US 11,944,184 B2
Systems and methods for attaching patches to equipment
Justin Matthew Stanton, Richmond, TX (US)
Assigned to Crosier Products, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Crosier Products, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,135, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386184 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01); A45F 3/04 (2006.01); A45F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/00 (2013.01) [A45F 3/04 (2013.01); A45F 2003/001 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment device for use in attaching a hook-and-loop patch to a carrying system having exterior webbing in a form of a plurality of rows of straps forming a plurality of strap loops, the attachment device comprising:
a backing member shaped like two cross sections of a mushroom placed with their stems together, the backing member has a first side and a second side;
wherein the backing member comprises a central stem and a first cap portion and a second cap portion;
wherein the first cap portion comprises a first wing on a first lateral edge and a second wing on a second lateral edge;
wherein the second cap portion comprises a third wing on the first lateral edge and a fourth wing on the second lateral edge;
wherein the first cap portion is formed by a first channel cutout of the backing member between a portion of the first wing and the central stem, a second channel cutout of the backing member between a portion of the second wing and the central stem, a first central longitudinal cut out of the backing member extending inboard from the first lateral edge, and a second central longitudinal cut out of the backing member extending inboard from the second lateral edge;
wherein the second cap portion is formed by a third channel cutout of the backing member between a portion of the third wing and the central stem, a fourth channel cutout of the backing member between a portion of the fourth wing and the central stem, the first central longitudinal cut out of the backing member, and the second central longitudinal cut out of the backing member;
a first of a hook or loop material attached on at least a portion of a first side of the backing member; and
wherein, in application, the backing member comprises a flexible material that is flexible enough to have the first cap portion or the second cap portion compressed while going through a strap loop on the carrying system, and wherein the central stem is sized smaller than a width of each of the plurality of strap loops on the carrying system whereby the attachment device is attached to the carrying system and presents the hook or loop material outward facing on at least one of the first wing, the second wing, the third wing, the fourth wing, the first cap portion, and the second cap portion.