Web panel attachment system

Abstract

The attachment system includes an inner carrier, in which the object being carried is held in place, and an outer jacket sized to fit around the inner carrier and slidingly move with respect to said inner carrier. A first set of hooks oriented in a first direction are mounted on the inner carrier and a second set of hooks are mounted on the outer jacket and oriented in a direction opposite to the first set of hooks. Each set of hooks are sized to fit into corresponding web panels or straps (webbing) on the web panel carrier. The inner carrier and jacket are then manually separated vertically by a user and held in place by means of at least one detent formed by the inner carrier and jacket, such that the first and second sets of hooks vertically separate. The detent comprises one or more latching tabs on the surface of one of the carrier and jacket and a plurality of apertures, ridges, or the like formed on one surface of the other of said carrier and jacket and opposite to said latching tabs. The vertical separation of the two sets of hooks enables a tension load to be applied to the webbing, thereby holding the inner carrier and jacket in place on said carrier. Or a carrier body, in which the object being carried is held in place, said carrier body having a first set of hooks oriented in a first direction formed as a feature of the carrier body; a slide sized to fit in an aperture on one side of the carrier body secured by a tongue and groove track, said slide having a second set of hooks formed as a feature of the slide and oriented in a direction towards the first set of hooks; and a detent comprising of a spring loaded locking bar on the bottom of the slide and two wedge shaped features found at the extremities of the locking bar; and wherein each set of hooks are sized to fit into corresponding web panels or straps on a web panel carrier, said carrier body and slide and their corresponding hooks enabled to be manually compressed vertically by a user such that they are held in place with respect to each other by means of said spring loaded locking bar, and such that the vertical compression of the two sets of hooks puts a compression load on the webbing, thereby enabling the carrier body and slide to be held in place on said carrier.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A web panel attachment system comprising:
 an inner carrier, in which the object being carried is held in place, said inner carrier having a first set of hooks oriented in a first direction mounted on the inner carrier;   an outer jacket sized to fit around the inner carrier and slidingly move with respect to said inner carrier, said jacket having a second set of hooks mounted on the outer jacket oriented in a direction opposite to the first set of hooks; and   a detent comprising a latching tab on the surface of one of the carrier and jacket and a plurality of apertures or the like formed on one surface of the other of said carrier and jacket and positioned opposite to said latching tab; and   wherein each set of hooks are sized to fit into corresponding web panels or straps on a web panel carrier, said inner carrier and jacket and their corresponding hooks enabled to be manually separated vertically by a user such that they are held in place with respect to each other by means of said detent, and such that the vertical separation of the two sets of hooks puts a tension load on the webbing, thereby enabling the inner carrier and jacket to be held in place on said carrier.   
     
     
         2 . A web panel attachment system comprising:
 a carrier body, in which the object being carried is held in place, said carrier body having a first set of hooks oriented in a first direction formed as a feature of the carrier body; a slide sized to fit in an aperture on one side of the carrier body secured by a tongue and groove track, said slide having a second set of hooks formed as a feature of the slide and oriented in a direction towards the first set of hooks; and a detent comprising of a spring loaded locking bar on the bottom of the slide and two wedge shaped features found at the extremities of the locking bar; and wherein each set of hooks are sized to fit into corresponding web panels or straps on a web panel carrier, said carrier body and slide and their corresponding hooks enabled to be manually compressed vertically by a user such that they are held in place with respect to each other by means of said spring loaded locking bar, and such that the vertical compression of the two sets of hooks puts a compression load on the webbing, thereby enabling the carrier body and slide to be held in place on said carrier.