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US 7,290,688 · App. 11/109,704 · Granted Nov 6, 2007

Tactical gear receptacle with accessories mounting rail

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Patent No.
US 7,290,688
App. No.
11/109,704
Granted
Nov 6, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tactical gear receptacle including a carrying apparatus affixed on a first side thereof, the carrying apparatus being adapted to support at least a partial weight of the tactical gear receptacle when the tactical gear receptacle is carried, and a light rail affixed to a second side of the tactical gear receptacle.

Claims (15)

1. Apparatus comprising:

a tactical gear receptacle comprising a carrying apparatus affixed on a first side thereof, said carrying apparatus comprising a garment fastening device, said tactical gear receptacle being fastened to a garment of a user with said garment fastening device, said carrying apparatus being adapted to support at least a partial weight of said tactical gear receptacle when said tactical gear receptacle is carried; and

a rail affixed to a second side of said tactical gear receptacle on an external portion of said tactical gear receptacle, wherein said rail comprises a plurality of ridges spaced from one another along a rail axis, the ridges being separated by grooves that are transverse to the rail axis.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said rail comprises a tenon for receiving therein a mortise.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a first tactical gear item disposed in said tactical gear receptacle and a second tactical gear item mounted on the rail of the tactical gear receptacle, wherein the second tactical gear item is mountable on a rail of the first tactical gear item.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a first tactical gear item disposed in said tactical gear receptacle and a second tactical gear item mounted on the rail of the tactical gear receptacle, wherein the second tactical gear item is not mountable on the first tactical gear item.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said carrying apparatus comprises a belt-mounting device.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said carrying apparatus comprises a paddle.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said carrying apparatus comprises another rail.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said carrying apparatus comprises a carrying handle.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said tactical gear receptacle comprises a holster.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said tactical gear receptacle comprises a magazine pouch.

11. A method comprising:

providing a tactical gear receptacle comprising a carrying apparatus affixed on a first side thereof, said carrying apparatus comprising a garment fastening device and being adapted to support at least a partial weight of said tactical gear receptacle when said tactical gear receptacle is carried, and wherein a rail is affixed to a second side of said tactical gear receptacle on an external portion of said tactical gear receptacle, wherein said rail comprises a plurality of ridges spaced from one another along a rail axis, the ridges being separated by grooves that are transverse to the rail axis; and

fastening said tactical gear receptacle to a garment of a user with said garment fastening device.

Continuity (1)
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