Web attachment system protocol

Abstract

Apparatus for detachably securing an accessory component to a garment or the like has a meshed fabric forming an integral part of said garment. The meshed fabric has an array of first openings. A base plate has a plurality of second openings. The base plate is adapted to be positioned on one side of the meshed fabric with the second openings aligned with mating first openings. The apparatus has means for securing said base plate to the accessory component. A locking plate has a plurality of studs. The locking plate is adapted to be positioned on an opposite side of the meshed fabric with the studs projecting through the mating first openings into the second openings and into interlocked engagement with the base plate.

1 . Apparatus for detachably securing an accessory component to a garment or the like, said apparatus comprising: 
 a meshed fabric forming an integral part of said garment, said meshed fabric having an array of first openings;    a base plate having a plurality of second openings, said base plate being adapted to be positioned on one side of said meshed fabric with said second openings aligned with mating first openings;    means for securing said base plate to said accessory component, and    a locking plate having a plurality of studs, said locking plate being adapted to be positioned on an opposite side of said meshed fabric with said studs projecting through said mating first openings into said second openings and into interlocked engagement with said base plate.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said accessory component is comprised at least partially of a fabric to which said base plate is secured by stitching.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein said second openings are spaced along a longitudinal axis of said base plate, and wherein said base plate is additionally provided with third openings spaced along paths parallel to and on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, said third openings being arranged to accept a threaded needle of a sewing machine employed to stitch said base plate to said fabric.  
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein said base plate is additionally provided with guide surfaces for guiding said sewing machine along said paths.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said second openings comprise undercut elongated slots communicating with apertures that are relatively large in comparison to the width of said slots, and wherein said studs have heads that are connected to said base plate by stems, said heads being wider than said slots and being configured and dimensioned to enter said apertures in a first direction, and said stems having widths that are narrower than said heads and dimensioned to enter said slots in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction to position said heads beneath said slots and to establish said interlocked engagement.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said studs comprise heads joined to said base plate by stems, said stems being located between gaps in said base plate.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said heads have shoulders overlaying said gaps.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein a top surface of said base plate is provided with grooves extending between said third openings, and wherein said stitching is recessed beneath said top surface in said grooves.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said base plate has a top surface with a raised longitudinally extending central area, and wherein said second openings are spaced along said central area.  
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said locking plate being adapted to be in interlocked engagement with said base plate further comprising being adapted to slide into locking engagement with said base plate.  
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein means for securing said base plate to said accessory component comprises openings formed in said base plate to accommodate riveting of the base plate to an accessory component comprised at least partially of a fabric.  
   
   
       12 . Apparatus for detachably securing an accessory component to a garment or the like, said apparatus comprising: 
 a meshed fabric forming an integral part of said garment, said meshed fabric having an array of first openings;    a base plate having a plurality of second openings spaced along a longitudinal axis of said base plate, said base plate being adapted to be positioned on one side of said meshed fabric with said second openings aligned with mating first openings, said base plate is additionally provided with third openings spaced along paths parallel to and on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, said third openings being arranged to accept a threaded needle of a sewing machine employed to stitch said base plate to said fabric;    means for securing said base plate to said accessory component, wherein said accessory component is comprised at least partially of a fabric to which said base plate is secured by stitching, and    a locking plate having a plurality of studs, said locking plate being adapted to be positioned on an opposite side of said meshed fabric with said studs projecting through said mating first openings into said second openings and slid into interlocked engagement with said base plate.    
   
   
       13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said base plate is additionally provided with guide surfaces for guiding said sewing machine along said paths.  
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said second openings comprise undercut elongated slots communicating with apertures that are relatively large in comparison to the width of said slots, and wherein said studs have heads that are connected to said base plate by stems, said heads being wider than said slots and being configured and dimensioned to enter said apertures in a first direction, and said stems having widths that are narrower than said heads and dimensioned to enter said slots in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction to position said heads beneath said slots and to establish said interlocked engagement.  
   
   
       15 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said studs comprise heads joined to said base plate by stems, said stems being located between gaps in said base plate.  
   
   
       16 . The apparatus of  claim 15  wherein said heads have shoulders overlaying said gaps.  
   
   
       17 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein a top surface of said base plate is provided with grooves extending between said third openings, and wherein said stitching is recessed beneath said top surface in said grooves.  
   
   
       18 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said base plate has a top surface with a raised longitudinally extending central area, and wherein said second openings are spaced along said central area.  
   
   
       19 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein means for securing said base plate to said accessory component comprises openings formed in said base plate to accommodate riveting of the base plate to an accessory component comprised at least partially of a fabric.  
   
   
       20 . Apparatus for detachably securing an accessory component to a garment or the like, said apparatus comprising: 
 a meshed fabric forming an integral part of said garment, said meshed fabric having an array of first openings;    a base plate having a plurality of second openings spaced along a longitudinal axis of said base plate and comprising undercut elongated slots communicating with apertures that are relatively large in comparison to the width of said slots, a top surface with a raised longitudinally extending central area, and wherein said second openings are spaced along said central area, a plurality third openings spaced along paths parallel to and on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, said third openings being arranged to accept a threaded needle of a sewing machine employed to stitch said base plate to said fabric, and guide surfaces for guiding said sewing machine along said paths, said base plate being adapted to be positioned on one side of said meshed fabric with said second openings aligned with mating first openings;    means for securing said base plate to said accessory component, wherein said accessory component is comprised at least partially of a fabric to which said base plate is secured by stitching, and    a locking plate adapted to be positioned on an opposite side of said meshed fabric, said locking plate having a plurality of studs having heads that are connected to said base plate by stems, said heads being wider than said slots and being configured and dimensioned to project through said mating first openings and to enter said apertures in a first direction, and said stems having widths that are narrower than said heads and dimensioned to enter said slots in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction to position said heads beneath said slots and to slide into interlocked engagement with said base plate.