Carrying apparatus detachably mountable on clothing and other fabric-like materials

• US 4,128,194 A
• Filed: 04/28/1975
• Issued: 12/05/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gerhardt J. Hinz
• Original Assignee: Gerhardt J. Hinz
• Inventors: Hinz, Gerhardt J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blix, Trygve M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Noland, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US05/572,416
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• Field of Search: 224/5 R, 224/5 H, 224/26 R, 224/5 Q, 224/5 MA, 224/26 F, 24/3 F, 24/3 H, 24/3 L, 24/3 R, 24/263 HE, 24/263 FC, 24/263 SW, 24/263 R
• US Class Current: 224/194
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/901 Carrier component having adherent surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44034 Dissociable gripping members
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44043 Channel and inserted bar

Abstract

A detachable pocket, pouch or container readily attachable to and detachable from clothing or other flexible, fabric-like materials without alteration of or damage to the material comprises a tongue member positionable wholly on one side of the fabric-like material with its periphery engageable against the material, a receiver member positionable against the remaining side of the material opposite the tongue member and having guideways adjacent its periphery to slidably engage the periphery of the tongue member to releasably retain the tongue member and grip the fabric-like material between the members so as to retain the members on the fabric-like material without damage to the material. One of the members carries a load device such as a container, pouch, adhesive surface or the like by which a load may be carried.

Claims

1. In combination with a flexible, fabric-like material having obverse and reverse sides, a carrying apparatus attachable to and detachable from said flexible, fabric-like material without damage to the integrity of said material, comprising:

a tongue member positionable wholly on the reverse side of said material and having a periphery engageable against the reverse side of said material;

a receiver member engagable against the obverse side of said fabric-like material opposite said tongue member and including means for encompassing at least part of the periphery of said tongue member to releasably retain said tongue member adjacent said receiver member in a retained position wherein said receiver member cooperates with said tongue member to define a narrow gap therebetween in which said fabric-like material is captured, permitting said members to be releasably attached to the fabric-like material so as to be firmly retained on the material without damage to the material;

a load device carried by one of said members;

said tongue member and said receiver member having generally rectangular peripheries and said encompassing means of said receiver member including a pair of spaced-apart, parallel tracks adjacent opposed edges of said receiving member for slidably receiving said tongue member in said tracks;

a keeper on said receiver member positioned between said parallel tracks to receive and releasably engage said tongue member; and

said tongue member including a rib confronting and releasably engaging said keeper to thereby releasably lock said tongue member within said keeper, with said fabric-like material being retained between said rib and said keeper.

2. The carrying apparatus of claim 1 wherein said rib and said keeper cooperate to define a gap therebetween in which said fabric-like material is closely confined to retain said members on said material.

3. A carrying apparatus detachably mountable on obverse and reverse sides of a flexible, fabric-like material to carry a load without damage to the integrity of the fabric-like material, comprising:

a tongue member positionable wholly on the reverse side of the material and having a periphery engagable against the reverse side of the fabric-like material;

a receiver member engagable against the obverse side of the material opposite said tongue member and including means for encompassing at least part of the periphery of said tongue member to releasably retain said tongue member adjacent said receiver member in a retained position wherein said receiver member cooperates with said tongue member to define a narrow gap therebetween in which the fabric-like material is capturable, permitting said members to be releasably attachable to and detachable from the fabric-like material without damage to the fabric-like material;

a load device carried by one of said members;

locking means on said members to selectively retain said tongue member in said receiver member, said locking means, when engaged, preventing movement of said tongue into and out of said receiver member;

said locking means including a keeper on said receiver member to receive and releasably engage said tongue member; and

said tongue member including a rib confronting and releasably engaging said keeper to thereby releasably lock said tongue member within said keeper, with said fabric-like material being retained between said rib and said keeper.

4. In combination with a flexible, fabric-like material having obverse and reverse sides, a carrying apparatus attachable to and detachable from said flexible, fabric-like material without damage to the integrity of said material, comprising:

a tongue member positionable wholly on the reverse side of said material and having a periphery engageable against the reverse side of said material;

a receiver member engageable against the obverse side of said fabric-like material opposite said tongue member and including means for encompassing at least part of the periphery of said tongue member to releasably retain said tongue member adjacent said receiver member in a retained position wherein said receiver member cooperates with said tongue member to define a narrow gap therebetween in which said fabric-like material is captured, permitting said members to be releasably attached to the fabric-like material so as to be firmly retained on the material without damage to the material;

a load device carried by one of said members; and

said tongue member being generally flat, and said members having communicating ventilation apertures therethrough to permit body moisture from a wearer to escape through said apertures.