Vehicle ready modular light weight load bearing equipment apparatus

• US 8,627,514 B1
• Filed: 05/13/2013
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spartan Tactical Concepts, LLC
• Original Assignee: Spartan Tactical Concepts, LLC
• Inventors: Scoggins, Phillip R., Scoggins, Steven E.
• Primary Examiner(s): WENDELL, MARK R
• Application Number:
  US13/892,394
• Time in Patent Office: 246 Days
• Field of Search: 525/060.5, 210/2, 2/25, 246/2, 246/3
• US Class Current: 2/102
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/14 for supporting weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 23/18 Rests for supporting smallarms in non-shooting position racks for storage A47B81/00; racks in vehicles B60R7/14
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/06 Containers for carrying smallarms, e.g. safety boxes, gun cases F41C33/02 takes precedence

Abstract

Preferably, a vehicle ready modular light weight load bearing equipment apparatus “V-MOLLE,” includes a semi-rigid panel portion that includes a front side surface and a backside surface. In a preferred embodiment the front side surface includes a plurality of attachment points configured for reception of a number of utility pouches. The apparatus further preferably includes a vertical anchor system secured to the panel portion and configured for communication with a seat of a vehicle, and a horizontal anchor system secured to the panel portion and configured for communication with the seat of the vehicle. Additionally, the apparatus includes a cover portion attachable to a backside surface of the panel portion, wherein the backside surface of the panel portion is exposable to reveal a signal panel when the cover portion is detached from the panel portion.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

means for mechanical transportation;

a vertical anchor system secured to said means for mechanical transportation;

a panel portion providing a plurality of attachment points, said panel portion secured to said vertical anchor system, said attachment points communicating with a utility pouch;

a horizontal anchor system secured to said panel portion and communicating with said means for mechanical transportation;

a cover portion attached to a backside surface of said panel portion, said backside surface of said panel portion exposed when said cover portion is detached from said panel portion; and

a harness disposed between said cover portion and said backside surface of said panel portion, said harness providing at least a shoulder yoke secured to said backside surface, and a cinch communicating with each the shoulder yoke and a lower portion of the vertical anchor system, the shoulder yoke disposed between the cinch and shoulders of an individual.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which said means for mechanical transportation is selected from a group consisting of watercraft, aircraft, and land vehicles.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, in which said cinch of said harness is a first cinch, said harness further comprising:

a second cinch; and

a cinch restraint assembly cooperating with each first and second cinches, the cinch restraint assembly including at least a first restraint member cooperating with the first cinch, a second restraint member cooperating with the second cinch, and fastening device interacting with each the first and second restraint members.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising an attachment loop secured to said panel portion, wherein said attachment loop provides for an attachment of a gear restraint.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a handhold secured to said panel portion, and in which the first and second restraint members, when cooperating with the fastening device, determine a distance between said first and second cinches.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a web portion independent from and communicating only with each said horizontal and vertical anchor system, and in which each said horizontal and vertical anchor system comprises a securement strap communicating with an attachment device, and in which said backside surface comprises an emergency signal surface, and in which the backside surface of said panel portion extends from a first horizontal edge of said panel portion to a second horizontal edge of the panel portion, and from a first vertical edge of the panel portion to a second vertical edge of the panel portion.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, in which each said horizontal and vertical anchor system comprising a securement strap communicating with an attachment device.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which each said attachment loop comprising a non-detachable attachment device, and wherein the panel portion comprises a semi-rigid core.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, in which said elongated device is an assault rifle.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprises a reinforced boarder portion enclosing the panel portion.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, in which the shoulder yoke comprises:

a back panel secured to the backside surface;

a collar portion extending from the back panel;

a first extension cooperating with the collar and extending from the back panel, the first extension disposed between the first cinch and a first shoulder of the individual; and

a second extension cooperating with the collar and extending from the back panel, the second extension disposed between the second cinch and a second shoulder of the individual.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the cinch comprises a strap formed from a flexible material, the strap supporting a quick release restraint buckle.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, in which the emergency signal surface extends over a backside portion of the cover portion.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the emergency signal surface is presented in an emergency orange color.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises a carabiner clip.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises a grimloc carabiner.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises a D-ring.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises a utility strap.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises an elastic strap.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the gear restraint comprises a bungee cord.