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US 12,440,018 · App. 18/296,668 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Modular attachment load system

Inventor: Tomasz B. Mironski (Cameron, NC)
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Patent No.
US 12,440,018
App. No.
18/296,668
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular attachment load system includes a substrate having multiple spaced apart holes; a binding material; and an article having spaced apart holes aligned with a portion of the substrate's holes. A method of using the system includes securing an end of the binding material to the substrate; positioning the article against the substrate; threading the binding material through one of the articles' holes; threading the binding material alternately through the substrate's holes and the article's holes; and securing a second end of the binding material to the substrate.

Claims (17)

1. A modular attachment load system, comprising:

a substrate having a first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures;

a binding material;

an article having a second plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures aligned with a portion of the first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures; and

a needle configured to attach to the binding material and to alternately draw the binding material through the first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures and the second plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures;

wherein the first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures and the second plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures are operative to bind the article to the substrate horizontally, vertically, and at any angle therebetween.

2. The modular attachment load system of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of: garments, equipment, plate carrier, cummerbunds, belts, pants, t-shirts, helmet covers, jackets, magazine pouches, boots, shoes, vests, backpacks, rucksacks, and any combination thereof.

3. The modular attachment load system of claim 1 , wherein the binding material is selected from the group consisting of: a cord, a shoelace, a string, a 550 cord, a dental floss, a thread, and a mixture thereof.

4. A method of mounting an article of a modular attachment load system, comprising:

providing a modular attachment load system comprising:

(a) a substrate having a first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures;

(b) a binding material; and

(c) an article having a second plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures aligned with a portion of the first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures;

attaching the binding material to a needle; and

drawing the needle and the binding material alternately through the first plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures

and the second plurality of spaced apart hourglass-shaped apertures to bind the article to the substrate horizontally, vertically, or at any angle therebetween.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising, before drawing the needle and the binding material through, orienting the article on the substrate in a position selected from the group consisting of vertically, horizontally, and any angle therebetween.

Continuity (3)
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