PALS compliant routing system

• US 8,785,778 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2011
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Inventors: Streeter, Richard, Farrell, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dhirubhai R
• Application Number:
  US13/199,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20120045929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 174/72.A, 439/719, 439/492, 439/527
• US Class Current: 174/72.A
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0007 Garments with built-in harnesses safety harnesses A62B35/00
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/02 Interior fittings; Means, e.g. inserts, for holding and packing articles
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged

Abstract

A PALS compliant routing system includes flexible fabric cabling routed through the webbing of a PALS grid. A first connector or device is coupled to the cabling. Other connectors coupled to the cabling subsystem include a retention mechanism configured to retain them in the channels of the PALS webbing.

Claims

1. A Pouch Attachment and Ladder Systems (PALS) PALS compliant routing system comprising:

a flexible cabling subsystem routed through webbing of a PALS grid and having a first connector or device coupled to the cabling subsystem;

at least a second connector coupled to the cabling subsystem; and

a retention mechanism associated with the second connector and configured to retain the second connector in a channel of the PALS webbing.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the cabling subsystem includes a flat textile cable.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the retention mechanism includes at least one lip for the second connector.

4. The system of claim 3 in which there are spaced lips, one for each end of the channel.

5. The system of claim 1 in which the retention mechanism includes a clip.

6. The system of claim 1 in which the retention mechanism includes a tab.

7. The system of claim 1 in which the retention mechanism is on a housing receiving the second connector therein.

8. The system of claim 1 in which there is a first connector coupled to a hub and multiple second connectors coupled to the hub each having a retention mechanism configured to retain the second connectors in different channels of the PALS webbing.

9. The system of claim 8 in which the hub includes a retention mechanism configured to retain the hub with respect to a channel of the PALS webbing.

10. The system of claim 1 in which the flexible cabling subsystem includes flat cabling less than 1.5 inches wide.

11. The system of claim 1 in which the second connector is between 1 and 1.5 inches wide and approximately 1 inch tall.

12. A PALS compliant electrical signal routing system comprising:

a plurality of flat, flexible, fabric electrical signal cables configured to be routed through channels of webbing of a PALS grid;

connectors for said cables configured to be fitted in said channels; and

each of said connectors including a retention mechanism retaining a connector in one of said channels.

13. The system of claim 12 in which a retention mechanism includes at least one lip.

14. The system of claim 13 in which there are spaced lips, one for each end of a channel.

15. The system of claim 12 in which a retention mechanism includes a clip.

16. The system of claim 12 in which a retention mechanism includes a tab.

17. The system of claim 12 in which a retention mechanism is on a connector housing.

18. The system of claim 12 including a hub for the cables.

19. The system of claim 18 in which the hub includes a retention mechanism configured to retain the hub with respect to a channel of the PALS webbing.

20. The system of claim 12 in which the cables are less than 1.5 inches wide.

21. The system of claim 12 in which the connectors are between 1 and 1.5 inches wide and approximately 1 inch tall.