar extending from the mounting body and receivable within the channel of the rotatable biased arm, the mounting bar displacing within the channel relative to the rotatable biased arm in response to movement of the individual causing a load shift of the dynamic load carriage apparatus, the displacement of the mounting bar compensating for the load shift through at least one of a sliding action or a twisting action.
A tactical system for wearing by an individual comprising:
- a first stay of a dynamic load carriage apparatus extending from a first end portion to a second end portion;
- a second stay of the dynamic load carriage apparatus extending from a first end portion to a second end portion;
- an adapter portion having a mounting body, the first end portion of the first stay and the first end portion of the second stay coupled to the mounting body;
- a receiver having a base portion mounted to a belt, the receiver movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a mounting bar extending from the mounting body, the receiver locking the mounting bar in the closed position such that the mounting bar is displaceable in response to a load shift in the dynamic load carriage.
A universal adapter system comprising:
- a mounting body having a front surface opposite a back surface, the mounting body configured to engage a load;
- a first socket extending from the front surface of the mounting body;
- a second socket extending from the front surface of the mounting body;
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- a mounting bar having a middle portion extending along a curve between a first end and a second end, the first socket engaging the first end of the mounting bar and the second socket engaging the second end of the mounting bar, the middle portion of the mounting bar receivable in a channel of a locking mechanism of a receiving component, the mounting bar displaceable within the channel when the locking mechanism is in a closed position in response to a shift in the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.