Quick-mount flexible interlocking attaching system

An adapter for removably securing one of an accessory object or substrate object to another of an accessory object or substrate object using an elongate locking member having a main body, a leading end, a trailing end, a first latching feature and a configuration with a width greater than height, one of the substrate object or accessory object having a plurality of loops disposed at spaced apart locations along a column axis on a top side thereof, the loops forming at least one loop column, the adapter comprising:

• an adapter body formed from a solid material including a base affixable to one of the accessory object or substrate object;
• a first, substantially rigid end guide extending from the base proximate a first end of the adapter body, the first guide defining a slot having a width greater than height and including a second latching feature for engaging the first latching feature of the locking member;
• a second, substantially rigid end guide extending from the base proximate a second end of the adapter body, the second guide defining a slot having a width greater than height and including a second latching feature for engaging the first latching feature of the locking member;
• at least one, substantially rigid intermediate guide extending from the base and spaced apart from and disposed between the first and second end guides, each intermediate guide defining a slot having a width greater than height, the slots of the end and intermediate guides defining a common axis therethrough and defining a passageway through the guides for receiving the locking member;
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• wherein the main body of the locking member is received through at least one of the loops of the loop column and at least two of the slots to secure the adapter to one of the substrate object or accessory object with the first latching feature engaging one second latching feature to secure the locking member in the passageway such that the adapter is non-rotatatable around the locking member when the locking member is received in the slots.

An adapter for removably securing an accessory object to a wearable garment, the wearable garment having a plurality of loops disposed at spaced apart locations along a column axis on a top side thereof, the loops forming at least one loop column for receiving the main body of an elongate locking member having a first latching feature therethrough, the adapter comprising:

• an adapter body formed from a solid plastic material including a base affixable to the accessory object;
• a first substantially rigid end guide extending from the base proximate a first end of the adapter body, the first guide including a top wall and opposed side walls defining a slot parallel to a longitudinal axis of the adapter body;
• a second, substantially rigid end guide extending from the base proximate a second end of the adapter body, the second end guide including a top wall and opposed sidewalls defining a slot parallel to a longitudinal axis of the adapter body, wherein at least one of the first and second end guides includes a second latching feature for engaging the first latching feature of the elongate locking member;
• at least one intermediate guide extending from the base, the intermediate guide including a top wall and opposed sidewalls defining a slot parallel to a longitudinal axis of the adapter body, wherein the intermediate guide is spaced apart from and disposed between the first and second end guides for receiving the loops of the loop column between the intermediate and end guides, the slots having a common axis therethrough and defining a passageway through the guides for receiving the locking member;
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• wherein the locking member is inserted through at least one of the loops of the loop column and at least two of the slots to secure the accessory object to the wearable garment with the first latching feature engaging one second latching feature to secure the locking member in the passageway.