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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
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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.

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