Attachment system for backpacks, vests, belts and the like
AssigneeNational Molding Corporation
InventorJoseph Anscher
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Abstract
An attachment system for coupling an object such as a small pouch or case or a tool or flashlight to a belt, backpack, knapsack, vest or the like. The attachment system includes a tab which is sewn to the belt, backpack or etc. . . and which has an elevated region defining a key-like opening. The system also includes a coupling member having a key-like structure which may be inserted into the opening in the tab member, and which may be rotated between a position wherein the coupling member is secured to the tab member and a second position wherein the coupling member may be detached from the tab member. The coupling member may be attached to a pouch or small case. In another embodiment, the coupling member can releasably attach the shaft of a tool or flashlight.
Claims9
A system which couples a pouch or a case to a garment, comprising:
- a tab attached to an outer surface of a garment, the tab having an elevated region which is spaced away from a padded region on said outer surface, and the elevated region defining an opening therein;
- a coupling member which defines a structure which may be inserted into said opening, wherein the structure is selectively movable in said opening between a first position in which the structure may be removed from said opening and a second position in which at least a portion of the structure is situated in the space between the elevated region of the tab and the padded region of the outer surface of the garment, whereby said at least a portion of the structure is squeezed between the padded region and the elevated region of the tab to hold the coupling member to the tab;
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- the coupling member having a tab which is attached to the pouch or case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.