US 12,213,579 B2
Bi-directional accessory attachment interface
Eric M. Yeates, Virginia Beach, VA (US); and Frederick W. Storms, Jr., Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Assigned to Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/422,324
Filed by Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/014532
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/154355, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,542, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095773 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A45F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/021 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bi-directional accessory attachment interface, comprising:
an attachment interface panel extending between an upper edge, a lower edge, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein said attachment interface panel includes one or more alternate attachment elements, wherein said attachment interface panel is attached or coupled, at one or more attachment points/areas to an accessory to define a first vertical tunnel aperture between a portion of said upper edge of said attachment interface panel and said accessory, to define a second vertical tunnel aperture between a portion of said lower edge of said attachment interface panel and said accessory, to define a first horizontal tunnel aperture between a portion of said first edge of said attachment interface panel and said accessory, and to define a second horizontal tunnel aperture between a portion of said second edge of said attachment interface panel and said accessory, wherein a vertical tunnel is formed between said first vertical tunnel aperture and said second vertical tunnel aperture, wherein a horizontal tunnel is formed between said first horizontal tunnel aperture and said second horizontal tunnel aperture, and wherein a first horizontal tunnel notch is formed in said attachment interface panel to further define said first horizontal tunnel aperture and a second horizontal tunnel notch is formed in said attachment interface panel to further define said second horizontal tunnel aperture.