US 12,402,713 B1
Load carrier attachment facility
Ashley A. Burnsed, Jr., Savannah, GA (US); and Stephen G. Hilliard, Charleston, SC (US)
Assigned to Blue Force Gear, Inc., Pooler, GA (US)
Filed by Blue Force Gear, Inc., Pooler, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,339.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,397, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Int. Cl. A45F 5/02 (2006.01); A45F 3/06 (2006.01); A45F 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 3/10 (2013.01) [A45F 3/06 (2013.01); A45F 5/02 (2013.01); A41D 2400/48 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load carrier attachment facility comprising:
a support structure;
an attachment removably connected to the support structure;
an elongated piping element connected to one of the support structure and the attachment; and
an elongated channel element connected to the other of the support structure and the attachment;
the elongated piping element comprising a head having a first width and a neck having a second width less than the first width;
the elongated channel element defining a passage configured to receive the head and an elongated gap extending away from the passage and configured to receive the neck, and the elongated gap having a third width less than the first width; and
the elongated channel element comprising a flange extending away from the passage in a direction perpendicular to the elongated gap,
wherein the elongated piping element comprises a plurality of head and neck sections spaced apart from one another, and wherein each of the head and neck sections is configured to protrude through a respective aperture of a webless MOLLE sheet for connection to the elongated channel element.