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US 7,200,871 B1Granted
Fabric for load bearing vests having a pocket fastening system
AssigneeSafari Land Ltd., Inc.
InventorRichard A. Carlson
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Abstract
A loop fabric sheet for a load bearing vest having a rotary die cut pattern including an array of holes extending through the sheet for receipt of snaps to interface with a Snap Grid removable pocket and an array of slots extending through the fabric sheet to accommodate straps for a Molle system removable pocket.
Claims20
A hook compatible fabric sheet having a first array of holes through the fabric sheet spaced in a matrix to accommodate a removable pocket and a second array of slots through the fabric sheet spaced in a matrix to accommodate a second removable pocket.
A carrier for a vest comprising:
- a loop fabric sheet having a plurality of holes extending through the loop fabric sheet in a first grid array and a plurality of slots extending through the loop fabric sheet in a second grid array
- a fastener positioned in each hole in the first grid array on the loop fabric sheet and at least one removable pocket for attachment to at least one of the fasteners positioned in each hole or the slots extending through the loop fabric sheet.
A ballistic vest comprising:
- a front panel;
- a back panel
- a fabric sheet positioned on an outer surface of at least one of the front panel or back panel, the fabric sheet having a grid array of holes extending through the sheet containing a fastener and the fabric sheet further having a second grid array of slots extending through the fabric sheet and at least one removable pocket for attachment to at least one of the fasteners positioned in each hole or the slots extending through the loop fabric sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.