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US 9,664,481 B2Granted
Hexagonal attachment system
Assignee5.11, Inc.
InventorsCres Trilles Alcantra, Fernando Calderon Aguilar, Scott Michael Lambert
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Abstract
An attachment system can include a plurality of apertures or openings in an attachment platform. The openings can be arranged in a pattern corresponding to a hexagon so that an attachment member for a MOLLE-compatible accessory may be passed through one or more of the openings so as to attach the accessory in a variety of different directions.
Claims20
A vest assembly, comprising:
- a front panel;
- a rear panel;
- a shoulder yoke attached to the front panel and the rear panel so that when the shoulder yoke is worn by a wearer, the front panel is positioned on a front of the wearer and the rear panel is positioned on a rear of the wearer;
- a load-bearing platform connected with or comprising at least a portion of at least one of the front panel or the rear panel;
- and
- a substrate comprising:
- a) an attachment platform connected with the load-bearing platform;
- and
- b) a plurality of openings formed in the attachment platform and arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern configured to facilitate attachment of MOLLE-compatible accessories to the attachment platform along any of at least three differing axes, wherein at least one of the openings of the plurality of openings is hexagonally-shaped and has a side-to-side width corresponding to a distance between two parallel sides of said hexagonally-shaped opening, and wherein said side-to-side width is wider than a member width corresponding to a width of an attachment member for a MOLLE-compatible accessory so as to facilitate inserting the attachment member through said hexagonally-shaped opening in a direction parallel to said two parallel sides of said hexagonally-shaped opening to attach said MOLLE-compatible accessory.
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A vest assembly, comprising:
- a front panel;
- a rear panel;
- a shoulder yoke attached to the front panel and the rear panel so that when the shoulder yoke is worn by a wearer, the front panel is positioned on a front of the wearer and the rear panel is positioned on a rear of the wearer;
- a load-bearing platform connected with or comprising at least a portion of at least one of the front panel or the rear panel;
- and
- a substrate comprising:
- a) an attachment platform connected with the load-bearing platform;
- and
- b) a plurality of openings formed in the attachment platform and arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern configured to facilitate attachment of MOLLE-compatible accessories to the attachment platform along any of at least three differing axes, wherein at least one of the openings of the plurality of openings is hexagonally-shaped and has a corner-to-corner width corresponding to a distance between two corners positioned on opposite ends of a bisecting axis of said hexagonal opening, and wherein said corner-to-corner width is wider than a member width corresponding to a width of an attachment member for a MOLLE-compatible accessory so as to facilitate inserting the attachment member through said hexagonally-shaped opening in a direction perpendicular to the bisecting axis to attach said MOLLE-compatible accessory.
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A vest assembly, comprising:
- a front panel;
- a rear panel;
- a shoulder yoke attached to the front panel and the rear panel so that when the shoulder yoke is worn by a wearer, the front panel is positioned on a front of the wearer and the rear panel is positioned on a rear of the wearer;
- a load-bearing platform connected with or comprising at least a portion of at least one of the front panel or the rear panel;
- and
- a substrate comprising:
- a) an attachment platform connected with the load-bearing platform;
- and
- b) a plurality of openings formed in the attachment platform and arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern configured to facilitate attachment of MOLLE-compatible accessories to the attachment platform along any of at least three differing axes, wherein the plurality of openings comprises a plurality of hexagonal openings separated by a plurality of interconnected links extending along and between adjacent sides of adjacent hexagonal openings, each hexagonal opening having a side-to-side width corresponding to a distance between two parallel sides of said hexagonal opening and a corner-to-corner width corresponding to a distance between two corners positioned on opposite ends of a bisecting axis of said hexagonal opening, said side-to-side width being approximately 1 inch (2.54 centimeters), said corner-to-corner width being approximately 1.14 inches (2.896 centimeters), each of said hexagonal openings having corners each with a defined inner radius of approximately 0.25 inches (0.635 centimeter), and each of said links having a width of approximately 0.32 inches (0.8128 centimeter) between adjacent sides of adjacent hexagonal openings.
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